Amazon’s Cloud Player for iOS is now available in Ford Sync AppLink-equipped cars, a few months after the Android version hit the market, the Internet giant said Wednesday. Related stories: Amazon Cloud Player now available in Ford cars Ford introduces nine new apps for the car at CES 2012 Ford cars: A new platform for …

NEW YORK–Yahoo is experimenting with Google Glass, Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer said Tuesday. Google’s Internet-connected eyewear has generated a lot of buzz, but it’s still too early to know if it will take off. So far, the glasses come with few apps and limited functionality, but many developers are working on creating software for Glass, spurred in part by …

NEW YORK–Qualcomm is walking a fine line between enabling the “Internet of Things” and protecting users’ privacy, the chipmaker’s chief executive said Tuesday. Paul Jacobs, speaking at the Wired Business Conference in New York, said that nearly everything people interact with will be connected to the Internet in the future, but that also means companies have to figure out a …

NEW YORK–New Yorkers will be able to hail — and pay — for taxis via smartphone apps within 60 days, a New York Taxi & Limousine Commission executive said Wednesday. Taxi-hailing apps help potential passengers locate a ride in real time. They simply put their location into an app, which is then sent to designated cars nearby. The first to …

Flipboard is posting pretty rapid growth, and it’s looking for new ways to generate revenue for itself, partners, and users, the company’s CEO said. Mike McCue, speaking Monday at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York, said the company has added 6 million new users since launching an update to its popular news-reading app a month ago. Flipboard in late …

If Apple and Samsung want to see their stock prices rise higher, their smartphone prices will have to fall lower. Both companies have established a dominant position in the wireless industry thanks to their buzzworthy, feature-packed, and polished flagship smartphones. The iPhone 5 and the Galaxy S3 (soon to be displaced by the Galaxy S4) reign atop the sales charts, …

Iranian device users will lose access to Samsung’s mobile app store as of May 22, according to a new report. Related stories: Meet the ‘Corporate Enemies of the Internet’ for 2013 Senators want probe of NetApp, Blue Coat devices’ ties to Syria Samsung posts $6.4B Q1 profit, down slightly from Q4 2012 The Korean electronics giant said, via an e-mail …

U.S. customers won’t be getting their hands on a Galaxy S4 powered by an eight-core processor, but the head of Samsung Electronics says it shouldn’t matter to buyers. Some models of Samsung’s flagship smartphone, available globally in the coming weeks, will feature a quad-core processor from Qualcomm while others will feature Samsung’s Exynos 5 chip with eight cores. The U.S. …

Shoppers hoping to check out the Samsung mini shops in Best Buy stores will have a few years to do so, the companies said Wednesday. The agreement to operate Samsung Experience shops within all U.S. Best Buy locations will last for the next three years. The companies then will evaluate whether to extend their pact or end it, executives from …

Sprint has expanded its 4G LTE network to 21 new markets, the CEO said Thursday, boosting the carrier’s footprint with the high-speed network. Related stories: Dish-Sprint merger may bring new bundles, deals Dish launches $25B bid for Sprint Verizon sold 4M iPhones in Q1 Chief exec Dan Hesse, speaking at the Competitive Carriers Association trade show in New Orleans, said …