Smartphone

This week's BlackBerry Live developer conference was a good place to assess the reinvention of the brand.

Hackers claiming to be from the Syrian Electronic Army have hacked the Financial Times website and Twitter feeds.

Google Glass facial recognition and privacy questioned by US Congress in letter to CEO Larry Page.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will reportedly feature same plastic design as Galaxy S4.

Windows Phone takes third place from BlackBerry in global smartphone shipments, up 133% on last year.

Gran Turismo 6 announced by Sony, brings 200 new cars and will arrive on PlayStation 3 this Christmas.

Samsung to look into increasing the storage of 16GB Galaxy S4, which offers just 9GB to the user, after BBC Watchdog exposé.

Google unveils custom Galaxy S4 at I/O event in Moscone Centre, San Francisco.

Google takes on BlackBerry Messenger, iOS and WhatsApp with Hangouts, the free cross-platform messaging app announced at I/O.

Google's annual I/O developer conference takes place on 15 May and will be live streamed from 5-8pm BST.

Unlikely to be the budget hero many would have been hoping for, the BlackBerry Q5 is a mid-tier device featuring a physical keyboard.

Nokia has announced the Lumia 925, and while it is thinner and lighter than the Lumia 920, it misses out in some areas.

Android and Samsung continue to dominate smartphone market, as total phone sales fall flat with waning feature phone interest.

The BlackBerry Q5 features a physical keyboard and budget pricing to help extend it reach.

Associated Press's 2012 CIA Yemen terror plot operation story behind Justice Department seizure.

Garmin simplifies sat-nav instructions by including contextual information, replacing confusing distance-based commands.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will reportedly use 6in AMOLED non-flexible display.

Jolla sends out invitations to 20 June media event where it is expected to announce first Sailfish smartphone.

Step-by-step guide to root Sony Xperia Z running on Android jelly Bean with locked/unlocked bootloader and install ClockworkMod recovery.

Step-by-step guide to unroot Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 to stock official firmware

Step-by-step guide to install CyanogenMod 10.1.0 RC1 ROM, featuring Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, on Samsung Galaxy S I9000.

Android 4.2.2 XXUAMDM Jelly Bean update improves battery performance of Snapdragon 600 variant of Samsung Galaxy S4.

Apple and Samsung dominate, but in their wake Sony is making the most of what customers are left.

YouTube launches monthly subscription service, charging users for access to "quality content" from TV networks and other partners.

Step-by-step guide to install Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean based CyanogenMod 10.1 ROM on Galaxy S4 I9505 (Snapdragon 600).

Step-by-step guide to install CyanogenMod 10.1.0 RC1 Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean build on Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100G.

The BlackBerry Q10 is the second smartphone to run BlackBerry 10 and sees the company go back to its roots with a physical keyboard.

Yearly net profit rises to 43bn yen, compared with a loss of 456.7bn yen a year earlier.

We look at the design, screen, camera and software features of the two best smartphones of 2013, the HTC one and Samsung Galaxy S4.

University of Cambridge develops app to help monitor users’ mood swings.