Lazaro Estrada and his lawyers. CBS 4 screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET There are people whose very presence can make you feel threatened. Sometimes it’s because you just don’t like the look of them. Other times, it’s because they’re wearing a uniform and striding toward you purposefully. It seems, though, that some police officers are feeling …

CBS The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments for two cases that could have significant implications on what it means to perform an “unreasonable search and seizure” in the era of smartphones. At the center of each case is the question of whether it’s lawful for police to search a person’s mobile phone after he or she is arrested, without …

Scott Stein/CNET The era of the wrist-worn fitness band seems to have hit a peak, or at least a glut. So what about the ear? Lumafit, a heart-rate monitoring fitness tracker that’s launched its Kickstarter campaign today, is designed to fit over the ear. Actually, the plastic top piece just rests on top of the ear, while a clip that …

Concepter has working prototypes of the Lunecase. Concepter It’s well-known that phones emit a bit of electromagnetic radiation. The topic’s been the subject of much speculation, study, and even a bit of concern. Electromagnetic radiation’s about to get a reputation as an intriguing alternative energy source. The Lunecase looks at first like a pretty regular snap-on iPhone case. Then it …

CNET Nokia finished its final full quarter as a mobile-phone vendor just barely keeping ahead of Apple. Looking at the first quarter of 2014, Strategy Analytics pegged Nokia’s share of the global mobile-phone market at 11.5 percent, with shipments of 47 million. Released Tuesday, those figures showed a drop from the same quarter last year, when Nokia’s market share was …

iPhone 6 mock-up. Ciccarese Design Apple could tweak the image stabilization feature on its next iPhone. But it may do it electronically rather than with the lens itself, at least according to a new rumor. Chiming in on Chinese Web site Weibo, ESM-China analyst Sun Chang Xu claims that the next iPhone will use electronic image stabilization instead of optical …

Richard Nieva/CNET Yahoo on Tuesday launched an update to its email mobile app, which now gives users access to content from several of its properties ranging from Yahoo news to its weather and sports apps. Under CEO Marissa Mayer, the company has invested in a number of areas, from news to artificial intelligence to online video. While Yahoo has its …

Attorney Harold McElhinny makes Apple’s case during the current trial against Samsung. Vicki Behringer SAN JOSE, Calif. — A jury should find that Samsung Electronics intentionally infringed on Apple’s patents because it didn’t have anything that could compete with the Cupertino, Calif., company, an Apple attorney argued Tuesday in a court here. “Unlike in fairy tales, we know that Samsung’s …

The glorious Nokia 3210. Wikipedia/Shutterstock The Nokia 3210 is my favourite phone of all time. It was also my first phone, and the device that inspired a lifelong passion for tech. That’s because since the 3210 went away, I’ve been pacing the metaphorical widow’s walk, gazing out over the (still metaphorical) ocean of technology, waiting for the ship that will …

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek speaks at the Sprint press event. Sarah Tew/CNET Sprint has struck a deal with Spotify, the carrier announced Tuesday, in hopes of capitalizing on the popularity of streaming music services. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse introduced Sprint Sound Session, which gives premium access to live events and Spotify. The wireless carrier is including access to Spotify’s service …

The Dimple will be available in different colors, perhaps even one that matches your device. Dimple I like tactile buttons, the kind that give me a bit of response when I push them and can be found in the dark. (Example: If I want to activate Siri in the car while my phone is in my coat pocket, I can …

The HTC One M8 Harman/Kardon edition Sarah Tew Hoping to excite customers, and keep them from leaving the network, Sprint announced Tuesday a new version of the HTC One designed to provide a better music-listening experience, and signed a pact with Spotify. Sprint, the third-largest US carrier after Verizon and AT&T, has partnered with audio products maker Harman Kardon to …

CNET Nokia’s phone sales figures have dropped 30 percent since last year — a dip that the company blames on ‘intense competition’. The ailing Nokia, which has just seen its phone-making business purchased by Microsoft, overall saw a net loss of €239 million in the January-to-March period, compared with €272 million in the same stretch of time in 2013. Nokia’s …

From left, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, Harman CEO Dinesh Paliwal, and HTC CEO Peter Chou. Sarah Tew/CNET HTC is still on a roll. That’s according to HTC President Jason MacKenzie, who said activations of its HTC One M8 remained strong going into the third and fourth week of sales. Those weeks outperformed every week of sales …

CNET Android dominates the mobile landscape not just in market share but in malware, according to new data from F-Secure. Analyzing malware discovered during the first quarter of the year, F-Secure found that Android was targeted by 275 out of 277 “threat families.” In contrast, iOS and Symbian each accounted for one a piece, according to F-Secure’s “Q1 2014 Mobile …