BARCELONA, Spain — Freescale Semiconductor, a maker of small processors called microcontrollers, has a tinier new one it hopes will help companies jump aboard the “Internet of things” bandwagon. The microchips used in computers cost tens, hundreds, and sometimes thousands of dollars. But the Kinetis KL03 is an entirely different class for devices that aren’t …

Meet the Samsung Galaxy S5 Hands-on with the Galaxy S5 Galaxy S5 FAQ: Everything you need to know GS5 camera is so far, so good Three Galaxy S5 feature gems Unlock the GS5 with a finger swipe Comparing the Samsung GS5 to the iPhone 5S, LG G Pro 2 Exploring the Galaxy S5’s features BARCELONA, Spain — Exercise aficionados who …

Now playing: Watch this: Pure LiFi transfers data using light 1:25 BARCELONA, Spain — Transmitting wireless data using radio waves is so old fashioned — in the video above, you’ll see the technology that sends data via light, and could stream Internet video to your TV from a light in your ceiling. The system works by attaching an Ethernet-wired ceiling-based …

Is a dual Android-Windows device just a pipe dream? And are these devices doomed in general? We don’t have an answer to that yet, but there are signs that not everything is copacetic. A report last week from Asia claimed that Asus may be “forced” to give up the Transformer Book Duet TD300, a novel laptop-tablet hybrid that can instantly …

BARCELONA, Spain — Motorola Mobility may be a lame duck waiting for Lenovo to take the reins, but that doesn’t mean it can’t make a little noise. Motorola, for now still a unit of Google, said Tuesday that it will build a smartwatch for later this year. The product will “solve real user problems,” will be treated more like an …

BARCELONA, Spain–The last thing you would expect someone to do would be to jump ship from Apple to HTC, but that’s what Jack Yang, the former head of the Apple’s iPhone business in Southeast Asia, did. And when he did, he leapt straight into the action. The new boss of the South Asia market, which includes Southeast Asia, India and …

This could be the home screen for the Galaxy S5. Twitter/EvLeaks Galaxy S5, now with heart rate monitor and fingerprint sensor. Here’s a new paragraph starting right here. And more here. And it goes on and on and on. And more here. And it goes on and on and on. And more here. And it goes on and on and …

BARCELONA, Spain — When Michael Abbott took the job as chief executive of mobile payments venture Isis, his mother demanded that he make the service easy enough for her to use. After giving it a go during last year’s trials, she put her stamp of approval on the service, Abbott said during his keynote address during the Mobile World Congress …

BARCELONA, Spain — Hard to believe it’s only day 2 of Mobile World Congress, which already feels like it’s been going on for months. The CNET team is now fluent in Catalan, cannot remember any food that isn’t tapas, and has renounced all other religions for that of Lionel Messi. With most of the main announcements out of the way, …

BARCELONA, Spain — Want cinema-like audio when you play video games or watch a movie on your smartphone or tablet? You may be able to get it soon. Here at Mobile World Congress, audio company Dolby gave me a demo of its Atmos technology running on a tablet. I listened to four different video clips via an ordinary passive headset …

Amazon’s newly rebadged film streaming service launches tomorrow in the UK. Amazon Prime Instant Video was previously known as Lovefilm Instant, until Amazon renamed it recently. Day one sees the premier of Alpha House, a political comedy starring John Goodman. Alpha House is the first fully commissioned series from Amazon Studios, in a bid to take on Netflix’s own House …

BARCELONA, Spain — One of the difficulties with wearable computing is that it can be hard to control devices that don’t have a handy keyboard or touch screen attached. And that’s how gesture control company EyeSight Mobile won a place in Lumus’ smartglasses. With the technology a person can hold out a finger to tap on icons or swipe away …

Sony has announced a range of new devices at Mobile World Congress. Chief among them is the Xperia Z2, which is the follow-up to the flagship Xperia Z1. And now we know which UK networks it’ll be available on. Vodafone, EE, Three, and O2 have all confirmed they’ll stock the Xperia Z2. That’s all of the major networks, so it’ll …

BARCELONA, Spain — On the first full official day of Mobile World Congress, some of the industry’s biggest names brought out their largest guns. While today marked CNET’s second day of coverage, it feels like the fifth — that’s just how much news this venue has generated in 48 hours. We wrapped up yesterday’s wave of news already, and it’s …

Update (11:00a.m. PT): The Galaxy S5 has officially launched. Check out CNET’s complete coverage (including hands-on video and photos.) Samsung will be unveiling the Galaxy S5 at a press event later on Monday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and to whet our appetites, one Twitter account is showing off some images. A Twitter account going by the name @SaudiAndroid …