From CNET News.com: As Google prepares to close its Motorola Mobility acquisition, the company could be considering laying off some of the mobile firm's employees, according to a new report.

TechCrunch is reporting today, citing sources, that Google will launch a "listening tour"...

From DailyTech: HTC Corp. (TPE:2498) had some happy news to report Monday. Its handsets -- including the Evo 4G LTE and the One X -- finally began to be inspected and cleared U.S. Customs and Border Patrol checkpoints.

HTC, based out of Taoyuan, Taiwan, has suffered deep losses to...

From DailyTech: This time the ban -- set in place by the U.S. International Trade Commission and scheduled to be enforced by U.S. Customs in 60 days -- is on Motorola Mobility Inc.'s (MMI) handsets and comes courtesy of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT). The new ban from the U.S. International...

From X-bit Labs: While Intel Corp. is attempting to enter the market of smartphones and tablets, ARM is trying hard to plant microprocessors based on its architecture into personal computers and servers. ARM is more than optimistic about its opportunities: the company believes that...

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. has announced the return of its student offer that allows students buying a qualifying Windows 7-based PC to also get a free Xbox 360 4GB console. The offer is available for current students starting May 20 at participating retailers in the U.S.; a...

From CNET News.com: Is Windows Phone starting to give the iPhone a run for its money in China? Microsoft thinks so.

Making its debut among Chinese consumers just two months ago, Windows Phone has already picked up a market share of 7 percent, according to Microsoft. That's a tad...

From DailyTech: Verizon Wireless made quite a few enemies earlier this week when it announced that it would be killing grandfathered unlimited data plans when customers upgraded to new LTE phones. In its place will be new family shared data plans that Verizon Wireless has yet to...

From DailyTech: Apple, Inc.'s (AAPL) U.S. Patent No. 5,946,647 covers data-tapping -- creating actionable links in a text document, and displaying a menu of options, such as to call or save a phone number.

While questions of prior art surround the patent, Apple has thus far been...

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of dynamic random access memory, on Thursday said it had begun production of 4Gb [512MB] LPDDR2 1066MHz memory components using 20nm process technology. Such memory solutions should allow to increase the amount of DRAM...

From X-bit Labs: Chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices believes that lower cost of the company's A-series "Trinity" accelerated processing units will help it to steal a lot of notebook market share from Intel Corp., which is pushing relatively expensive ultrabooks. The...