From CNET News.com: It seemed inevitable, and now it's happened: For the first time ever, feature phones have taken a back seat to smartphones in terms of quantities shipped.

In the first quarter of 2013, device makers shipped 216.2 million smartphones worldwide, a volume that...

From DailyTech: LG Electronics, Inc. (KSC:066570) said during its Q1 2013 earnings release that it is preparing a flexible-screen smartphone for launch in Q4 of this year. The OLED smartphone could be the first flexible smartphone to hit the market, after years of product demoes...

From DailyTech: Amazon is looking to complete its gadget collection by releasing a television set-top box as soon as this fall.

According to BusinessWeek, the box will plug into user's television sets and allow the streaming of Amazon's video services -- such as the Video on Demand...

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics America on Thursday announced it will expand the Ativ brand to include all of its Windows based PCs. Ativ, previously the brand for the company’s Windows-based convertible PC devices, now unites all of Samsung’s Windows devices under one cohesive...

From X-bit Labs: Asustek Computer this week announced the Xonar Essence STU USB external digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and headphone amplifier, based on the acclaimed design and quality of Xonar Essence ST/STX internal sound cards and going beyond their already high standards...

From CNET News.com: Microsoft and its partners have cracked the tablet market, according to a report from Strategy Analytics.

Windows 8 tablets (which include Windows RT) took 7.5 percent of the global tablet market based on operating system (OS) market share in the first quarter...

From DailyTech: Nintendo was betting on the Wii U for help in the sales department, but it looks like the new console has disappointed so far -- and it shows in the company's latest earnings report.

For the fiscal year ended March 31, Nintendo posted a year-over-year sales drop of 1...

From DailyTech: Panasonic has added two new digital cameras to its lineup, the first of which is the DMC-LF1. The camera falls into the company's Lumix range of point-and-shoot cameras. The camera features a 12-megapixel CMOS sensor and a 28-200 mm equivalent lens.

One of the big...

From X-bit Labs: It is not a secret that Intel Corp.’s next-generation extreme enthusiast-class microprocessors code-named “Ivy Bridge-E” will be barely faster than the currently available Core i7-3800/3900-series “Sandy Bridge-E” chips. Based on early test results obtained by a...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday introduced its highly-anticipated dual-chip flagship graphics card, the Radeon HD 7990. The company positions its new solutions as the world’s fastest graphics card and claims it is capable of running demanding video games on 4K...