Samsung makes fun of the hype by releasing a picture of a hypothetical smartphone. Samsung As rumors surrounding the upcoming Galaxy S6 flare up, an unlikely participant has joined the fray to comically stoke the flames. Samsung on Wednesday published a page on its Norwegian site, called “Is this the next?” The page offers several …

Uber is now free in Seoul as the company tries to make things work with government officials. Uber Ride-sharing service Uber is once again offering customers in Seoul a free ride. Announced Wednesday, the move is the latest attempt by the company — which provides a car-hailing app that connects riders and drivers — to offer its service in a …

Qualcomm’s demo of this Facebook installation shows LTE Broadcast at work. Jessica Dolcourt/CNET LTE Broadcast may not be a household term yet, but it’s one that will soon affect you either way. What is it? Also known as multicast, it’s a capability that carriers are working on (along with some of their partners) to use LTE spectrum to beam something …

Apple plans to file an appeal. CNET Apple has been ordered to pay $533 million in damages after losing a patent lawsuit case tied to iTunes. A federal jury in Texas found Tuesday that Apple infringed on three patents held by patent licenser Smartflash, Bloomberg reported. The patents in question concern digital rights management and other inventions related to data …

The LG G Flex 2 adds a top-of-the-line screen and processor to its daring design. Josh P. Miller/CNET Want to be ahead of the curve? The curvy, flexible LG G Flex 2 is going on sale across the world in the next few weeks. LG says the US, Hong Kong, Singapore, France, Germany and the UK will be among the …

Reddit has been criticized for allowing objectionable content to remain online in various forums. A new policy shift is designed to shield people from having personal imagery posted to the site. Reddit The wildly popular social news and networking site Reddit is updating its privacy policy to protect victims of so-called “involuntary pornography.” The change is set to take effect …

Google If you’re still carrying around an MP3 player to listen to your song files, Google’s got some good news for you today. The company announced that starting now, you can upload 50,000 of your own music files to Google Play Music, so you can stream them on your Android phone or iPhone. The limit used to be 20,000 songs, …

Google on Wednesday unveiled Android for Work. Google SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s Android operating system powers more than 80 percent of the world’s smartphones. Now the tech giant wants to help Android owners use their phones in the workplace. Google on Wednesday launched Android for Work, an initiative that tries to bring Android devices up to par with the needs …

Wynton Marsalis, right, on trumpet; Dan Nimmer, piano. Steve Guttenberg/CNET Say what you will about big venue concert sound systems, but one thing’s for sure, they can play incredibly loud. I’m more interested in systems that sound really good. I was thinking about all of that the night I went to hear a private demo of the Meyer Sound Constellation …

Mobile payments let you split a restaurant bill, pay a small business or lend a friend a few quid from your phone. Shutterstock Want to pay someone some of your hard-earned, but don’t have their account number or sort code to hand? Now all you need to know is their Twitter name and you can bung ’em the cash through …