From InfoWorld: Qualcomm strong-armed some phone makers into accepting unfavorable technology licensing terms while giving Apple a break in exchange for exclusivity, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has charged.

The company used its dominance in baseband processors, which manage cellular...

From CNET: You've certainly heard of Samsung's Galaxy S line of phones, and probably heard of the Galaxy A and Galaxy J ranges, too. But what about Samsung Galaxy C phones?

The Galaxy C9 Pro has a 6-inch screen, making it Samsung's latest phablet. It has 6GB RAM, a 4,000mAh battery and an AMOLED 1...

From PC World: Toshiba said it is considering splitting off its memory business into a separate company but added that nothing had been finalized at this point.

The Japanese company said Wednesday that it positions its memory unit as a focus business.

The announcement by Toshiba follows news...

From CNET: Some Verizon customers apparently know a hot item when they see it and don't want to part with it.

That appears to be the case with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. The wireless carrier told Fortune that much to its dismay, "thousands" of its customers continue to use the device. This despite...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft last week backtracked from a 2016 decision to offer Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users only cumulative updates, saying on Friday that starting next month it will again provide Internet Explorer (IE) security patches as a separate download.

The change was a tacit admission by...

From CNET: Apple will increase iTunes prices in the UK in an apparent response to pound's depreciation post-Brexit. The company laid out the plans for its app store in an email to developers on Tuesday, according to The Register and other reports. The cheapest apps increase from 79 pence to £0.99 in...

From PC World: A group that sees enterprises and even consumers setting up their own LTE-like networks now has a formula to work from.

On Tuesday, the MulteFire Alliance announced MulteFire Release 1.0, which defines an LTE-like network that can run entirely on unlicensed spectrum like the...

From CNET: Are Apple's AirPods already taking down the market share of Beats headphones, their corporate siblings? That was the implication of recent stories -- including this one on CNET -- that cited data from online shopping analyst Slice Intelligence.

The numbers showed that Apple had taken a...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft's newly released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15007 promotes the struggling Edge browser by making it easier to import data from other browsers. In addition, the build adds capabilities for Universal Windows Platform, Bluetooth, and Cortana.

The build for PCs and...

From CNET: When Steve Jobs launched the original iPhone in 2007, its revolutionary all-touchscreen design blew away the then-dominant keyboard phones of the day: the Moto Q, Palm Treo, Nokia E62 and BlackBerry Pearl.

Back then, Nokia and BlackBerry were the smartphone standard-bearers and Apple was...