Skype will help ease the pain of holiday travel this winter by offering free Wi-Fi at over 50 U.S. airports to certain customers.

You may be aware of the dangers of driving and texting, using mobile apps, or talking with a handset. But did you know that just talking--even on a hands-free device, such as a Bluetooth headset--is too distracting for most drivers?

While Google were pioneers in speech recognition technology on their Android platform, Apple's Siri for iOS has been the real star of listening, virtual assistants of 2011. Siri's natural language processing has given Apple the edge for the time being, but Google aims to change that in the near future, albeit with a slightly different approach.

A leading consumer group claims there is a wide gap of what kinds of protections carriers say they offer and what they really do.

Nokia thinks it can muscle its way into the smartphone market because the youth of today is fed up and overwhelmed with current choices.

The National Transportation Safety Board hopes gadget makers will add features that encourage people to stop using devices while driving.

Google's Android mobile platform may be based on the open source Linux operating system, but the extent of its own openness has long been a topic of considerable debate.

Testing is about to begin on the next-generation of Global Positioning System satellites, with the arrival of a prototype unit at a Lockheed Martin complex in Colorado.

Carrier IQ mounts an offensive to fend off critics with report outlining what information it collects from users and how it is used.

With 2012 right around the corner, here is a look at some predictions for what's in store for mobile devices in the coming year.