Jay-Z debuts new album with Samsung’s help; 1M Galaxy owners get it free

Hugely popular hip-hop artist Jay-Z has announced a new record titled Magna Carta Holy Grail, and in a bold move, it will be available first to owners of Samsung's Galaxy smartphones at no cost.

iPhone 5S near? Best Buy offers $50 off iPhone 5

The first rule of iPhone is that it never, never goes on sale. The second rule of iPhone is that when iPhone does go on sale, it's only last year's model, or even older. The third rule of iPhone is that when this year's model goes on sale, a new model is coming soon.

Samsung Galaxy S4 hits 10M sold in first month, selling ’4 units per second’

In other words, the giant that sold almost 400 million phones last year is getting bigger. And faster.

Samsung expects to post a massive $7.7B profit this quarter

South Korean electronics titan Samsung expects to take in an enormous $7.7 billion (8.7 trillion won) operating profit for the first quarter of 2013.

iPhone trade-ins doubled in month leading up to Samsung Galaxy S IV launch

Are people trading in their iPhones for Samsung's new Galaxy S IV?

Samsung Galaxy S IV preorders 446% higher than Galaxy S III

That new Android-based smartphone from the biggest phone manufacturer in the world and the big New York launch, the massive screen, and the 13-megapixel camera? Looks like it's pre-selling like the prototypical mobile hotcakes.

Microsoft: Say goodbye to Samsung, say hello to great smartphone photos

Microsoft's going on the offensive against Samsung's best-selling Galaxy S III in a new ad focusing on Windows Phone cameras, like the one in Nokia's Lumia 920.

Samsung’s Galaxy S IV will mark the beginning of the end of Samsung’s smartphone dominance

The more Samsung "adds value" to Android by customizing a version of it for the Galaxy line of phones, the more it will suck.

Apple owns enterprise: 5 of the top 5 devices activated last quarter are iPhones and iPads

77 percent of all new smartphones and tablets activated in the enterprise last quarter were Apple devices, according to a new report from Good Technology.

Galaxy who? iPhone 5 & 4S were the two best-selling smartphones in Q4 2012

Apple might have some problems keeping investors interested, but consumers are clearly still Apple-hungry for the iPhone.

The 5 best-selling phones in the U.S. are from just 2 companies: Apple and Samsung

So Apple has top market share in the U.S., and Samsung is close on its heels, that much we know. But the sheer scale of the dominance is simply shocking.

Technology 2012: The year’s winners and losers

In every year, there are winners and losers: companies, devices, operating systems. Here's our look at some of the biggest successes and failures of 2012.

Samsung confirms: Millions of Android phones — including the Galaxy S III — vulnerable to hack

Samsung acknowledged today that the CPU used in many of its phones, including the massively popular Galaxy S III, is vulnerable to a particular type of hack that can give attackers full access to your phone.

Samsung’s new Galaxy Grand has a massive 5″ screen, but a puny resolution

Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy Grand smartphone today, and yes, it is a phone with a massive 5" screen. Unfortunately, while the size of the screen may be grand, its quality isn't.

iPhone 5 is Time’s ‘gadget of the year’

The iPhone 5 probably won't sell as much as Samsung's Galaxy S III this year, but it did win another coveted prize: Time Magazine's gadget of the year.

How Samsung uses fake butts to stress test its phones (video)

As a recent video shows, Samsung goes through a lot of work to make sure its devices can survive day-to-day abuse.

Samsung wins the right to see the full Apple-HTC patent-licensing agreement

Score one for Samsung in this long-running patent battle that started way back in August with that billion-dollar judgement against the Korean company.