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Smartphone users in South Korea can shop for groceries during their commute, thanks to a subway-stop virtual store, showing how devices help people perform everyday tasks with ease and convenience.

Cheaper, two-way circuits may change the way objects and phones carry and transmit information, but their success depends on NFC's wider adoption in the mobile payment marketplace.

Sprint plans to sell the Samsung Transform Ultra, with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, for $80 under a two-year contract on November 13, as the carrier beefs up its low-end offerings.

Android users who want a voice-controlled assistant like Siri may get their chance with a new app, but the clone could potentially draw legal attention and threaten Apple's trademarked iPhone 4S add-on.

Google plans to launch its licensed music store with tight integration into its Google+ social network, but its lack of agreement from two major labels may jeopardize this latest entry into the field of music sharing.

Research in Motion suggested unhappy BlackBerry users simply upgrade their smartphones, as many of struggling company's business customers plan to switch to new platforms within the next year.

The hacktivist group Anonymous targeted child pornography sites as part of Operation DarkNet, highlighting the organization's controversial dedication to social activism.

Microsoft's patents cover more than half of all Android devices, as it emerges as a real threat while Apple and Google continue their battle-by-proxy war over devices.

The leader of Apple's Siri development team has left the company, as the voice-recognition technology becomes a key feature in its iPhone 4S.

AT&T is demanding Sprint disclose information about its own mergers, seeking to bolster its defense against federal claims that its planned merger with T-Mobile will block competition.

Physicians are increasingly using text messages to communicate with other health care providers, a practice that may violate patient privacy and security regulations.

T-Mobile says it does not sell iPhones because the devices don't run properly on its network, as the company fields questions about why it continues to be the only Big Four carrier without the Apple option.

Google's Android Market is closing the gap on Apple's App Store, taking away what used to be a big advantage for the iPhone and iOS.

The CTIA successfully postponed San Francisco's controversial cell phone law pending a lawsuit, continuing to advocate for carriers' freedom of speech as debate rages on over handset safety.

Apple's iPhone 4S broke sales records for AT&T and Sprint, while Samsung continued to take on the iPhone maker in the courtroom.