Apple has finalised a short list of locations for its first retail store in India.

Saritha Rai Foxconn is within weeks of starting trial production of the latest iPhones in India as Apple seeks to revive its fortunes in the country.

Apple is poised to launch its expected iPhone 8, hoping the number’s auspicious connotations in China will help turn around fortunes in the world’s biggest smartphone market after six quarters of falling sales.

Xiaomi has partnered with Intel to develop ’90 Minutes Ultra Smart Sportswear’ shoes designed to track fitness data.

Apple has put back on the table a request to sell used iPhones in India as it negotiates with the government for concessions to start production in the country.

Two years ago, two small firms Oppo and Vivo couldn’t crack the top five in China’s smartphone market. Now they outrank everyone after elbowing Apple aside, thanks to people like Cheng Xiaoning.

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Xiaomi is a Chinese smartphone manufacturer which has yet to really break out in Europe, but that could be about to change.

Prime minister Narendra Modi is clearing the way for Apple to open its first retail store in India after repeated delays, according to people familiar with the matter.

Huawei will be one of the first smartphone manufacturers go support Google’s new VR platform, Daydream.

Chinese company Xiaomi has a finger in pretty much every tech pie around, and now they're getting involved in drones.

The tie-up between Apple and Chinese car-hailing app Didi started off with a joke.

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The smartphone market is getting even more competitive, with Chinese brands like Huawei making their presence felt at the top of the heap.

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Chinese tech company Xiaomi has managed to release another really cheap fitness band that even checks your heart-rate

The Apple Watch only launched in April 2015 in a handful of countries but the new device is already close to the top of the heap in the wearable war.

For four years, Samsung Electronics has basked in the success of its Galaxy smartphones, making billions of dollars competing with Apple in the premium mobile market.

Samsung has long been the world leader in mobile phone sales, but Apple and Huawei have chipped away at its dominance.

Hailo may be king of the taxi-app in Ireland but Uber is still more popular in many places around the world. And that might be down to the odd little extras they offer their users.

DON’T know about you, but my kettle can’t talk to my smartphone. It only just learned how to whistle. Still, if the Luna mattress cover had its way, all the devices in your home would be talking to each other... and Luna would regulate them. 

With hints from the IT giant about a new product, Dan Buckley speculates as to whether it’ll be a bigger iPhone, a wearable device or a payments system for e-commerce transactions