Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou asked shareholders to give him time to invest in new businesses including car electronics and cloud computing.

Google have bolstered their presence in the cloud storage space with an industrial strength version of Google Drive aimed at business users.

Apple suppliers in China will begin mass production of its largest iPhones ever next month, according to people familiar with the plans.

Google and Microsoft will incorporate a "kill switch" into the next versions of their smartphone operating systems as such security measures may be deterring theft.

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg has admitted that the company made a string of blunders in underestimating the impact of mobile.

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos wants control of the smartphone home screen so he can put more of the firm's services in front of consumers.

Feel like you can't live without your mobile? You're not alone. A new survey has found at least four in five Kiwis refuse to leave home without their smartphone in hand.

A marketing survey found about three quarters of men and women polled admitted to using their smartphones on the toilet.

Visa is to stop accepting signatures for its New Zealand-issued credit cards for most transactions from later this year in a bid to strengthen security.

Apple and Google have declared a cease-fire in their intellectual-property wars.

Remember that ad where Richie McCaw races around the shops in a suit, buying wedding presents and tapping his card on an eftpos terminal?

I'm looking forward to seeing what gear the boffins at LG are about to unleash on an unsuspecting public.

A mother who was driving with her 3-year-old child in the rear seat was texting before she lost control of her vehicle, flipping into a ditch.

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun Hee is in stable condition after surgery following a heart attack, Samsung Group said.

Oracle won a US appeals court bid to revive claims that Google copied its Java programming language to develop Android.

With the arrival of smartphones, we have to accept everything we do and say is in the public domain, writes Kerre McIvor.

Embattled MP Maurice Williamson is facing fresh trouble after it emerged he failed to declare a top-of-the-range $899 smartphone.

Snapchat settled with the Federal Trade Commission over claims that its photo messages don't always disappear, in the latest hiccup for the fast-growing startup.

Apple and Samsung placed their trust in a retired IBM executive with patent litigation experience to give them a fair trial.

Google was sued for allegedly abusing its market power by forcing handheld device makers that use its Android operating system to also provide the search engine company's applications.

iPhone owners are the most likely to send a sexy text message or "sext", according to a new poll in the UK.