What's in a FRAND? Everything, it turns out, as the increasingly bitter smartphone wars reveal that -- when it comes to patented technologies used within industry standards -- not everyone is playing according to the rules.

Facebook Mobile ads are rumored to arrive in March. Here are 5 things I expect Facebook do with them and how to optimize your site in advance

Facebook Mobile ads are rumored to arrive in March. Here are 5 things I expect Facebook do with them and how to optimize your site in advance

The United States Government, at the request of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has announced what amounts to a blanket exemption to the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) for activities that all under the Fair Use doctrine of U.S. Copyright law.

According to a recent Pew survey, people are using their smartphones more than ever while shopping in brick-and-mortar stores.

RIM has been having issues getting back on track, but BlackBerry Cloud Service and Office 365 for BlackBerry might help put it back on top.

As BlackBerry maker Research in Motion turns the page on one of the most tumultuous months in its history, word comes from The Record.com that former CEO Mike Lazaridis is adding $50 million worth of stock in the mobile giant to his portfolio. Call it a doubling down of sorts on his belief that RIM has a bright future.

Research in Motion is expected to refresh its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet later this year, and now a leaked slideshow of RIM's 2012 tablet and smartphone roadmap has surfaced at Boy Genius Report.

Did it seem as if HTC unveiled a new phone every other week last year? Well, the company feels the same way, and it plans to scale back its smartphone launches in 2012, with a focus of quality over quantity.

Because Windows 8 will run on laptops, ultrabooks, and tablets as well as desktop PCs, access to mobile networks is important. On the Engineering Windows 8 blog on Friday, Windows president Steven Sinofsky detailed five improvements to Windows 8 that will simplify connecting to mobile networks and managing network connections. Here's a recap of the changes to watch.