Google’s Android operating system may soon receive the U.S. government’s seal of security approval, according …

How about this for a crazy idea: a cell phone plan that charges you separately for each voice minute, message, and megabyte. Meet Ting, launched yesterday by Tucows. The new cell phone service for U.S. customers turns the conventional contract on its head by offering plans for various allotments of talk, text, and data. At the end of the month, …

With patent lawsuits all the rage nowadays, one term is popping up more frequently: “frand.” Apple, Google Frand–also known as “rand” in the U.S.–is an obscure legal acronym that stands for “fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory,” and is based on the principle that fair licensing of intellectual property is often needed because sometimes certain ideas and patents just need to be …