California regulators are stepping up their efforts to deter smartphone theft. State Sen. Mark Leno …

Good news for monochrome-averse Brits — Samsung’s enormous Galaxy Note 3 smart phone can now be yours in two extra colour schemes. Omio, then Unwired View reported that Carphone Warehouse is now selling the Note 3 in the basically-named ‘red’ and ‘gold’ options, that were first announced in early December. The gold version is in fact, the ‘rose gold white’ variant. Samsung …

On Thursday, prepaid carrier Boost Mobile announced that it will lower the cost of its unlimited 4G LTE service for new customers signing up through March 31. Instead of paying $55 for unlimited talk, text, and data (for smartphones), Boost will give new sign-ons a $35 monthly rate for the first 6 months of service. After that, the cost will …