Archos this week quietly introduced a new family of Neon tablets. Ranging in size from 9 inches to 10.1 inches, the slabs are similar to the company’s Carbon and Cobalt lines. Unfortunately, these new Neon tablets are on the lower end. Related stories: Simplifying Archos’ set of Elements tablets Archos announces GamePad 2 gaming tablet …

They’re sticking with a winner, name-wise. pic.twitter.com/rJHMgbwMsK — @evleaks (@evleaks) January 30, 2014 Samsung will be going with the Galaxy S5 branding for its next flagship handset, @evleaks revealed in a screenshot on Twitter on Wednesday. The revelation was one of a few posted by the often-accurate @evleaks. In addition to confirming that the follow-up to the Galaxy S4 will …

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The country’s traditional copper wire telephone networks could soon go the way of payphones — becoming nearly obsolete. The Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted on Thursday to launch a series of trials to investigate how best to update the nation’s telephone system. The idea is to replace the system’s traditional phone lines with networks that are based on Internet Protocol. …

Goal! Sign up to O2 4G and you can watch every goal scored in the Barclays Premier League, FA Cup, Scottish Premier League, and Rangers matches right on your phone or tablet, all thanks to the super-soaraway Sun. If you go for an O2 4G Refresh contract with either 5GB or 8GB of data from today you get full access …

Three French carriers — Orange, Bouygues, and Iliad’s Free Mobile — have begun competing for customers by cutting the roaming fees that can spook travelers and tourists from using mobile phones when abroad. The price war is good news for people in Europe, where a fragmented mobile-network market means it’s common to worry about the extra costs for making calls …

Tesco Mobile is putting free 4G in your trolley. That’s right, unlike rivals EE, Vodafone and O2, from today the supermarket isn’t charging extra for 4G — prompting experts to predict this is the beginning of the end for 4G fees. Previously Tesco charged £2.50 extra on top of normal contracts to add extra-fast 4G data. But the no-frills network …

Now playing: Watch this: Google Nexus 5 souped up with Android KitKat, LTE, and… 3:16 Speculation of a crimson-colored Google Nexus 5 have been floating around since last week, thanks to leaked images from a Vietnamese news site of a red variant, and a video that reportedly depicts several new color variations of the device. Related stories LG once out-iPhoned …

Samsung execs are probably dancing a little jig right about now. Google late Wednesday confirmed that it’s selling Motorola Mobility to Chinese PC giant Lenovo for $2.91 billion, or less than a quarter of what it paid for the handset vendor in 2011. Motorola has brought nothing but troubles (and a lot of patents) to Google, with the company steadily …

The Apple TV rumor mill is firing up again. This week, Apple’s living room box has been the subject to a host of new rumors (largely from 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman), including updated hardware, gaming, an app store, and even cable box integration. There’s even new talk of the mythical Apple Television. It’s not surprising that the Apple TV — that …

Sky is to team up with HBO to make the next Sopranos or Game of Thrones. The British and US broadcasters will jointly fund prospective future hits, as well as locking in HBO shows to Sky Atlantic for another six years. As well as unveiling a new EPG, Sky revealed today it will continue to hoard HBO’s prestigious programmes until …

This portable USB charger offers a point of difference: it’s a DIY assemble-yourself kit that runs on AA batteries. (Credit: Joshua Broekhuijsen) There’s no denying that a portable USB charger is a handy thing to keep around. It can save a dying phone or laptop, at least long enough to make a few calls or save your work. But if …

Leaked photos of LG’s upcoming G Pro 2 suggest the phone will have a little more in common with the G2 than its predecessor. (Credit: DC Inside) The photos come via Korean site DC Inside and show a phone with the same rear power button and volume control configuration as the LG G2. The white phone also sports some chrome …

If a recent report from Recode is correct, Samsung has caved to pressure from Google to make Android a little more pure. The publication said the two companies started forming agreements at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month “that would bring Samsung’s view of Android in line with Google’s own.” That means Samsung will consider changing or getting rid …

Scribd, hailed as the YouTube of documents and now trying to become the Netflix of digital books, has launched a Kindle Fire app. Like its Android and iOS apps, the Kindle Fire app allows Scribd’s premium account holders to check out e-books from the company’s library of “100,000 +” titles that make up the backbone of Scribd’s fledgling e-book subscription …