Mobile Summit 2013: Mobile as remote control for life (and you)

Security systems, cars, homes, appliances: everything modern, seemingly, has a remote control.

Even you.

Google issues open source patent pledge: we won’t sue first

Google pledged to not use its arsenal of patent weapons offensively today, taking a stand on open source and patents that is anti-patent troll, pro-competition, and pro-freedom to create, innovate, and code.

Is iWatch actually iCuff? A new Apple flexible roll-up display patent provides provocative clues

It's likely a design direction for a curved future iPhone, but it's also possibly a stealth patent filing for an iWatch that makes a little more sense than previously revealed.

Vantrix gets a $4.5M loan to help carriers handle mobile video traffic

Set on making video and mobile best friends, Vantrix took on a $4.5 million loan today to help your carriers and Internet service providers deal with the traffic.

Stripe and Parse partner up to expand realm of mobile payments

Y Combinator startups Stripe and Parse form a partnership to make it easy for developers to integrate payments into their mobile apps.

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.

Health app makers to feds: Dithering on regulation is stifling innovation

Congress is conducting a three-day series of hearings to decide how to regulate the explosion of health apps on smartphone and tablet devices.

We love showrooming: Google adds new globally available Product Listing Ad to mobile

Google's ramping up mobile monetization today with a new sponsored search result ad type, a product listing ad. It also reduces the mobile search presence of the showroomer's biggest ally: Amazon.com.

Samsung triples sales in China to claim top spot for the first time

China is a top strategic market for Apple. But Samsung claimed the country's smartphone title in 2012 for the first time, according to new data released over the weekend.

Path 3: The leading private social network gets more personal, more human, and more money

Path has always taken a different ... trail. So it's no surprise that the private social network is laying down new tracks in an attempt to make digital communication more human.

‘World first’ internet-enabled his-and-hers virtual love toys shipping March 29

The "world's first internet-enabled sex toy" is shipping at the end of the month. Soon, Zeus and Hera will be able to satisfy and be satisfied, even when continents apart.

The 21 ways Google makes money from mobile (infographic)

Google had its first $50 billion year in 2012. With its massive investments in mobile, someday it might make that much just on the little plastic and metal devices we carry in our pockets. Here's how.