California regulators are stepping up their efforts to deter smartphone theft. State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon, and other regulators will introduce a bill on Friday that would require smartphones and tablets sold in the state to have software that would completely disable the device if stolen, a concept …

Good news for monochrome-averse Brits — Samsung’s enormous Galaxy Note 3 smart phone can now be yours in two extra colour schemes. Omio, then Unwired View reported that Carphone Warehouse is now selling the Note 3 in the basically-named ‘red’ and ‘gold’ options, that were first announced in early December. The gold version is in fact, the ‘rose gold white’ variant. Samsung …

On Thursday, prepaid carrier Boost Mobile announced that it will lower the cost of its unlimited 4G LTE service for new customers signing up through March 31. Instead of paying $55 for unlimited talk, text, and data (for smartphones), Boost will give new sign-ons a $35 monthly rate for the first 6 months of service. After that, the cost will …

While it appeared that Google had already completed one of its obligations in its proposed sale of Motorola Mobility to Lenovo, that is apparently not the case. A regulatory filing appeared to show that the Web giant bought a 5.94 percent stake in the Chinese electronics maker for $750 million last week, according to Reuters. Google was said to have …

Size isn’t everything, but you can decide for yourself if bigger is better when it comes to tablets as the 12.2-inch Samsung Galaxy NotePro is waiting to be fondled in shops today. Samsung says you can try, and if you like it, buy the dinner plate-sized slate in selected stores including Carphone Warehouse and John Lewis, as well as the Samsung Experience Store …

3D may be all but dead, at least on TV, but plenty of 3D films are still coming out in theaters and on Blu-ray. “The Hobbit.” “Pacific Rim.” “Man of Steel.” “Thor: The Dark World.” “The Wolverine.” “Cars.” “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.” “Gravity.” And numerous TVs are available with 3D capability — and include the requisite glasses …

Wikimedia Commons Coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games is scheduled to begin on Thursday, February 6 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC with preliminary rounds of snowboarding, freestyle skiing, and figure skating. A day later, NBCUniversal, which paid a whopping $4.38 billion for U.S. broadcasting rights through 2020, will air the opening ceremony at 7:30 p.m. ET. Daytime coverage …

Grab your notebook and don your best critic’s turtleneck — streaming service Lovefilm is offering a fresh selection of TV pilots for you to judge. The shows are produced by Amazon Studios, which last year had the wizard wheeze of offering a selection of pilots through Lovefilm (which Amazon owns), and letting the online masses choose which would become fully-fledged …

Samsung and Swarovski have partnered to deliver a custom cover for the Galaxy Note 3. On display at this year’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, the $300 crystal-clad cover is also on sale for a limited time. Related stories: Samsung offers gold finish on Galaxy S4 A $3,000 luxury phone for the ladies…say what? 24-karat HTC One: Lovely design …

Fancy a drop of red? The Google Nexus 5 is now a study in scarlet, bringing you cutting-edge KitKat software, a Full HD screen and quad-core power for the same budget-busting price of £299.  There are no stock headaches for the red Nexus 5 either, with the new phone dispatched in one or two working days.  The crimson-hued wallet-friendly phone …

Samsung’s Siri competitor, S Voice, is set for an overhaul, according to a new report. Sammobile on Wednesday published photos of what it claims is the new-and-improved S Voice app. The app, which allows users to employ their voices to make commands, comes with a two-tone blue design and an interface that embraces flat design — i.e., simple and minimalistic. …

LG Electronics’ upcoming G Pro 2 will feature an extremely thin bezel, making the face of the device feel as though it’s all display, according to a new report. The handset, which will succeed the somewhat popular Optimus G Pro, will have a bezel measuring just 0.4mm, according to a report out of Korea from FNNews. If that’s the case, …

HTC plans to begin selling a wearable device by year’s end, HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang told Bloomberg, confirming long-standing rumors that the troubled handset maker will jump into the wearable computing fray. “Many years ago we started looking at smartwatches and wearables, but we believe that we really have to solve the battery problems and the LCD light problems,” Wang …

The successor to the HTC One may offer not one, but two rear cameras, at least according to an alleged photo tweeted on Tuesday. Served up by a Twitter account called @HTCFamily.ru, the photo purports to show the rear casing of the HTC M8 with two camera lenses clearly on view near the top. Assuming the image is accurate, this …

USB OTG Checker correctly identified the Moto X as supporting USB OTG. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET One of the chief benefits of Android is its support for add-on storage, yet surprisingly few of the latest Android smartphones and tablets include a microSD slot. My new Moto X, for example — no slot. The good news is that the operating system …