Foxconn Technology , the Taiwanese company that makes iPhones for Apple, has teamed up with yet another big-name tech company from the U.S. FIH Mobile , the conglomerate’s Hong Kong-listed mobile phone maker, is assembling Amazon’s Fire Phone. FIH also helped design the Amazon smartphone’s unique 3D technology.

T-Mobile announced that it is offering at least a million cellphone users the chance to use an Apple iPhone in a free one-week trial with unlimited access. Kind of free network test drive and music streaming service.

You can tilt your fire phone screen to scroll within the web browser. We’ve seen these kinds of tilt features on Samsung Galaxy phones before, and they’ve always been absolutely horrible. Hopefully Amazon knows what it’s doing here and that it will work way better than it does with standard accelerometers.

Rejoice, people who want iPhones with big screens! Apple is finally ready to join the rest of the world’s smartphone makers by making a bigger iPhone. The Wall Street Journal says Apple is making an iPhone with a screen that’s larger than 4.5-inches. It’s also working on a second iPhone with a screen that’s bigger than 5-inches. Right now, Apple’s iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C have 4-inch screens. The iPhone 4S has a 3.5-inch screen. ...

From today, Nokia is rolling out new Lumia Black software update bringing new App Folder interface that allows Windows Phone users to stack apps and settings into a folder Tile on the Start Screen. This update is first scheduled to roll out to Lumia 1020 and and Lumia 925 devices from today. Other Lumia models will be updated in next coming weeks. Other bunch of updates include - rotation lock, custom tones for messages, emails, and reminders, and a new Driving Mode feature that’s designed to limit notifications while you’re driving. Multitasking improvements, including the ability to close apps, are also included. ...

Here is a big deal for college students. Sprint is partnering with Best Buy and offers 12 months of FREE cellular service to all eligible students. The Unlimited, My Way student promotion includes unlimited voice minutes, unlimited texting, and 1GB of data. If 1GB data is not enough for your usage, you can upgrade it to $10 each month. The offer is valid from 11/15/2013 to 1/4/2014. Read on for more details. ...

If you want to quickly list out all your apps on your iOS 7 device, here is a quick tip. All you need to do is - open Spotlight search by swiping down while you are on home screen and then type . in the search bar. Yes, that’s the period symbol. This should provide a list of each and every app installed on your device. If you want to customize what needs to be shown in the above screen search, change it from Settings > General > Spotlight Search. ...

Reuters is reporting that the company now has a shortlist of just about five names, including Ford CEO Alan Mulally, former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, Microsoft cloud boss Satya Nadella, and former Skype president Tony Bates. Read more

In a bit of a surprise move, BlackBerry announced this morning that it has given up on its effort to sell itself to a large investor, and that it will be replacing Thorsten Heins with former Sybase chief John Chen as interim CEO. From the official press release: “BlackBerry (Nasdaq: BBRY; TSX: BB), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today announced that it has entered into an agreement pursuant to which Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“Fairfax”) and other institutional investors (collectively, the “Purchasers”) will invest in BlackBerry through a U.S. $1 billion private placement of convertible debentures. Fairfax has agreed to acquire U.S.$250 million principal amount of the Debentures. The transaction is expected to be completed within the next two weeks…." ...

Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer is one of the world’s hardest charging executives. He moved to tears on Thursday which is likely his last annual company meeting with employees. This video to 13,000 Microsoft employees in Seattle shows him crying as he says farewell after 13 years as CEO of the company and another 20 years by founder Bill Gates’ side before that. A couple of months ago, Microsoft confirmed that he would be retiring in couple of months and the company is in the search for a new CEO. ...