The HTC One M8 stacked up on top of the original One. Sarah Tew/CNET Iron Man is back touting the HTC One M8. Actor Robert Downey Jr. has a new YouTube video up promoting HTC’s latest flagship smartphone. The video takes a stripped-down approach, with Downey Jr. speaking directly to the viewer about his love …

DxO rankings for mobile phones. DxO Labs The Sony Xperia Z2 has supplanted Nokia’s 808 Pureview as the best smartphone for mobile photographers, according to an organization that analyzes camera quality. Sony’s latest flagship handset scored a 79 out of a possible 100 on the DxOMark Mobile scale, beating out Nokia’s 808, which landed a score of 77 out of …

Ineda’s Hierarchical Computing architecture, part of the Dhanush ‘WPU,’ a Wearable system-on-a-chip Ineda Samsung and Qualcomm are backing a small wearable chip startup that has developed a processor targeted specifically at wearables. Santa Clara Calif.-based Ineda Systems on Tuesday announced that an investment group, which includes Samsung and Qualcomm, have agreed to $17 million in funding. Along with the investment …

Josh Miller/CNET Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone includes a faster processor, bigger display, and an improved camera. The company took it a step further with the Galaxy S5. Not only is the device dust and water resistant, but it’s also equipped with both a fingerprint scanner and a heart rate sensor. The Galaxy S5 is slated to be one of the …

Samsung’s existing Gear gadgets require a Bluetooth connection to a phone to make calls. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Samsung’s rumoured standalone smartwatch — that would make calls without needing to be synced to a smartphone — could be called the ‘Gear Solo’, according to a fresh report concerning the South Korean tech giant’s wearable tech plans. The ‘Gear Solo’ moniker is likely …

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler addresses broadcasters at the NAB 2014 trade show. CNET/Marguerite Reardon LAS VEGAS — Federal Communications Chairman Tom Wheeler has a plan to save the broadcasting industry, he said during a speech Wednesday at the National Association of Broadcasters meeting here. But it may not be the solution broadcasters were hoping for. Wheeler — whose appearance at …

This shot of Benjamin Ho, HTC’s chief marketing officer, was taken with the new HTC One M8. Aloysius Low/CNET SINGAPORE — Everyone knows HTC isn’t doing so great — especially after this week’s quarterly earnings report. But Benjamin Ho, the company’s chief marketing officer, brushes aside the short-term view. In an interview with CNET, Ho said he isn’t overly concerned …

The new Klout app urges users to share more with content it suggests. Klout Klout just took a second swing at a mobile app, and this time around the software takes a new approach. Now Klout’s main task is to push users to engage with their social networks more aggressively and with smarter things to say. As a matter of …

Google Google Glass, the search giant’s eyewear technology that provides everything from directions to the ability to snap photos, will become a little more useful in the corporate world, a new report claims. Google on Tuesday will announce Glass for Work, a program designed by the search giant to bring more business application to its high-tech spectacles, the New York …

Apple and Samsung are battling in court. SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple should receive about $2.191 billion in damages from Samsung for patent infringement, an expert for the iPhone maker argued Tuesday. Apple earlier said it wanted about $2 billion, but the testimony Tuesday marked the first time the company disclosed the precise total and the factors that went into …