Will Samsung’s Galaxy S6 borrow an edge from the Galaxy Note Edge? CNET Samsung may indeed outfit one model of its upcoming Galaxy S6 phone with a display that wraps slightly over one side, assuming images leaked on a developers forum are the real deal. Images posted Thursday on the xda-developers forum claim to display …

Apple will hold a press event March 9. Screenshot by Shara Tibken/CNET We may see Apple Watch sooner than expected. Apple on Thursday sent out invitations for a press event on March 9 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. The company has held many of its product introductions in the downtown venue, which is …

In the yearly calendar of technology trade shows, Mobile World Congress stands out for two very important reasons. Firstly, it focuses entirely on mobile and wireless gadgets (which it makes it very cool already), and, secondly, it showcases new products that are far closer to reality than the pie-in-the-sky concepts on show at CES. In other words, most of the …

The Federal Communications Commission has fired the opening shot at state governments that restrict local municipalities from building their own broadband networks. In a 3-2 decision, which was split between Democrats favoring the measure and Republicans voting against it, the FCC approved two petitions filed by municipal broadband providers asking the agency to pre-empt, or override, provisions of laws in …

Telefonica’s Tu Go service enables voice calling and text messaging over the Internet. With WebRTC, it now works in browsers, too. screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Telefonica, a carrier that sells mobile network service access in several countries — including the UK under the O2 brand — has embraced Web technology to give customers new ways to make phone calls. Through …

Smartphone industry profits are going one way: toward Apple. James Martin/CNET Google’s Android mobile operating system might be the dominant force worldwide, but when it comes to scoring profits for hardware makers, it may be a downer. Android nabbed just 11.3 percent of all smartphone profits during the fourth quarter of 2014, according to data from research firm Strategy Analytics. …

Aereo offered its assets during a bankruptcy auction this week. Joan E. Solsman/CNET Aereo, the defunct streaming-TV service shuttered last year over copyright violations, raised less than $2 million from the sale of its assets in a bankruptcy auction this week. Aereo’s trademark and customer lists were sold to TiVo, maker of digital video recorders, while patent risk-management firm RPX …

Sarah Tew/CNET Entering a dying market is rarely a good idea — even if your product is groundbreaking. As first reported by Re/code and confirmed by CNET, Lytro, the company known for creating the first consumer light-field camera for capturing pictures that you can refocus again and again after you’ve shot them, has received $50 million in new funding and …

Sarah Tew/CNET A Motorola executive hinted to CNET at the International CES trade show last month that the Moto 360 may soon be offered through the company’s MotoMaker website. Motorola has been expanding the MotoMaker service to more countries over the past year; however the customization options have thus far been limited to the company’s Android smartphones. As first reported …

Google’s European division has come under a single roof, but who knows if that will help the company with regulators. Search giant Google has combined its two units operating in Europe, as competition watchdogs continue to apply pressure on the company. Google’s Northern and Central Europe unit will combine with the division covering Southern and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, …

Attorney-General George Brandis has been a strong supporter of data retention. Image by CeBIT Australia, CC BY 2.0 Despite concerns from industry groups, digital privacy advocates, cross-bench politicians and even at times the Federal opposition, a joint Parliamentary committee has recommended the Government’s proposed mandatory data retention legislation be passed into law. However, the committee has made 39 recommendations to …

This bottle has smarts and NFC. Thinfilm The humble alcohol bottle has one main purpose: to keep your precious adult beverage from spilling out into an unusable puddle. It’s mostly a hunk of glass that just sits there looking pretty, enticing you to sample its contents. Now, let’s imagine it has a mind of its own and wants to talk …

Now playing: Watch this: What’s new on Netflix and Amazon for March 2015 1:51 Editors’ Note, March 26, 2015: Revised Netflix additions section. March 2015 looks to be a great month if you plan on binge-watching some television. “Archer: Vice,” aka season 5 of “Archer,” will hit Netflix March 7. The season found itself in the danger zone over its …

It’s official. The Internet will now be regulated as a public utility. After months of anticipation and weeks of frenzied last-minute lobbying on both sides of the political aisle, the Federal Communications Commission has adopted Net neutrality regulations based on a new definition of broadband that will let the government regulate Internet infrastructure as it could the old telephone network. …

Google I was pretty excited when Motorola announced the release of Android 5.0 Lollipop for the AT&T variant of the Moto X. “I could finally start using all of the new features found in Lollipop!” But more specifically, I could finally set Smart Lock to keep my device unlocked when I’m home. My excitement quickly turned to disappointment as I …