Foursquare dropped its new app today. It has an intuitive design that works hard in the background to make sure that the stuff in the foreground is fast and seamless. But it’s also a big shift for the app that not only got lots of people comfortable with sharing where…

T-Mobile USA, the struggling phone carrier, really wants you to switch to its network so badly that it will give you a break on a brand-new iPhone in exchange for an old one. The company said on Wednesday that when it begins selling the iPhone 5 on Friday, it will Normally,…

Android: There are handy apps to disable your Android password when connected to certain Wi-Fi networks, but this app lets you go a bit further, based on connections to Bluetooth devices. Bluetooth and Wifi Unlocker is an Android app that does just what it sounds like: removes the need to…

If you saw him approaching in a disaster area, you’d think he was just another fireman. Which is the reaction that the manufacturers of this lifelike humanoid robot are going for. The PETMAN, created by Boston Dynamics, has gotten dressed. Wearing a flame-retardant camouflage jumpsuit, its metallic face obscured by…

An iPhone 5 is displayed at an Apple Store in San Francisco, California.(Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)Story HighlightsRumors swirling that Apple may launch cheaper iPhoneApple could make mistake by chasing Android market shareApple should continue focus on high-quality products When Dell’s market share stalled in 2005, retribution came quickly. It’s…

BUBBLY UK MOBILE OPERATOR O2 announced on Monday that it has joined forces with Virgin Media to bring its customers free WiFi on the London Underground. O2 joins EE, Vodafone and of course Virgin Media to offer its customers access to the free WiFi enabled at some London Underground stations….

Tired of all the patent-related stories? Especially the ones that seem like they are more about financial gain than fairness? We thought so. We’d imagine it’s even more of a frustration if you’re one of the companies regularly involved. No surprise then that some firms — such as Google, BlackBerry,…

Robot teams compete during the 2013 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition Silicon Valley Regional at San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif. on Saturday, April 6, 2013. 1 of 11 From right, members of the Illuminators robotics team, Cesar Fernandez, 17 and Willie Patino, 18, test the Frisbee 2 of

BlackBerry hopes the new Q10 smartphone, which has keyboard rather than a touchscreen like the Z10, pictured, is a hit with corporate customers. Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Canada has provided a 170m loan facility to European telecoms firm Telefonica to help it buy BlackBerry products and services, as the…

By Kevin Bostic Apple is a company that prizes simplicity in nearly all things, but a former Apple adviser says the pattern the company uses to name its bestselling product is decidedly not simple and sends the wrong message about the iPhone. Apple’s iPhone 4S (image via parvez mobile repairing…