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Google claims that Microsoft is unfairly raising the price of smartphones. Both Samsung and HTC make phones with Google's Android operating system. They have both agreed to pay Microsoft — not Google — for the privilege. That's because Microsoft claims Android steps on its patents.

Airs Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV

A unique class of college students from California's Salinas Valley — many the children of farmworkers and immigrants — is working toward careers in major tech companies.

The Justice Department wants Apple to help investigators get around iPhone security features so that the FBI can access data belonging to one of the San Bernardino killers. Apple is firmly opposed.

The company says the feature will help set priorities for a user's inbox and ease up that sense of information overload. Google says people who used the new system in its testing phase saved about a week's worth of time over the course of a year.

Better wireless technology helps us play more games and stream more movies on our smartphones, but Qualcomm's executive vice president, Matt Grob points to another area for its use.

The massive company has sold off two major media companies as it doubles down on education.

Creating another sore spot for an industry under scrutiny for lack of inclusiveness, Techweek Chicago sends out a party invite featuring scantily clad women in provocative poses, then apologizes.

Preparing for its initial public offering, e-commerce company Alibaba estimates its stock will sell for $60 to $66 a share. The retailing giant will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

A San Diego State University lecturer says consumers ignore the "net-neutrality" debate at their peril.