Samsung made a splash at last year’s Mobile World Congress by showing off the first reference device running not Android, but Tizen OS, an open-source operating system created by Samsung and Intel, among others. A year on at MWC 2014, what has changed for Tizen? Samsung and Intel show off Tizen for phones and cars …

BARCELONA, Spain — Nokia’s Mix Radio service will be a “key contribution in revitalising the Microsoft brand,” after the Microsoft acquisition of Nokia is complete, explained Jyrki Rosenberg, Nokia’s vice president of entertainment, in an interview with CNET. The importance of the music streaming service, Rosenberg said, lies in the lack of financial or technical hurdles to use it. The …

The FCC’s Speed Test app for iOS. FCC With the launch of a new app Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission expanded the scope of its research on US mobile-broadband speeds to include iOS users. The FCC Speed Test for iOS app, released to Apple’s App Store today, is designed to collect information about the performance of participating smartphone users’ mobile-broadband …

Now playing: Watch this: Sony Smartband is a svelte fitness gadget 1:39 Sony is keen to prove that it has potentially brilliant ideas in the world of wearable tech, showing off an interesting concept camera that could strap itself around your neck, and document your whole life. The idea seems similar to the Autographer wearable camera, which automatically takes a …

BARCELONA, Spain — “Mapping 1.0 is done,” says the head of Nokia Here. He envisions a world of constantly-updating, infinitesimally precise maps guiding us on through the world on our smartwatches and smartphones, as self-driving cars zoom past and delivery drones soar overhead. “First we had paper maps with lots of colourful lines,” says Christof Hellmis, head of map platforms …

BARCELONA — It’s pretty clear from Facebook’s ascent that businesses nowadays understand our need to connect with friends and family is a big deal. But what about our need to be bored, to be surprised, and to get away from it all? Those are among the parts of human nature that could be a big deal for businesses that figure …

BlackBerry might soon become a mobile ATM. Speaking to Recode in an interview published on Tuesday, BlackBerry enterprise president John Sims said the company is meeting with firms in emerging markets around the world to explore the possibility of transferring money through BBM. “Money movement is an important thing,” Sims told Recode. If BlackBerry delivers a full payment service, it …

Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy S5 fingerprint scanner and heart rate monitor… 1:59 BARCELONA, Spain — Samsung didn’t shed many details about the fingerprint scanner on its new Galaxy S5 smartphone, but I had a chance to set up and use the security feature here at the show. Meet the Samsung Galaxy S5 Hands-on with the Galaxy S5 Galaxy S5 …

The big news from Mobile World Congress is that Samsung has finally unveiled the Galaxy S5. And it’ll reach British shores in April. Jolly good. So what else happened at that big festival of phones? Samsung launched another wrist-worn device — its third this week — BlackBerry outed a pair of new handsets, the Geeksphone Blackphone broke cover, and Panasonic …

T-Mobile said it has made good progress in shifting customers from the older MetroPCS network to T-Mobile. And the company will start shutting down the older network later this year. T-Mobile made the announcement on a conference call with analysts and press following its fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday. The company also provided an update on its 4G LTE network …

SanDisk has launched the world’s first microSD card with a capacity of 128GB. (Credit: SanDisk) Stuck with a 8GB phone? Your woes may soon be over. SanDisk has announced the largest capacity microSD card to date, the 128GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-1, delivering twice the speed of ordinary microSD cards. The new card can fit, according to SanDisk, 16 hours …

BARCELONA, Spain — At MWC 2014 I managed to sit down with former Summly founder and recent A-level Yahoo hire Nick D’Aloisio. He spoke to me hot on the heels of Yahoo bringing its News Digest app to iOS device users in the UK. Edited automatically by brainy software but curated by real, live people, Yahoo’s graphically flashy mobile application …

Now playing: Watch this: How Samsung built its Galactic Empire 4:07 As the Galaxy S5 enters officialdom, Samsung is the biggest smartphone maker in the world — presiding over an indomitable gadget kingdom. But how did a company best known for Blu-ray players and TVs become the all-eclipsing superpower it is today? In this special episode of Adventures in Tech, …

T-Mobile’s “Uncarrier” promotions may be winning the fourth largest nationwide wireless operator new customers, but it’s coming at a cost. For the fourth quarter of 2013, the company’s losses grew to $20 million, or 3 cents per share. This was up from a loss of $8 million, or 1 cent per share, during the same quarter in 2012. The losses …

The GeeksPhone Blackphone is designed specifically for those who would prefer to keep their data to themselves. The Blackphone keeps your user data secure and anonymous via several methods. Unlike other phones it doesn’t track your browser and search history which would allow others to mine your data. It also prevents location tracking via wifi hotspots. This is all made …