Open Garden wants to help you share your Internet connection with every Wi-Fi-enabled device within 20 meters. The San Francisco-based mobile startup, which launched today at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, lets users create a large mesh network that allows all the Open Garden-enabled devices to automatically share Internet access and bandwidth, according to a TechCrunch …

If you bought the Sony Tablet P, you may have been left wondering if its odd shape would hamper any upgrade to Android Ice Cream Sandwich. (As if anyone needed another hurdle.) And when its bigger brother, the Tablet S, got the upgrade almost a month ago, you could be forgiven for feeling left out in the cold. Worry no …

Apple and Samsung have kicked off settlement talks that could see the two companies ending the bitter patent war that’s raged for the last year, the BBC reports. A US judge has ordered the two firms to play nicely and try to make friends, following months of legal action that’s seen Apple and Samsung aggressively suing each other. Apple accuses the Korean …

Chinese regulators have given Google the green light to take over Motorola, The Wall Street Journal reports. Along with the antitrust regulators in America and Europe giving the rubber stamp a few months ago, Google is all set to swallow up the US mobile company. The $12.5bn (£7.9bn) deal is expected to go through early next week. One rather big …

AutoDesk isn’t exactly a household name, but I’m continually impressed by the quality of free apps it offers. One of the latest free apps, which came out earlier this month, renders everyday objects in 3D on your iPad, a fairly nifty feature. These aren’t the wonky 3D images that seem to fly off the screen; I’m talking about rendered images …

Verizon Wireless wants to be sure its customers pack one of its phones when they travel abroad this summer. The carrier confirmed today that four of its Android-powered smartphones will soon get a software update that will allow them to operate on GSM networks — the dominant global wireless technology and the standard in Europe. Verizon said GSM roaming would …

Nokia has unveiled a brace of new super-cheap phones, the Nokia 111 and Nokia 113, able to browse the Web and boasting impressive battery life. The two phones come with a small but colourful 1.8-inch display. The software is Nokia’s venerable S40 software, which powers Nokia’s cheaper phones. The look and feel of the phone draws on Android and other …

Wondering when you can take your Verizon Android phone overseas without hassle? The answer is soon. Verizon just dropped us a line to say that it will be update the HTC Rezound, Motorola Droid Razr, Droid Razr Maxx, and Droid 4 for global use. Customers will receive a prompt to download a software update. With that in place, phone owners …

Spotify launched its streaming service in Australia and New Zealand today, bringing the total number of countries served to 15. “Australians are massive music fans and we’ve created a service that we know they’ll love”, said co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek in a press release. As in the US, customers in the Southern Hemisphere will be able to choose between …

An Aussie design team has taken its latest project to Kickstarter for funding, calling for US$35,000 to get the ball rolling on the production of an ingenious new mounting system for the iPhone, Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S II smartphones. The Wallee M mounting system. (Credit: Studio Proper) The Wallee M Modular Magnetic Phone Mounting System is comprised of several …