Image Composite by Joe Aimonetti/CNET With the presidential elections fast approaching, both Mitt Romney and President Obama are taking their campaigns mobile. The Obama for America app concentrates primarily on distributing President Obama’s policy stances, as well as news and events. Users of the Obama for America app can also find useful information about voting …

Sony’s Tablet S could be nearing a refresh, according to a new report. German tech site Mobiflip today published slides (Translate) purporting to show information on a second-generation Sony Tablet S. Judging from the images in the slides, the device looks about the same as its predecessor. However, it comes with a host of internal improvements. According to the slides …

Sky’s new on-demand thingummy Now TV has arrived on the iPhone and iPad — but there’s still no sign of it on the Samsung Galaxy S3, despite the phone embarrassingly appearing in an ad for the service. Now TV lets you watch films from Sky Movies either on a £15 monthly pass, or on a pay per play basis for …

Three upcoming Samsung gadgets have been revealed, including an 11.8-inch tablet with a ‘retina’ resolution and two new Windows Phone mobiles. Details of all three devices came to light in court documents that were made public during Samsung’s ongoing spat with Apple — a legal fracas that also revealed the look of early iPhone prototypes. The Verge spotted the tablet, …

The ongoing patent dispute between Apple and Samsung is a protracted and painful experience, but it does have its upsides. A court filed document showing the upcoming Samsung models. (Credit: The Verge) Thanks to documents submitted by Samsung in the patent case in the US, we now have our first glimpse of what to expect from Samsung when Microsoft releases …

Sara Tew/CNET “If you can draw it, you can make it.” In the realm of 3D printing, those are the words hobbyists and advocates share with prospectives poking around this young technology. Easier said than done, but with a little practice, you really can fabricate almost anything on a 3D printer. Accessories, miniature figures, components for a project, smartphone accessories, …

The Apple TV is one of the best streaming boxes on the market and it just got a little better. As of this morning, Hulu Plus is now available on the Apple TV. The app showed up without fanfare, with its icon popping up next to Netflix without an announcement from Apple or a required firmware update. Hulu Plus was …

Now playing: Watch this: Google Nexus Q media streamer 2:55 Google’s Nexus Q played a big role in the company’s Google I/O keynote, but it looks like the company is going back to the drawing board. In an e-mail sent to anyone who preordered the device, Google explains that because of “initial feedback from users,” the official launch of the …

The Samsung Omnia M goes on sale on Wednesday, with Phones 4u confirmed to be flogging the Windows Phone-powered smart phone for its UK debut. But with specs that are hauntingly reminiscent of 2010’s Omnia 7, you might want to steer clear. We first heard about the Omnia M back in May, when my eagle-eyed colleague Andrew spotted that its …

So, your telco offers you hundreds of dollars of “included value” with your mobile phone plan each month, but do you actually know how many calls this equates to? (Credit: CBSi) The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), the Australian mobile industry watchdog, has recommended that Aussie telcos begin advertising the cost of a standard call, so that consumers can …

I normally loathe writing about the corporate world, but seeing as this is a column focused on the business of apps, I figured I would make an exception. While it’s great to talk about the latest mobile game or local search app, the real money may be made in the enterprise arena. That’s particularly the case with Apple and iOS. …

Now playing: Watch this: Stamping out aggressive mobile app ads 1:25 Downloading free Android apps could make you vulnerable to aggressive adware, according to San Francisco-based security firm Lookout. In fact, as much as five percent of those free apps have spammy ads that may be parceling out your information to third parties according to CTO Kevin Mahaffey. That number …

Avast ye, landlubbers — the iPhone 5 be shippin’ water! Apple’s newest smart phone is leaking like a whaling boat that’s just met Moby Dick, with new snaps appearing that purportedly show its new mobile in fully assembled form. The Verge spotted the pictures, which surfaced over at iLab Factory, portraying a new iPhone that — matching a whole slew …

Being the official handset of the Olympics, you’d have expected to see the Samsung Galaxy S3 at last night’s opening ceremony. There’s even an Olympics-themed version, for crying out loud. But what Samsung didn’t bank on was almost every athlete walking into the stadium recording everything on their own phone, be it a Samsung, iPhone, Sony Xperia, HTC… What was …

In news that should surprise no one, Microsoft has confirmed that its Surface product will launch on the same date as Windows 8. Microsoft’s Surface. (Credit: Microsoft) The detail was filed in its annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to Brooke Crothers at CNET. The next version of our operating system, Windows 8, will be generally available …