Mobile phone theft is on the rise in England and Wales — unlike virtually every …

Will the HTC One be HTC’s savior? Some Wall Street analysts are starting to come around to the idea. HSBC upgraded the company’s investment rating on Friday, citing the impressive flagship phone, according to MarketWatch. The ratings change comes after another firm, Daiwa, also raised its ratings and recommended buying the stock. HTC has had a tough go at it …

It seemed inevitable, and now it has happened: for the first time ever, feature phones have taken a backseat to smartphones in terms of quantities shipped. In the first quarter of 2013, device makers shipped 216.2 million smartphones worldwide, a volume that accounted for 51.6 percent of total global shipments and that marked the first time smartphones have claimed more …