The US House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday that would allow cell phone customers to unlock their devices for use on competitors’ networks. Passed by a 295-114 vote, the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act would repeal a 2012 decision by the Library of Congress that made cell phone unlocking a violation of …

Nokia boss Stephen Elop might have missed out on the top job at Microsoft, but he’s still going to be a pretty big wheel down at the cracker factory Redmond company. According to an internal memo that’s leaked to TechCrunch, Elop will become head of Microsoft’s Devices and Studios business. That means he’ll take charge of Xbox, Microsoft Surface, all …

BARCELONA, Spain–Established just two years back, Lenovo’s smartphone business is going places, according to numbers provided by the company. In Q1 this year, the company’s combined tablet and smartphone volume (17.3 million) has exceeded its PC’s (15.3 million), and this is thanks to the strong combined growth of 47 percent in the Asia Pacific region as well as in Europe, …

BARCELONA, Spain — Bright lights, orchestras, stage shows, and spin — these are the trappings of a modern technology press event. Of course, the most basic purpose of these events is to share new product details with the press and, ultimately, potential consumers. But today’s press conferences have turned into so much more. If you’ve never attended one, you’re missing …

It’s way too early to get excited about a product that was just announced — and that I’ve barely had much time to play with. But Samsung’s latest wearable, the Gear Fit, marks a territory that has been emerging since CES in January: half fitness band, half smartwatch, the little, curved-screen device looks like it’s trying to be both a …

Samsung made a splash at last year’s Mobile World Congress by showing off the first reference device running not Android, but Tizen OS, an open-source operating system created by Samsung and Intel, among others. A year on at MWC 2014, what has changed for Tizen? Samsung and Intel show off Tizen for phones and cars (pictures) +23 more See all …

BARCELONA, Spain — Nokia’s Mix Radio service will be a “key contribution in revitalising the Microsoft brand,” after the Microsoft acquisition of Nokia is complete, explained Jyrki Rosenberg, Nokia’s vice president of entertainment, in an interview with CNET. The importance of the music streaming service, Rosenberg said, lies in the lack of financial or technical hurdles to use it. The …

The FCC’s Speed Test app for iOS. FCC With the launch of a new app Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission expanded the scope of its research on US mobile-broadband speeds to include iOS users. The FCC Speed Test for iOS app, released to Apple’s App Store today, is designed to collect information about the performance of participating smartphone users’ mobile-broadband …

Now playing: Watch this: Sony Smartband is a svelte fitness gadget 1:39 Sony is keen to prove that it has potentially brilliant ideas in the world of wearable tech, showing off an interesting concept camera that could strap itself around your neck, and document your whole life. The idea seems similar to the Autographer wearable camera, which automatically takes a …

BARCELONA, Spain — “Mapping 1.0 is done,” says the head of Nokia Here. He envisions a world of constantly-updating, infinitesimally precise maps guiding us on through the world on our smartwatches and smartphones, as self-driving cars zoom past and delivery drones soar overhead. “First we had paper maps with lots of colourful lines,” says Christof Hellmis, head of map platforms …