Google might soon launch a cheaper Nexus tablet. The company is currently working with Taiwan-based …

The smartphone industry has reached an important milestone. During the third quarter, the total installed base for smartphones worldwide hit 1.04 billion, jumping from the 959 million smartphones in use during the second quarter, research firm Strategy Analytics announced today. Just a year ago, the total worldwide smartphone installed base was 708 million. It took 16 years for smartphones to …

Sprint Nextel may soon gain control of wireless broadband provider Clearwire without an acquisition, clearing up a stumbling block to Softbank’s $20 billion acquisition of Sprint. Sprint is Clearwire’s largest customer and its largest shareholder with an 84 percent stake, but the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier doesn’t have control of Clearwire’s board. To take control of the company, the …