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Iridium Communications Inc unveiled what it called the world's most rugged satellite handset on Wednesday as part of a new suite of services designed to run off its 66-satellite global network.

Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock fired CEO Carol Bartz over the phone on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous tenure marked by stagnation and a rift with Chinese partner Alibaba.

Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Carol Bartz was fired by the company's board, sources familiar with situation told Reuters on Tuesday.

Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock fired CEO Carol Bartz over the phone on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous two-year tenure marked by stagnating growth and a rift with Chinese partner Alibaba.

A Southwest Airlines passenger was arrested after he refused to turn off his cell phone.

HTC became the second handset maker to launch devices running Microsoft's latest mobile operating system, called Windows Mango, after Fujitsu Toshiba announced its IS12T in July.

It's been said for many years in Wall Street circles that Sprint has no where to go but up, and if the company can add Apple's iPhone 5 to its smartphone offerings this autumn, Sprint's revenue will likely do just that -- head up.

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It's been said for many years in Wall Street circles that Sprint has no where to go but up, and if the company can add Apple's iPhone 5 to its smartphone offerings this autumn, Sprint's revenue will likely do just that -- head up.

A Windows Phone 7 user filed a class action lawsuit against Microsoft this week, claiming the operating systems camera software ignores users' requests to disable location tracking.

If Sprint snares the Apple’s iPhone 5 this autumn, it could give the cell phone service provider a fighting chance versus AT&T and Verizon.

Though Apple’s App Store has overtaken Android’s market in terms of the total number of apps, Android has defeated iOS by the number of free apps it offers.

South Korea's LG Electronics hasn't been so smart with its smartphone business. Its mobile phone division has suffered five consecutive quarterly losses, cutthroat competition is pressuring it to overhaul the business and its shares have plummeted.

South Korea's LG Electronics hasn't been so smart with its smartphone business. Its mobile phone division has suffered five consecutive quarterly losses, cutthroat competition is pressuring it to overhaul the business and its shares have plummeted.

The first images of HTC’s upcoming Windows 7 Mango-based smartphone, known as HTC Omega, were apparently leaked.

Windows Phone seems to be chasing the app stores of Apple and Android and now holds a gamut of 30,000 apps.

You felt it from the floor through the chair, and all the windows started rattling, Steve Lang, a retired AT&T manager who lives in Danville, Va., about 150 miles from the epicenter, told IBTimes.

While the HP TouchPad is basking in excess demands for it with its new price drop to $99, the developers who made apps for HP tablet and WebOS are being eyed as well.

An Italian website has put up a list of Samsung’s upcoming smartphones that was leaked to it.

Video calling firm Skype, which is being acquired by software giant Microsoft, has bought GroupMe, a provider of mobile group messaging services, for less than $100 million.

A new study that says 13 percent of all mobile phone users fake talking or being busy on their phones to avoid having to interact with people around them isn't such big news. I assumed the number was much higher. But that's what the numbers show, anyway. A report published this week by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project found that 83 percent of American adults own some kind of cell or mobile phone and that more than one in ten fake using it so they don't hav...