ARM CEO Warren East retires and taps No. 2 exec as replacement

ARM's licensees sell billions of chips a year, mostly in mobile devices.

Breathometer unveils the first smartphone breathalyzer

The device plugs into your smartphone and measures your blood alcohol concentration when you breathe into it.

ARM’s Mali graphics processors shipped 150M units in smart devices in 2012

The number of ARM Mali licensees has now grown to 75.

Samsung and Apple bought $45.3 billion in semiconductor chips in 2012, cornering 15% of the market

Both grew spectacularly, with Samsung up 28.9 percent, and Apple up 13.6 percent, while HP and Dell dropped 12.7 and 13.4 percent, respectively.

Is Apple really doomed?

As of Wednesday night the stock was down about 3 percent, after having been down as much as 5 percent. And over the past three months, it’s down 22 percent, equivalent to $130 billion in market cap.

Selling Windows Phone: Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph on why iPhone and Android users will love and buy his device

It's odd to see Microsoft as the underdog, but that's the reality in mobile. And, according to Rudolph, that's what makes it fun.

YACIR (yet another cheap iPhone rumor)

Paradoxically, the new, cheaper iPhones are supposed to come with a bigger 5" screen and a brand-new form factor. And, a new CPU: Qualcomm's Snapdragon.

66% of phone, tablet owners don’t really care if they run iOS, Android, or Windows

Watch out Apple and Google: Two-thirds of smartphone and tablet owners don't have strong brand loyalty to any one particular operating system, according to a new study by Accenture.

Santa gets technical: Over 17M iOS and Android devices activated Christmas Day

Christmas day 2012 set huge records for activated iOS and Android devices, and downloaded apps, proving that Santa's elves are getting more tech savvy every year.

Total Wi-Fi shipments reached 5 billion in 2012, will almost quadruple by 2017

Total cumulative global WiFi shipments reached five billion in 2012, according to ABI Research. And the pace of innovation isn't slowing, with new WiFi protocols rolling out in 2013 and close to 20 billion WiFi-enabled devices predicted to be in the market by 2017.

Adfonic Global AdMetrics Report: 108 billion mobile ad requests say iPhone still king for advertisers

Despite the massive growth of Android smartphones, advertisers still covet iPhone users more than any other platform.

Gadget reseller Gazelle deploys CheckMEND technology to foil iPhone, iPad, and laptop thieves

We love our gadgets. Unfortunately, so do thieves.

Ex-Intel executive comes out as Qualcomm’s chief marketing officer — and now loves mobile devices even more

New Qualcomm marketing executive says the landscape for mobile changes fast.

Imagination Technologies buys MIPS processor company for $60M

The merger marries two key chip intellectual property licensing firms.

Aereo files 2nd countersuit against Fox, PBS for right to transmit broadcast TV

Aereo, which streams local broadcast television to your mobile devices, has filed a second countersuit against PBS, Fox, and two New York broadcasters already embroiled in legal battle with the entertainment tech startup.

Aereo allows people to receive broadcast TV …

71 percent of enterprises creating their own mobile apps, says Symantec

Companies know mobile is invaluable and inevitable. But despite 41 percent of IT professionals fearing external handheld devices, they are moving forward into the mobile enterprise.

According to a survey by Symantec, enterprises officially understand that “application culture” isn’t going …

Acer not pulling the reins on tablet development, according to founder

Computer hardware manufacturer Acer will not be letting go of its tablet division, the company’s founder Stan Shih confirmed today, after rumors circulated that the company just couldn’t keep up in the mobile world.

Companies from all walks of digital …