Apple has owned up to a banjaxed battery in the new Apple iPhone 5S. The company has acknowledged a manufacturing problem that affects the battery of a small number of the latest iPhones, and pledged to replace your phone if it’s afflicted. “We recently discovered a manufacturing issue affecting a very limited number of iPhone …

BlackBerry’s messaging platform had a strong first week on Android and iOS. The company announced on Tuesday that 20 million new users have signed up for BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), bringing its total monthly active users to more than 80 million. According to BlackBerry, it defines monthly active users by those who “send or receive any data through the BBM service …

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Three has revealed its prices for the 4G iPad Air, which goes on sale on Friday. Monthly costs start at just £7.50 per month, or you can get yourself a tablet for as little as £119 up front. In terms of monthly cost, the cheapest deal is £7.50 for 1GB of data, followed by a £15 deal for 10GB of …

Jason Cipriani/CNET When commenting on a Google+ thread earlier today about the timing of the impending release of Google Hangouts for Android, I clicked in the direction of this post on Reddit. According to the post, though the actual updates and change logs are missing, 16 Google apps have updated since Monday. I was able to download a Google Earth …

SAN FRANCISCO — Android may have dominated Samsung’s developer conference, but that sure didn’t stop Tizen from making its quiet pitch. Samsung hosted it first conference for app makers on Monday and Tuesday in San Francisco. The vast majority of sessions and talks focused on Android-based devices, but Tizen, the open-source operating system being developed by Samsung and Intel, made …

One year after Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the Eastern Seaboard, Google has donated tablets to the victims. Google donated 17,000 Nexus 7 tablets, valued at over $2.7 million, to New Yorkers who were affected by the storm, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday. The tablets are being placed in libraries, senior centers, business, and community centers, according …

Sprint wants to get back into the network speed discussion badly. The company on Wednesday unveiled Sprint Spark, its brand for the ultra-fast LTE service that eventually will offer a wireless connection capable of delivering data at a blazing 1Gbps. But initially, Spark will be able to deliver peak speeds of 50 to 60Mbps. Related stories T-Mobile Laying Off More …

4G’s beginning to look like decent value, as competition hots up with the arrival of challengers to EE’s stranglehold on superfast data. Vodafone has just announced it’s extending its 4G bonus deal into the New Year, with customers who sign up for a 4G contract before the end of January receiving unlimited data for three months, and an extra 4GB …

AT&T has rolled out the 4G LTE welcome mat to another six markets. The cities included in the latest LTE expansion are Red Bluff and Redding, Calif.; Gallipolis and Marion, Ohio; Point Pleasant, W.V.; Albany, Ore.; and Watertown-Fort Atkinson, Wisc. The additions bring AT&T’s LTE total to 447 markets, covering almost 250 million people. The carrier plans to reach 270 …