Virgin Mobile subscribers looking for an unsubsidized version of the iPhone 5S or 5C may want to check out a new sale from the carrier. Virgin Mobile has cut the prices of all unsubsidized editions of the two new iPhones by 10 percent. The 16GB iPhone 5S is on sale for $495, the 32GB model …

Now playing: Watch this: LG G Flex flexes its bendy 6-inch screen 2:26 T-Mobile finally dropped its pricing plan for the curved-screen LG G Flex on Monday, and also introduced a new Android smartphone, the LG Optimus F3Q. Related stories: LG to unveil G Pro 2 smartphone in February LG swings to Q4 loss, but G2 and Nexus 5 drive …

Like a tanned trustafarian posting their latest bants-worthy gap yah misadventures on Facebook, the hotly-rumoured Android-powered Nokia Normandy — also said to be known as the Nokia X — has appeared in Vietnam. The phone appears in a listing on Vietnamese gadget shop The Gioididong — which is a fantastic name for a shop, it must be said — but it doesn’t appear …

Now playing: Watch this: HTC One wows with stunning design, premium parts 3:17 HTC One owners are one step closer to taking a bite out of Android 4.4.2 KitKat. HTC’s Software Updates page now shows the HTC One as currently being certified by all four major US carriers — AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon. The page also reveals the certification …

“What shall we watch?” said Thomas. “How about Thomas and Friends, Fireman Sam and Pingu, now streaming on Lovefilm?” said Thomas. Yes, as the excitable little blue tank engine says, Lovefilm has added a load of classic and new kids’ TV shows, including Chuggington, Where’s Wally, Bob the Builder and Kipper to stream. The new episodes of Thomas and Friends …

One man, one goal, one mission. One heart, one goal, just one solution… to the problem of Microsoft’s new name for SkyDrive. OneDrive is the new moniker for Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage service after losing a legal battle with Sky. “Why OneDrive?” asks Microsoft. “I don’t know,” I reply, “I’m guessing because it’s one place for all your stuff?” “Because …

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Like the millions of people tuning in during the Super Bowl, Michele White will be glued to her monitor. But unlike everyone else, the big game won’t be on her screen. Instead, White, the head of network operations and engineering in the New York metropolitan region for Verizon Wireless, will be staring at and stressing over …

Google and Samsung on Sunday unveiled a broad, long-term cross-licensing deal that will cover their existing patents as well as those filed over the next 10 years. The two companies provided essentially no details about the terms of the deal or what patents and technologies its covers, only saying that it’s “mutually beneficial.” However, they did take veiled shots at …

Samsung’s quarterly profits have dropped for the first time in two years, as the South Korean tech giant says it expects smart phone competition to intensify. Samsung made roughly £4bn in the October-to-December period, the BBC reports. That’s a huge stack o’ cash, but is 11 per cent less than the company earned in the August-through-October time frame. If you …

Competition’s catching up to Samsung, and it’s only going to get worse. Early Friday Korea-time, the electronics giant reported its first quarterly operating profit decline in two years. Perhaps most troubling was the slowdown in its mobile business, with its fourth-quarter operating profit in IT and mobile communications dropping 18 percent sequentially and shipments falling “slightly.” Samsung also warned that …

Google’s Nexus 5 has been spied in red, leading credibility to rumours that the Big G is plotting a range of new hues for its popular flagship phone. The photo above appeared at Vietnamese-language site Vietnamnet.vn, and reportedly shows a sample product that will go on sale in late February or March. The photo could be a clever fake, or …

Samsung is aware of a problem with its Note 3 smart phone, which sees third-party accessories not working on phones running Android 4.4 KitKat. The arrival of the new version of Android saw some third-party accessories (cases, for example) stop working, SamMobile reports. A statement on the subject was provided in German to site AllaboutSamsung.de, but now CNET UK has …

There’s no question that T-Mobile’s UnCarrier strategy has shaken up the wireless market. But how long will it take for Verizon Wireless to respond to the pressure? This is the question I answer in this edition of Ask Maggie. There’s a good reason why Verizon has consistently had lower churn rates and higher customer addition rates than its competitors. But …

The Nexus 5 has apparently been spied in red, leading a bit of credibility to rumors that Google is plotting a range of new hues for the flagship phone. A photo appeared on the Vietnamese-language site Vietnamnet.vn, and reportedly shows a sample product that will go on sale in late February or March. The photo could be a clever fake, …

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