Smartphones and mobile technology have created a space where people can be "always on," and do more than ever before with the tap of a finger, prompting one writer to explore how that simple fact has complicated society, for better and worse.

In the new book "Always On: How the iPhone Unlocked the Anything-Anytime-Anywhere Future -- and Locked Us In," Brian X. Chen takes a look at the implications of the increasing prevalence of an uninterrupted connection to the Internet and how...

The BlackBerry Colt is expected to be Research in Motion's first QNX smartphone, prompting more questions than praise for a device set to usher in the company's big rebound.

According to BGR, the Colt is similar in design to the recently announced BlackBerry 9900, and reportedly deep into the testing process and is on track for its scheduled release in the first quarter of...

Chinese police arrested six culprits in the act of smuggling over 100 Apple devices using a basic zip-line set up, another example of the incredible demand for Apple devices and the profit they can net.

The smugglers ingeniously used a pulley cable strung over a river from a rural home in northern Hong Kong to a high-rise in the city of Shenzhen. The cable was fired over the water with a crossbow and the iPads and iPhones were pulled into the city using nylon bags.

Reportedly, a...

Microsoft is losing the manager of its Windows Phone project, leaving the company with questions about the future of its mobile operating system.

Charlie Kindel, a 21-year veteran of the Redmond, Wash.-based company, said he is leaving the software giant to start his own company. Kindel stressed that he is leaving the Microsoft amicably, and he believes the Windows Phone team is in excellent shape, calling it a well-oiled machine.

Kindel and his team launched Windows Phone 7 late...