Google has been ordered to pay a €4.34 billion fine and stop forcing Android smartphone makers to install its search engine and browser on their phones. That decision was handed down by the European Union's antitrust authority on Wednesday.

As traditional retailers rethink their strategies around loyalty cards and customer data, Qantas and Myer are the latest retails giants to join forces with mobile wallet app provider, Stocard, and pilot their loyalty programs on the company’s app.

Staff cuts at Lenovo and HTC, a failed patch from Google, and Samsung's latest flagship smartphones all highlight how tricky selling Android smartphones has become.

Australians are expected to increase their spending on mobile devices by 43 per cent this year to $8.8 billion, according to research released by PayPal and Ipsos.

Use of phablet devices has doubled in the last six months globally and now represents 14 per cent of total smartphone Web traffic, according to a new report.

Starbucks says mobile payments are taking off in a big way and it's already handling almost 7 million a week at its U.S. coffee shops.

Microsoft will continue to sell low-end phones with the Nokia brand and has licensed the brand for these type of devices.

This week, Apple introduced its mobile payment system -- known simply as Apple Pay. On the face of it, Apple Pay doesn't seem all that different than other mobile and contactless payment systems that are based around NFC. However, Apple has brought some significant things to the mobile payments industry that haven't been present in a fully integrated way

In Google's vision of the future, tablets will provide a 3D view of the world and smartphones will have uses that haven't been thought of yet.

Yahoo has released an Android personalisation app that could give the company a stronger foothold in mobile contextual search.

Amazon has unveiled its highly anticipated entry into the smartphone market, a handset called Fire.

acebook will soon be listening to its users -- literally -- but some of them wish it would cover its ears.

Loyalty New Zealand, operators of Fly Buys, are set to roll-out Kiwi mobile marketing firm VMob's platform to provide highly personalised loyalty content, offers and information directly to customer smartphones in real time.

Four years have passed since augmented reality apps for smartphones started appearing in app stores for consumer use, but the trend has been slow to catch on.

As tech companies increasingly rely on analyzing and selling user data to boost revenue, trust is emerging as one of the defining issues of the year for the IT sector.

The world of fast food is getting faster - and redefining the future of mobile payments. Just look at what several US fast food retailers, including Taco Bell and Chipotle, are doing.

Deloitte has predicted strong sales of wearable computing devices in 2014, with smart glasses expected to be the strongest seller.

Recently-installed BlackBerry CEO John Chen is on a mission to restore the ailing company to financial health, largely by restoring faith in BlackBerry among corporate CIO's and other traditional enterprise customers.

Apple's "iWatch" will come with OLED displays in two sizes, for men and women, according to an analyst who specializes in the Asian display market. So far, there's no indication that the colors will be blue or pink.

Adobe Systems has added mobile features to its Marketing Cloud, allowing companies to better target smartphones with the help of geolocation and app analytics.

Australian wine brand, Jacob’s Creek, says its new smartphone app is the first step in a long-term plan to build relationships with customers through their digital platform of choice.