It’s no secret that Research In Motion is in deep trouble. But most analysts expect the company to only further prove that point later today. After the market closes, RIM will announce its fiscal first-quarter earnings, which consensus among Wall Street analysts pegs at a net loss of 3 cents per share on $3.1 billion …

Editor’s note: The iPhone is 5 years old. Last year, I reflected on my very first iPhone, and what owning one was like before the smartphone landscape had utterly changed…before the App Store…before iPads. What I wrote last year is still true now, maybe even more so, although one important event has transpired since: Steve Jobs died October 5, 2011, …

Join the Q. Google has revealed the Google Nexus Q, a new social streaming media player. The Nexus Q is a round black sphere that connects to the cloud and streams the music and videos that you store online. It also streams YouTube videos and other online stuff, such as movies and TV from Google Play. You use your phone …

Apple’s new Podcast app lets you explore and download podcasts, breaking the medium free from the music app, which didn’t let you subscribe to new ‘casts on your mobile. Available now and free to download, the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch app organises your subscribed podcasts into lists, and displays popular podcasts in a coverflow-inspired grid, making it easier to …

Asus is making Google’s new tablet, the company has confirmed ahead of tonight’s I/O developer conference, where we’ll doubtless see the new hardware make its glittering debut. An unnamed Asus exec let the cat out the bag, telling Reuters, “It’s targeting Amazon. The Kindle is based on Google’s platform but with its own service, so Google has to launch its …

HTC today announced that the mid-tier One S smartphone will launch with Optus on 2 July, and on Telstra a fortnight later. The HTC One S. (Credit: HTC) In a statement, HTC priced the new Android-powered smartphone at AU$0 upfront on a AU$50 Optus plan and AU$39 a month on the telco’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) subsidiary, Virgin Mobile. …

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Remember Google’s snazzy demo of 3D views of various cities at a rather impromptu press conference earlier this month? You can now play with that feature yourself. Google quietly released a new version of its Google Earth program for Android today that adds 3D maps of 14 regions, just about all of which are in the U.S.: Boston Boulder Charlotte …

BT Wi-fi is the new name for, er, BT’s Wi-Fi, as the telecom giant rebrands its BT Fon and BT OpenZone offerings, going with a lowercase ‘f’ in ‘Wi-fi’, just to keep us guessing. The renaming exercise is likely to be an effort to make people more aware of the company’s multitude of hotspots. By bearing the same name as …

Google’s Vic Gundotra wasn’t kidding when promised he’d send 6,000 party invites using the just-launched invitations feature in Google+. Google+ Events puts your RSVPs in your calendar. Jessica Dolcourt/CNET Not long ago the invitation from Google’s senior vice president of engineering popped up in my inbox, looking suspiciously like a Google+ comment, but with a map you can hide or …