It never seems too early these days to make predictions on what features will be in the next flagship smartphone from Samsung Electronics Co.    While the company itself is still busy marketing its new Galaxy series, while some blogs have already talked about some new features that may come with the next generation Galaxy S …

Earlier this year, reports of a curved iPhone made the rounds, but while Samsung and LG have both unveiled curved smartphones, Cupertino has yet to embrace the form factor. That might change in the near future, since Apple was recently awarded a patent that covers "a method of forming a curved touch surface." The patent fo…

Market research firm comScore analyzed the performance of online shopping in the US and found that it failed to meet expectations. It revealed today that in the 2013 holiday season, customers spent $42.75 billion from Black Friday through December 22, a 10 percent increase from the $38.91 billion spent in 2012.   comScore bl…

Smartphones drove 21.3% of all online traffic in 2013 -- nearly double the rate for tablets at 12.8%. Tablets drove 11.5% of all online sales, while smartphones accounted for 5%. Tablet users on average spent $118.09 per order versus smartphone users, spent on average $104.72 per order, per the IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark repo…