NEW YORK–Google wants to play a bigger part in your life. That’s the message the company was likely conveying with its model home here in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Google took over a building on Thursday to show off its many newer services and hardware, including Google Now, Hangouts, and Google Glass. Related …

Samsung is putting an Intel chip in an Android Galaxy Tab. That’s unusual. As CNET reported back on May 20, Samsung is slated to disclose — either privately or publicly — the next Intel-based Galaxy tablet at Computex, which starts June 4. It will run Android 4.2.2 and sport a 1,280 x 800 display. Related stories Samsung Galaxy Tablet may …

After numerous leaks, including an accidental post on Samsung’s own site, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini is finally official. Those of you hoping for the same elite performance of the normal S4 in a more pocket-friendly size though are likely to be disappointed. It’s a 4.3-inch phone, knocking quite a sizeable chunk off the 5 inches of its big brother. …

Apple’s iPad has dominated the tablet market since it first launched, but that’s going to change. Apple exited the first quarter of the year with 50 percent share of all tablet shipments, but Android is poised to overtake iOS in tablets, ABI Research said Thursday. The tech research firm didn’t provide a timeline for the shift but said the big …

Not to be outdone by T-Mobile, Verizon sets June 6 as the launch date for the BlackBerry Q10. Priced at $199.99, the long-anticipated device features a superbly crafted physical keyboard plus the latest BlackBerry 10 software. Related stories Best Password Manager to Use for 2022 Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How to Clean It Without Causing Damage Spending All …

Smart phones ain’t so pricey these days — Huawei has lifted the lid on two new mobiles that are unlikely to break the bank, as well as a spangly new Android tablet. The Huawei Ascend Y210 is the cheapest of the lot, with a starting price on TalkTalk of £5 per month. For that you get a 3.5-inch display, 2-megapixel …

Samsung announced its Galaxy S4 Mini on Thursday, delivering a smaller, lower-end cousin of its hot-selling high-end Android phone with a 4.3-inch screen. The Korean electronics giant has been steadily pushing smartphone sizes larger, but not everyone is ready for a the 5-inch screen of a Galaxy S4. And the new model will ensure Samsung a place in the market …

There are days when it’s so challenging to be a technology writer, I can only imagine what it’s like to be a technology consumer. For example, and I’m just ballparking here, there are some 37,000 smartphones you can buy today. Whoops, hang on, just got a press release from HTC; make that 37,001. Oh, and here comes Android 4.3 — …

The first official image of Huawei’s super-slim new Ascend P6 smart phone has been released by the company — and it’s a dead ringer for the iPhone 5, right down to the thin white band breaking up the brushed metal surround. Due to be launched at a swanky London event on 18 June, the Huawei Ascend P6 is set to …

Clearwire has decided to delay its shareholder vote on Sprint’s takeover proposal in order to review Dish Network’s surprise revised offer. The wireless broadband provider had initially scheduled a special shareholders meeting for Friday to hold a vote on the proposal, but the company announced Thursday it had rescheduled the meeting for June 13. While the company said it has …

YouView is now in 400,000 homes, with a fistful of new channels about to arrive. The online-tastic set-top box is about to get new standard and high-definition channels delivered via your Internet connection alongside the channels coming in your aerial — and there’s an Android app coming in the next few weeks too. Those 400,000 viewers are now watching 2.2m …

For those extra-organized people, Google has updated its Calendar app for Android to add color labels and a new date and time tool. Related stories Please, Clear Your Android Phone’s Cookies and Cache Right Now Best Samsung Phone for 2022 Best Android Tablet for 2022 The color labels palette lets users customize events or calendar listings with a choice of …

SoftBank’s $20 billion merger with Sprint is just fine for a U.S. committee that monitors national security issues between companies. Sprint announced Wednesday that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) has cleared its proposed merger with Japan’s SoftBank, saying that there are no national security issues that would make it unacceptable to the government. The companies have …

The Galaxy S4 Mini could not be more leaked if a Samsung flunky just left it in a pub. After hands-on photos, sample images from the camera, and details of when and where it’ll be launched, benchmarks have popped up online apparently confirming its specs. The screenshots of AnTuTu benchmarks, grabbed by German blog AllAboutSamsung, reveal the S4‘s little brother …

Both bigger and smaller versions of the HTC One will launch soon, someone familiar with the matter has told Pocket-lint. The specs for the bigger blower will stay the same, but the screen will be larger than the current One’s 4.7 inches. Exactly how much larger isn’t clear, but it’ll be somewhere between 5 and 6 inches. The smaller version, meanwhile, will be …