C2 Enterprises has improved the performance and abilities of Photosmith, its iPad app for screening, cataloging, and rating photos before they’re handed off to Adobe Systems’ Lightroom. Photosmith 3 is a complete overhaul, developers said in a blog post: “Much of the core of the app has been rewritten or updated to provide more stability. …

Samsung’s S4 Galaxy Zoom — which combines an Android smartphone with a 16-megapixel camera and 10x zoom lens — is real. The model isn’t likely to appeal to the mainstream smartphone buyer. But in an Android market crowded with options, a niche that caters to a particular subset can be a reasonable approach — especially if that subset is as …

I’m a Gmail fanboy. Priority inbox, stars, the archive tool, labels, filters, built-in translation, conversation view, relatively effective spam blocking — its features have helped me stay one step ahead of the chaos. But on Friday, when the new Gmail app arrived on my Android phone, I lost some of my faith because of one simple thing: Google deleted the …

Foxconn and Mozilla announced a partnership Monday under which the Chinese electronics manufacturer will build not just Firefox phones, as others have announced, but tablets, too. The rumored partnership was confirmed as Mozilla and Foxconn announced their tie-up at the Computex show in Taiwan. By including software in its devices, Foxconn gets to sell a more complete and therefore potentially …

A consortium representing mobile network operators didn’t like what it heard last week when a top European Commission official called for an end to the roaming fees consumers must pay to use their mobile phones outside their home countries. Neelie Kroes, the vice president of the EC leading the digital agenda, said she wanted an end to roaming fees by …

Samsung announced its Galaxy S4 Mini on Thursday, delivering a smaller, lower-end cousin of its hot-selling high-end Android phone with a 4.3-inch screen. The Korean electronics giant has been steadily pushing smartphone sizes larger, but not everyone is ready for a the 5-inch screen of a Galaxy S4. And the new model will ensure Samsung a place in the market …

International barriers in the telecommunications industry such as roaming fees are hurting consumers and should be eliminated within a year, a top European Commission official said today. “I want you to be able to go back to your constituents and say that you were able to end mobile roaming costs,” said Neelie Kroes, the EC vice president in charge of …

DxO Labs has named Samsung’s Galaxy S4 a new winner in its mobile-phone camera tests. The French firm, which specializes in camera optics and image sensor analysis, gave the new Android phone a score of 75 this week, edging out the iPhone 5 at 72. The top scorer is the Nokia 808 Pureview at 77, but that model is hobbled …

Google uses its Android mobile operating system to power its Glass devices, Chief Executive Larry Page confirmed yesterday. “Obviously Glass runs on Android,” Page said toward the end of the conference call reporting Google’s strong first-quarter financial results. It’s not a surprise, given how the engineering resources Google already has poured into Android. But the company hadn’t confirmed it, even …

Photo enthusiasts already pleased with the iPhone’s generally superior camera can be forgiven for getting excited about the possibility of shooting photos in the higher-end raw file format. Cypress Innovations on Wednesday released a new app called Digital Negative that might raise that very hope by offering a way to take photos that are stored in Adobe Systems’ DNG format …