Jason Cipriani/CNET Earlier this week Google announced Android Wear, the platform that’s going to bring …

Here we go again. New reports online today suggest that the long-rumored Amazon smartphone is finally close at hand. According to tech blog BGR, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted in a note to clients that “Amazon (US) will launch its own brand smartphone in 3-6 months, using the same hardware strategy as used for its e-reader and tablet.” For …

Sprint recently cut a significant chunk of its staff dedicated to repairing and refurbishing phones and shut down its slower-performing stores, part of a broader effort to reduce the company’s costs in the face of continued financial struggles. The Overland Park, Kan., wireless carrier laid off 330 technical consultants, closing 150 service and repair centers across the country, a Sprint …