NEW YORK — Microsoft on Monday unveiled an update to its Surface tablets, both the full-Windows Surface Pro 2 and the stripped-down Surface 2. Surface tablets are Microsoft’s own take on the burgeoning niche — one that is largely dominated by Apple’s iPad, but with a healthy dose of competition from devices using Google’s Android …

NEW YORK — You can’t have an ad campaign mocking people waiting in line for the iPhone and then wish you had the same lines. Or can you? Apparently Samsung thinks it can. Along with the hundreds of consumers, reporters, and app promoters converging Friday on Apple’s flagship store on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue for the iPhone 5S/5C launch were employees …

Yahoo on Wednesday unveiled a redesigned iOS app that makes it easier to access content, just in time for Apple’s iOS 7 launch. For US users, Yahoo has introduced the ability to save content for later, Fernando Delgado, Yahoo senior director of product management, mobile, and emerging products, said in a blog post. Users simply tap a button and come …

Amazon launched a redesign for its Kindle app for iOS 7 on Wednesday, designed to give consumers the ability to easily organize their e-book libraries. Related stories: Five things to do before installing iOS 7 Yahoo iOS 7 app aims to be ‘cleaner, faster’ — and easier, too Apple’s iOS 7 arrives: Here’s how to get it The feature, known …

Samsung’s Tizen operating system may debut in TVs as soon as next year, one of the company’s CEOs said in an interview with a German publication. The Korean electronics company has been working on Tizen, an open-source software, as an alternative to Android. Tizen gives the company more control over its own future, allowing it to rely less on Google …

NEW YORK — Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch is about to get a little more fashionable. The Korean electronics giant has partnered with designer Dana Lorenz on jewelry to accompany its wearable computing device, including spiky metal charms that can attach to the watch’s strap. While the line doesn’t include custom bands for the Gear just yet, that could change in …

NEW YORK — Samsung on Monday opened the doors to its New York City accelerator, marking its latest effort to work with startups and to uncover hot innovations. The company hosted an event for reporters, startups, and other partners in its new seventh-floor office in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The area houses various other startups, including recent Samsung acquisition Boxee. David …

With the launch of the Galaxy Gear smartwatch, Samsung has declared that it’s done being a follower. Whether the market will agree is unclear. Samsung has had a bit of an inferiority complex when it comes to mobile. It’s the world’s biggest handset vendor, but Samsung is forever compared to Apple and often found to be lacking in one way …

Qualcomm on Wednesday unveiled its Toq smartwatch, becoming the latest technology company to take on the hot wearables market. Like other smartwatches on the market, Toq doesn’t have the full functionality of a smartphone or tablet. Rather, it syncs with users’ smartphones, allowing them to quickly scan through texts, phone calls, and other alerts, such as calendar and WhatsApp notifications, …

When Samsung kicks off its big, splashy Unpacked event Wednesday, millions of people will be waiting for its next play in mobile. A whole other crowd will be watching to see if the event’s a fiasco like the Galaxy S4 launch. Samsung has become a marketing machine, something that has helped it overtake rivals as the world’s biggest and most …