Huawei’s focus seems to be shifting to higher-end devices such as the $400 Honor 6 Plus. Aloysius Low/CNET Huawei’s plan to shift resources toward more expensive smartphones in 2015 may seem like a misguided plan right now in a world where low-end and midrange handsets are dominating emerging markets, and where emerging markets are where …

Matt Elliott/CNET I use a MacBook Pro from early 2011 as I eagerly await Intel’s Broadwell processors to arrive later this year for the next MacBook Pro refresh. My aging MacBook Pro has lost some of its giddyup, and its brand of Bluetooth precludes me from using new features such as Handoff. With the new Pushbullet Mac app, however, I …

Android devices like the Nexus 6 pictured here are helping the operating system grow. Google Google’s Android mobile operating system has reached a major milestone. For the first time ever, worldwide shipments of smartphones packing Android exceeded 1 billion units in 2014, a significant gain from the 780.8 million units that shipped around the world in 2013, researcher Strategy Analytics …

Do you want to see what will emerge from the international festival of phones and wearables that takes place March 2-5? You’ve hit the jackpot. We’re gathering the most exciting stories and will deliver them straight to your inbox with CNET In-Depth. What is Mobile World Congress, you ask? It’s the biggest mobile show where top-of-the-line companies introduce their new …

An example of an employee using Intel’s wireless-display technology. Intel Intel is getting one step closer to its goal of eliminating cables from personal computers, saying Thursday that its newest chip for work computers — which packs in several wire-free features — is now available. The fifth-generation Core vPro processor provides improved performance, longer battery life and better graphics than …

The Federal Communications Commission raised a record-breaking $44.9 billion in a wireless spectrum auction that officially ended Thursday. The spectrum in this most recent auction is considered mid-band spectrum and sits between 1700MHz and 2100MHz frequencies. James Martin/CNET The high dollar figure in the auction for the so-called AWS-3 swath of airwaves is significant because it shows just how valuable …

Samsung’s TouchWiz UI rumored to get radical redesign. Josh Miller/CNET Skim the headlines and you might get the sense that Samsung is doing something drastic with its upcoming flagship phone, like stripping the Galaxy S6 of almost all bloatware and, maybe, even its custom interpretation of the Android OS, called TouchWiz. Related Links Meet the new faces of Samsung in …

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday rewrote the definition of high-speed Internet, and chances are, your connection isn’t up to snuff. The FCC commissioners voted 3 to 2 in support of the change. They are (left to right): Ajit Pai, Mignon Clyburn, Tom Wheeler (chairman), Jessica Rosenworcel, and Michael O’Rielly. FCC The FCC, tasked with overseeing the rules that govern …

Screencap of an optical illusion by YouTube user brusspup. Nicole Cozma/CNET If you a large portion of your Internet time looking at GIFs, then you may have looked for a decent GIF creator to make your own. However, many of the free options only let you upload pictures, don’t allow any trimming or paste their watermark all over the finished …

Qantas/Brent Winstone Qantas and Samsung Australia are trialling a new in-flight entertainment service using the Samsung Gear VR virtual reality headset. The trial period will see the Samsung Gear VR headset — which uses the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone to provide both the viewing screen and processing power — available in select first class cabins on A380s of the Australian …

The new Outlook app brings some nice calendar integration to the table. Microsoft Big day for Microsoft. First, the company launched the final version of Microsoft Office for Android. And now comes the missing piece of that mobile-office puzzle: Outlook for Android and iOS. For those keeping score at home, this is actually Microsoft’s rebranded version of Accompli, the e-mail …

Google is trying to figure out how to make more money on mobile ads. Getty Images For the past few quarters, Google’s finances have been the story of same-old, same-old: Desktop search — its biggest business — is getting stale, but it still makes billions. The story stayed true on Thursday when Google reported lagging revenue, as more people find …

Matt Elliott/CNET Apple has long offered the Remote app that lets you use your iPhone to control Apple TV or iTunes on your Mac. With the TodayRemote app, you can control iTunes on your Mac with the added benefit of not needing to open an app on your iPhone to do so. TodayRemote lets you add a widget to Notification …

Now playing: Watch this: The Saygus V2 is the “Superman” phone 1:46 Following its announcement for preorder availability, Utah-based mobile manufacturer Saygus has now confirmed the pricing of its V2 (pronounced V-squared) smartphone. For a limited time, the Android 4.4 KitKat will cost $549 unlocked (which converts to £364 or AU$705) during its initial launch. After that, the handset will …

Facebook is adding more Yelp-like recommendation features to its mobile app for iPhone. It’s testing Place Tips in New York. Facebook With Facebook’s latest recommendations feature, you may have to see your friends’ vacation photos, whether you like it or not. The social network announced a new feature for its mobile app that uses your phone’s location services to surface …