LG LG’s accidentally leaked G3 Stylus will make its official appearance at the IFA tradeshow in Berlin next week, and the announcement timing is anything but coincidental. The Korean manufacturer’s main rival, Samsung, will be launching its next iteration of the popular Galaxy Note phablet at the show, and LG is perhaps looking to steal …

A July 29, 2014 Samsung patent rendering for an “ornamental design for an electronic device.” US Patent and Trademark Office Motorola’s round-faced Moto 360 won’t be the only high-profile circular smartwatch for long. South Korean electronics maker Samsung is developing a round smartwatch as part of its Gear line of wearables, Samsung blog SamMobile reported on Monday. Samsung is expected …

Matt Elliott/CNET A new, free photo app has entered the crowded iPhone photo app arena. Camu doesn’t break any new ground, but the app boasts a slick interface and a small yet useful collection of filters and tools. Camu forces you to snap photos with the app and doesn’t let you edit photos from your phone’s camera roll. It saves …

T-Mobile CEO John Legere unveils the ‘Uncarrier’ strategy. INSIDER IMAGES/Gary He for T-Mobile T-Mobile fired back at Sprint’s aggressive new pricing on Monday by quadrupling the amount of data customers on its Simple Starter plan will get. The new plan, which is geared toward individuals, will offer customers 2GB of data for $45 a month, starting September 3. Previously, the …

Intel, moving beyond just making the processors inside tech gadgets, is expected to announce its first luxury smart bracelet in the next few weeks, according to a person familiar with the matter. Barneys New York will sell Intel’s new smart bracelet. Credit: Getty Images The bracelet is being engineered by the tech company, designed by fashion house Opening Ceremony, and …

Take a bite out of smartphone prices. Amanda Kooser/CNET Burger King wants its customers to use its new branded mobile app for Android. It wants this so bad, the fast-food company is giving away Android smartphones. This promotion is quite a bit more advanced than the usual “Jungle Book” toys or “Star Wars” glasses giveaways. You can’t just roll up …

Image by Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0 Sending racy pictures via text is not a new phenomenon, but new legislation being introduced in Victoria is set to protect teenagers from being unduly hit with charges if they’re founding ‘sexting’. A new bill introduced by the Liberal State Government will amend the law that governs the distribution of ‘intimate images’, particularly …

The Cloud FX, a joint project of India-based phone maker Intex and Mozilla, is a low-cost smartphone running Firefox OS. Mozilla hopes the phone will open up new markets by getting more people to use the Internet. Mozilla Welcome to the world of the extremely low-cost, low-end smartphone, at least if you live in India. Mozilla’s feature phone-priced smartphone went …

Huawei has a warning for Samsung: don’t put all your eggs in the Tizen basket. The Chinese telecommunications giant has faced some pressure from carriers to design smartphones running Samsung’s Tizen operating system, but it has consistently declined those overtures after determining that “Tizen has no chance to be successful,” said Richard Yu, head of Huawei’s consumer business group, in …

Microsoft Devices. The super-budget Lumia 530 from Microsoft Devices is set to hit Australian retail on September 1. The 530 will begin life as an Optus exclusive, available as a prepaid bundle for just AU$129. It’ll be in store from the start of September and available online from September 8. It will also be available outright for AU$149 from other …

Apple will soon release the successor to its popular iPhone 5S. Sarah Tew/CNET Apple’s iPhone 6 may be one of the worst-kept secrets — and most highly anticipated devices — of the year. Since introducing the iPhone in 2007, Apple has added a new model every year, with seven generations (covering eight models) so far. For the past three years, …

Some batteries in the iPhone 5 are defective. Josh Lowensohn/CNET If you find your iPhone 5 runs out of juice too quickly, Apple has a fix. The Cupertino, Calif., electronics giant said it has “determined that a very small percentage of iPhone 5 devices may suddenly experience shorter battery life or need to be charged more frequently.” Apple will replace …

Unless you want to go off the grid completely, it’s relatively easy to keep in touch with friends and family when on the road. Of course, there are the obvious solutions, including familiar apps like Facebook and Skype, but you may be interested in tips and tricks making use of other contact solutions. Overseas travel Taking your smartphone on an …

The Polo Tech has sensors that fit next to the skin. Ralph Lauren The tennis courts at the US Open this year will be hosting more than just competitors lofting high-tech rackets. Ralph Lauren is using the event to debut the Polo Tech, a compression shirt with biometric sensors that acts like an extremely sophisticated fitness band without having anything …

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is taking the gaming market more seriously with the largest acquisition in the e-commerce company’s history. James Martin/CNET Amazon, in its efforts to increase its video-streaming offerings, plans to buy live-streaming video game site Twitch for about $970 million in cash, the two companies announced Monday. The deal, the largest cash buy in the e-tailer’s history, …