For years, various computer games and mobile apps have attempted to capture the essence of constructing Rube Goldberg-style puzzles — complex contraptions designed to perform simple tasks. The Incredible Machine was perhaps the most famous, and the similar Crazy Machines debuted for iOS more than four years ago. Now comes an “official” game approved by …

Verizon has been “fortifying” its wireless network in New York and addressing the coverage problems there, according to CEO Lowell McAdam. “We’re now back to where we want to be,” he said during an investor conference on Monday. Related stories When Does My Phone Unlock? And How Can I Get My Carrier to Do It? Best Internet Providers in Chicago …

Google’s new Nexus 10 could arrive soon, as a new tip-off from Twitter-based “uberleakster” @evleaks suggests LG is building the new tablet. LG V510 is the device’s manufacturing code name, apparently. And it appears that @evleaks got his hands on what looks like an entry from a supply chain database. The LG V510 tablet is indeed a Nexus device. [via …

Right, let’s try this again. Samsung has started sending out a software update for one of its handsets here in the UK, less than a month after it stopped the rollout, the BBC reports. The update brings Android 4.3 Jelly Bean to the Samsung Galaxy S3. The initial update was an unmitigated disaster, with customers complaining that their phones would …

If you’ve got a phone that’s not getting a manufacturer update to Android 4.4, there’s hope in sight. Android hacking team CyanogenMod’s latest build supports a wide range of older handsets. (Credit: CyanogenMod) The CyanogenMod team just released the first nightly build of CM11.0 M1, its most recent firmware based on Android 4.4 KitKat, for recent Google Nexus devices, like …

Editors’ note: Be sure to catch the other stories in this package: on Samsung’s bid to rule the world, on the many pieces of the Samsung Group, on road-testing Samsung’sS Translate app, and on TVs and appliances in a Q&A with co-CEO Boo-keun Yoon. GUMI, South Korea — I stood behind a woman wearing what looked like oven mitts, watching …

AT&T is making it a bit easier for US customers traveling in Canada to have access to high-speed networks. The company on Monday announced that it has partnered with Rogers Communications in Canada to offer international LTE roaming to its US-based customers. Under the agreement, AT&T customers with LTE-equipped smartphones — about 42 percent of the company’s postpaid subscribers at …

There’s only one thing better than a cosy Christmas jumper, and that’s a Christmas jumper with a phone in it. We can’t guarantee it’ll help you pull a cracker but Asda’s digital Christmas jumper has a hole cut out in the tummy, securing your iPhone or Android phone and showing a video of a roaring fire in the knitted fireplace. …

Nokia is handing out twenty quid to spend on apps if you buy a new Nokia Lumia phone. Choose from one of four Windows Phone phones in the next month or so to stock up on free apps. You get the £20 to spend when you buy a Nokia Lumia 1520, Lumia 1020, Lumia 625, or Lumia 925, on pay …

Editors’ note: Be sure to catch the other stories in this package: on Samsung’s bid to rule the world, on road-testing Samsung’sS Translate app, on TVs and appliances in a Q&A with co-CEO Boo-keun Yoon, and on how Samsung torture-tests its products. SEOUL, South Korea — I came here in search of a giant. As it turns out, I didn’t …