Beginning of the end

Apple's vice like grip in the US smartphone market is falling off as sales of the overpriced gadgets slump.

Four in the works

Acer will be unveiling four new gizmos at IFA 2015, all powered by Microsoft's Windows 10 mobile.

Qi charging standard

Samsung released what it calls the first monitor which will charge your mobile while you are using it.

30 percent longer battery with faster graphics

Skylake is just around the corner. Intel will reveal the processor in August but  details are starting to leak already.

Nadella denies pulling back

Microsoft is still going to press ahead with mobile despite cutting 7,800 jobs from the Nokia and hardware division, and an 80 per cent write off on the £4.6 billion Nokia deal.

No one believes in homeopathic mobile remedies  

Analysts are hinting that Intel is not going to do well out of mobile chips and should probably give up trying.

By mid-2017

The Latvian presidency of the EU has reached a provisional deal with the European Parliament on new rules to end mobile phone roaming fees by mid-2017

Intel Atom based L inside 

Lenovo has released a PC stick with an affordable price tag of $129.

The can lead you into trouble

A Canadian bloke was gunned down after he tracked his phone to where a thief had taken it using something like a "Find my Phone" app.

Hits you with adverts as you are on the move

Facebook is rolling out a system called Place Tips which will allow businesses to push updates to a person's smartphone when they are near.