Now we know why Apple was leaking iWatch rumors: Samsung’s releasing one

Ready for some hard-core speculation built solidly on rumor founded squarely on innuendo?

NotesCloud becomes Collective.li, launches new iPhone app to become your personal Pinterest

Collective.li is the digital life magazine of your life, and now it's going mobile, just like you.

Forrester’s top 10 trends for mobile in 2013

You can sum up Forrester's prognostications on 2013 trends for mobile in three little words.

‘iPhone 5S:’ new photos of Apple’s alleged new phone surface

According to the rumor, Apple's new iPhone 5S is already in production.

Forrester’s top 15 emerging technologies

Everyone knows that mobile, social, cloud, and data are big freight trains of change that are blowing up old business models and old business practices. But let's face it: that train is in the station. What's next?

Mobile enterprise report: costs up, control down, BYOD soaring, and IT getting frustrated

It's tough to be in IT these days. Everyone wants to Bring Their Own Device (or two), get the company to pay for it, and beg the front-line geeks for help when it goes on the fritz.

Google announces ‘biggest change to AdWords in 5 years:’ mobile is now baked in

"This is a huge simplification to how advertisers manage and track mobile advertising campaigns," Larry Kim, CEO of search marketing firm WordStream, told me today.

PayPal destroys Google Wallet, MasterCard, Square, and Visa in digital wallet study

The good news, if you're PayPal, is that almost three quarters of Americans know about you and your digital wallet solution. The bad news is that under half of them really understand what a digital wallet is.

Want a Square card reader? Verizon stores are literally giving them away

Starting today, Verizon Wireless retail stores will start selling Square hardware — the nifty credit card-reading dongle for smartphones and tablets.

The craziest part: The iOS and Android dongles are selling for $9.97, which includes a $10 Square credit.

That’s …

iPhone users are happier and more loyal than Android owners (infographic)

Almost all smartphone users are happy with their phones, according to a new survey by Skype competitor Rebtel. But, sort of like the pigs in George Orwell's Animal Farm, some users are more happy than others.

Google Play revenue growing 10X faster than Apple’s iOS app store

Apple's app store is still bigger than Google Play and still earns much more revenue. But while Google's app store grew revenue 200 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, Apple's iOS app store grew only 20 percent.

Tomfoolery peeks out of stealth mode to announce all-star investors

Stealth startup Tomfoolery raises $1.7M for mobile enterprise applications that make "work awesome."

Apple, Google fall off list of America’s 20 most trusted companies

The most trusted companies in America include HP, Amazon, IBM, eBay, and Microsoft. But Apple and Google, the two companies at the forefront of the mobile revolution, didn't make the cut.

Android captured almost 70% global smartphone market share in 2012, Apple just under 20%

Apple may be winning the smartphone battle stateside, but Android is winning the global smartphone war being fought all over the world.

1.6 billion mobile phones shipped in 2012: Samsung ships 396.5M, Apple ships 135.8M

Global phone shipments hit 1.6 billion units in 2012, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics, with Samsung shipping an massive 396.5 million phones last year.

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.