As people around the world become increasingly more reliant on their mobile devices, the app market continues to grow. New research from market analyst firm Canalys shows that the top four app stores hit 13.4 billion downloads worldwide in the first quarter of 2013. This is an 11 percent increase over all of 2012 combined. …

Virgin Mobile wants consumers to know that it’s a major player in the no-contract wireless game too, and isn’t afraid to spend a little money to show it. Virgin Mobile Virgin set its sights directly on T-Mobile, offering $100 to T-Mobile customers willing to switch their number over and buy a smartphone before May 31. Carriers will often provide incentives …

Tumblr launched its redesigned Android mobile app today, making some major upgrades over its last version. “Tumblr for Android just got a total face-lift,” the company wrote in a blog post today. “We’ve completely redesigned the interface, added fancy post animations, made images pop, and a whole lot more.” The app, which is available on Google Play, has an entirely …

Now playing: Watch this: Unboxing the Nokia Lumia 920 4:25 The Nokia Lumia 920 is now the best-selling handset running Microsoft’s Windows Phone software. At least that’s what specialty Windows Phone application advertising firm AdDuplex says. Indeed according to AdDuplex, and reported by Windows Phone Central, the Lumia 920 enjoys 14 percent of the entire Windows Phone market. That may …

A new Nokia is on the cards and this one could strip the Nokia Lumia 920 of its flagship status. Allegedly called the Lumia 928, photos and the scantest of details were leaked via Twitter user @evleaks. Headed for Verizon, the 928 is reportedly a slightly tweaked version of the 920. So what’s the difference? According to The Verge, the …

Bargain-hunting phone fans spell trouble for the iPhone, Samsung Galaxy S4 and other pricey phones, according to the man behind Orange. With the Google Nexus 4 leading the charge for bargain blowers, it seems we’re going off the idea of spending four, five, six hundred quid on a high-end phone. “Customers are more focused on price,” the boss of Orange-owning …

If you want to go Home early, now’s your chance: a pre-release version of Facebook Home has leaked to turn your Android phone into a photo-liking, status-updating machine. Facebook Home is software that completely replaces the interface on your Android phone, loading your friends’ photos, posts and status updates on your homescreen. The software is showcased on the HTC First …

A new Nokia is on the cards, and this one promises to strip the Lumia 920 of its flagship status. Called the Lumia 928, it’s leaked via the @evleaks Twitter account, and it’s a slightly tweaked version of the 920. The 928 is heading for US network Verizon, so I don’t know whether us Brits will ever see it on …

According to Samsung, Australian Galaxy S4s will have the Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor. The Samsung Exynos processor model will be mostly kept for international 3G versions of the Galaxy S4. Australian users will not be getting an Exynos processor in their Galaxy S4. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) We’d noted before that it was still unclear which CPU version of the Galaxy …

Sony’s new 55- and 65-inch 4K TVs will be available in the US from 21 April, with the US$699 4K player coming later in the year. Sony’s new, smaller-sized 4K TVs. (Credit: Screenshot by CNET) We noted at the end of 2012 that this would be the year that Ultra HD or 4K TVs would drop in both size and …

Drivers who use mapping software on their phones to find out where they’re going may not be paying enough heed to where they’re going. At least that’s one way of characterizing a recent ruling by a California court. Issued late last month and made more widely known by a tweet today from law professor Orin Kerr, the ruling says handling …

And the claws come out. Microsoft exec Frank X. Shaw (he of the double corporate job title) has slammed Facebook Home in a blog post, calling it “remarkably similar” to Windows Phone 7.5, which Microsoft announced two years ago. “I tuned into the coverage of the Facebook Home event yesterday and actually had to check my calendar a few times,” …

More than a third of British consumers think 4G is too expensive — that’s an increase from back in October, when EE launched the UK’s first 4G mobile network. 38 per cent of Brits now think 4G is too pricey, up from 31 per cent back in October, according to price comparison site uSwitch. More people are also worried about …

Fears have been allayed over whether the 4G networks that’ll launch this summer will interfere with Freeview telly signals. A trial conducted by at800 found that a makeshift 4G network using the 800MHz band only affected Freeview reception in 15 out of the 22,000 homes surveyed, The Register reports. at800 originally predicted 120 households would experience problems. Those that did …

Jason Cipriani/CNET BlackBerry recently launched its BlackBerry 10 platform with the Z10, with the keyboard-equipped Q10 on the horizon. While the new operating system does come with the ability to share your screen with fellow BBM users, not everyone has a BlackBerry 10 device. In those situations, taking and sharing a screenshot is the best way to show off your …