
Sprint Nextel Corp on Monday said it has sued Dish Network Corp to block its tender offer for Clearwire Corp, on the eve of a key deadline in a takeover battle that also includes Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank Corp.

Video streaming service Netflix signed an exclusive multiyear deal for a slate of new TV series from "Shrek" creator DreamWorks Animation, deepening its push into original programming to stand apart from Internet competitors.

Samsung plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business said on Monday.

The increasing trend of sharing photographs online on social networking sites heralds the end of the traditional family photo album, a new UK study has found.

Saudi Arabia plans to block Internet-based communication tool WhatsApp within weeks if the US-based firm fails to comply with requirements set by the kingdom's telecom regulator, local newspapers reported this week.

Study of app usage and habits on Apple devices shows that mobile gaming is less popular among 25-34-year-olds than any other demographic and that young women are the most likely to use health and fitness apps on a regular basis.

A Roman Catholic prelate has developed a smart-phone application that will help let his parishioners know when and where he is available to listen to their sins.

New developer tools mean that if an app runs on a Jelly Bean Android smartphone, it can work on a BlackBerry handset too.

Facebook is inviting the press to a special event on June 20 that promises to reveal a big idea.

About 70 per cent students today own smartphones with a larger user base in smaller cities than the metropolitan cities, according to a survey by software services firm TCS.

The wait is over for the iPhone version of Microsoft's Office software.
Japanese engineers have developed a future plasma TV that can roll up like a window shade.
Experts say there are steps anyone can take to improve privacy, but they only go so far.

Internet corporation Yahoo has filed a patent to make ad charges based social reputation of viewers measured in terms of their social media presence.

Press invitations to a New York product launch seem to confirm ongoing rumors that the Finnish phone maker is about to reveal a handset with a professional 41-megapixel image sensor, giving it the same capabilities as a standalone compact digital camera.