GPNE’s suit included the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad 2, iPad 3 and iPad Mini. CNET Apple on Wednesday defeated GPNE in a patent-infringement trial, with a jury determining the electronics giant’s devices didn’t infringe mobile technology owned by the nonpracticing entity. Apple, which called GPNE a patent troll, said in a statement …

Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET Thanks to Apple Maps , Google Maps and any number of other mapping apps, it’s easy enough to pinpoint your location. But what if you want to share that info with someone else? Related stories How to use iOS 8, the complete guide Apple iOS 8: Refinements make iOS better Suppose, for example, your car has …

DENON Sonos co-founder Craig Shelburne advised via a blog post that his company was suing Denon’s parent company D&M Holdings as it believes HEOS is “merely copying Sonos’s system”. “Beginning with its product name and messaging (which in some instances they have just copied word for word), Denon borrows liberally from virtually all aspects of the Sonos story”, Shelbourne alleges. …

Sony’s Xperia Z3 has won critical praise, but it ostensibly hasn’t helped boost Sony’s total sales. CNET Sony’s smartphone business has failed to live up to the company’s expectations, and now there’s speculation the situation could get even worse. The company will announce a cut to its annual smartphone shipment forecast on October 31 when it releases fiscal second-quarter earnings, …

Samsung’s new 1-click carrier-billing feature lets users pay for apps without a credit card. Josh Miller/CNET If you own a Samsung smartphone, you can now buy apps from the Samsung Galaxy App store with a single click and charge it directly to your phone bill, thanks to a new agreement between Samsung and mobile payments company Bango. This global 1-click …

Listening to music is great — and there’s no reason to be left out just because you’re on a Windows Phone. Music streaming services are out in force, and just about all of the most popular players have thrown their weight behind Microsoft’s smartphone platform. That gives Windows Phone fans plenty of options to choose from. Here are a few …

You can apparently use Apple Pay outside the US if you meet the right conditions. Apple Apple Pay is designed to function only in the US, but you can apparently coax it into paying for goods in other countries by using a US credit card and changing your iPhone’s location status to the US. On Monday, Apple officially launched Apple …

HP Before you splurge on a new tablet or smartphone just so you can have more mobile storage, consider a cheaper option: an external media drive. Like this one: For a limited time and while supplies last, Fry’s has the HP Pocket Playlist for $19.99, plus sales tax where applicable. If you’re lucky enough to have a Fry’s store near …

The Google Apps Dashboard showed problems with several services. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Google users were unable to access several services early Wednesday, but everything seems to be back up and running at this point. A glimpse at the Google Apps Dashboard showed problems with a number of services, notably Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Drive, Google Sites, Google …

Google’s Nexus 6 smartphone will feature Android 5.0 Lollipop right out of the box. Google Android Lollipop 5.0 will reportedly start rolling out on November 3. The launch date for the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system was apparently revealed in a note to app developers obtained by Android Police . The note tells developers that the Software Development …

The wireless wars over family plans continue, with Sprint once again taking it up a notch. Sprint Sprint on Wednesday introduced a low-end family data plan that includes 1GB of data for $20 a month, undercutting the top carriers AT&T and Verizon Wireless. For $20, Verizon offers 500MB of data, while AT&T offers 300MB. Previously, Sprint’s option only included 600MB. …

AT&T reported strong customer growth even as its profit fell below both Wall Street expectations and its results from a year ago. Roger Cheng/CNET The Dallas telecommunications giant posted third-quarter adjusted earnings per share of 63 cents, on revenue of $33 billion, just shy of the analysts’ average forecast of 64 cents a share in earnings and $33.25 billion in …

Apple Pay allows iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users to pay for items using their phones. CNET Apple Pay is now here, but the release hasn’t exactly been flawless. While many people seem to be using the service without a hitch, there have been some reports of users being double charged for purchases. And in-app purchase haven’t gone completely smoothly, …

Dorothy clips onto a shoe or boot. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET It sure would be nice to have a pair of ruby slippers you could click together to make something magical happen. We can’t all get carried off in a tornado to the Land of Oz, but we may soon be able to look to technology to provide some …

Android’s Google Play store. Google Google has launched a website called Switch that has one goal in mind: educate Apple iPhone and iPad users on how they can easily move their data to Android-based devices. Essentially a manual, it describes how owners of Apple devices, which run the iOS mobile operating system, can take photos and music and bring them …