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BlackBerry expected to ship 14 million devices this year 9
Analysts haven't been too bullish on BlackBerry recently with one downgrading the rating on its stock...
Ubuntu's Carrier Advisory Group gets 8 new members 3
When we talked to Canonical's Pat McGowan last month there wasn't anything he could say about carriers...
HTC One is 3rd best selling phone in the U.S. and it hasn't hit Verizon yet 83
There has been a lot of talk about the HTC One sales, mostly due to the state of HTC. There have been...
Intel CTO confirms smartwatch trial 1
Intel CTO Justin Rattner, speaking at Bloomberg's Next Big Thing Summit, said that the silicon slinger...
Transparent solar films add 20% to your phone's battery life on the cheap 8
Instead of the complex and expensive projects from the likes of MIT and UCLA that are trying to weave...
WSJ: NSA does not gather cellphone-location records despite authorization to do so 4
In what is quickly becoming a pesky topic that just won't go away, no less than the Wall Street Journal...
How tweet it is: Tweet added to Oxford English Dictionary
The Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, John Simpson, announced that "tweet" has been added...
The NSA can listen to your calls without a warrant 20
Before Congress could make comments against the NSA, the agency told lawmakers in a secret meeting that...
Google launching Project Loon – balloons that provide Wi-Fi connectivity for rural areas 14
Google has launched 30 test balloons in New Zealand to examine the feasibility of providing internet...
Apple said to be adding 500,000 new iTunes accounts every day, revenue still impressive 15 Jun 2013, 11:45 10
Apple loves to bring its iTunes statistics out to parties, because they are often quite impressive. At...
WhatsApp processes record 27 billion messages in one day 12 Jun 2013, 23:30 13
Yep, you read that right: WhatsApp has processed a record 27 billion messages in one day. That's an incredibly...
Study finds hands-free texting while driving is unsafe 12 Jun 2013, 18:07 5
According to a study conducted by AAA, hands-free texting is actually more distracting than talking on...
Will ants eat the inside of your smartphone? 11 Jun 2013, 20:50 17
Traveling to the southern United States from South America, Rasberry crazy ants are forcing out the population...
Poll: Most Americans ok with PRISM phone tracking 11 Jun 2013, 09:59 85
If the recent leak about the NSA's PRISM phone record tracking program had taken place in another era,...
How smartphones and tablets affect your sleep 09 Jun 2013, 16:57 8
Are you a smartphone owner and having trouble catching those ZZZZZs at night? You might have to blame...
Corning hints germaphobic low-reflectance Gorilla Glass is in the labs 06 Jun 2013, 04:49 7
If Corning has found a way to make its tough glass with even lower reflectivity, we'd say that a new...
No shocker: more than 50% of U.S. adults own a smartphone 05 Jun 2013, 12:02 11
According to the latest Pew Report, 56% of U.S. adults are now the owner of a smartphone; even a majority...
Texting and driving in New York will now cost you 5 points, up from 3 31 May 2013, 19:01 10
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was happy to announce on Friday that those caught driving and texting...
Apple iPhone to be sold in Iran? 31 May 2013, 02:08 154
Iranians may soon get their first look at the Apple iPhone as the U.S. on Friday eased restrictions on...
Galaxy S III spontaneous combustion: battery swells, melts casing while charged 28 May 2013, 05:40 95
We've reported such cases where allegedly a cell phone battery just catches on fire, and now we have...
Do companies really save money with BYOD plans? 28 May 2013, 02:56 4
BYOD, or Bring You're Own Device, is the program that some companies have put in place that allows employees...
Smartphone shipments to overtake shipments of featurephones globally in 2013 27 May 2013, 04:45 1
Research firm DisplaySearch sees global shipments of smartphones overtaking the number of basic and featurephones...
Infographic gives us all the stats you'd ever want to see about smartphones 25 May 2013, 14:33 10
A new infographic from Glow New Media reveals some interesting stats such as the 1.4 billion smartphones...
Student develops a capacitor that could charge a cell phone in 30 seconds 20 May 2013, 19:47 44
18 year old Eesha Khare of Saratoga, California won the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award, earning...
Man steals smartphone, gets hit by bus, suffers only minor injuries and is arrested 20 May 2013, 17:11 68
It is perhaps karma of the highest order as a thief tries to make a quick grab-n-go but gets thwarted...
This girly Android smartphone comes with liquid cooling, racing stripes 20 May 2013, 07:55 29
Liquid cooling is what hardcore PC overclockers use to keep their high-performance machines from failing...
Credit Suisse is bullish on wearable tech 20 May 2013, 03:27 4
Thanks to the progress made by Google Glass, which has gone from an eye-opening concept video in April...
Google+ Hangouts has some fun Easter eggs 17 May 2013, 21:53 6
We all know that Google loves Easter eggs. The company puts them in many of its products, and the newly...
Downloads vs installs: how Apple and Google count app numbers 16 May 2013, 17:23 16
Yesterday was a big day of news. Moreso for Google than Apple, but Apple did get in one interesting piece...
Apple's App Store hits 50 billion downloads 15 May 2013, 17:34 39
You knew that Apple would be swooping in to steal some of the spotlight from Google today, and the news...
Google combines Gmail, Drive, and G+ Photos storage into a single 15GB per user 13 May 2013, 12:54 8
Google has been shifting around how it deals with the various storage options it has for a while now....
Smartphone buyers prefer an ever-larger screen - 4.5" takes over 4.3" as the sweet spot 13 May 2013, 06:00 52
Given the trends this year (cough, Galaxy Mega line, cough), and the onlsaught of 5" flagships, SA might...
Texting while driving now the leading cause of teen death in the U.S. 11 May 2013, 15:11 17
Drunk driving has been replaced and texting while driving is now the leading cause of teen death in the...
Smartphone thefts in San Francisco mapped out 10 May 2013, 19:45 12
Smartphone thefts have been making the news lately. These devices are expensive and because they...
Survey: 30% of Airline passengers are forgetting to turn off their phones or tablets before takeoff 10 May 2013, 03:29 17
A new survey conducted by the Consumer Electronics Association finds that 30% of airline passengers are...
NVIDIA beats Q1 expectations with $77.9 million in profit 09 May 2013, 21:54 8
After seeing the quarterly numbers from companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Samsung, the numbers...
YouTube paid subscriptions now live, starting at 99 cents per month 09 May 2013, 15:10 29
We knew it was in the works and today marks launch day for YouTube's paid subscription pilot program....
San Francisco abandons bid for cell phone warning stickers 08 May 2013, 16:39 3
Ever since cell phones first started making their way into the hands of consumers, there have been recurring...
University of California wants to give 1 million people a physical by smartphone 05 May 2013, 17:26 3
With it becoming more and more possible to get solid readings on the health profile of an individual...
Images from space, taken by NASA’s Android smartphone powered satellites 04 May 2013, 12:20 36
NASA’s PhoneSat project officially ended about a week ago, with the three Android smartphone powered...
Law enforcement officials blame carriers and OEMs for rising number of cellphone thefts 02 May 2013, 11:56 34
Despite a new nationwide database that tracks the unique identifier on every smartphone that is stolen,...
MorePhone is a flexible smartphone that curls up when it receives a call 30 Apr 2013, 17:12 5
Imagination is only limited by what can physically be accomplished at any one time, and a group of...
Study says that chat apps are more popular than SMS 29 Apr 2013, 18:42 12
This day seemed inevitable. SMS has always been something of a troubled technology. It rose in popularity...
Global phone shipments dip 1% in first quarter 2013; Samsung on top with 29% of the market 25 Apr 2013, 23:58 6
The latest numbers from Strategy Analytics are in and it shows that global mobile phone shipments dipped...
Meeting Tim Cook for a cup of coffee will cost you north of $180 000 25 Apr 2013, 07:20 84
Tim Cook is one of those people who many have heard about, yet few are ever going to have the chance...
MetroPCS reports first quarter results, operating income rises 10% over last year 24 Apr 2013, 21:58 1
The nation's fifth largest carrier, MetroPCS, released its first quarter earnings on Wednesday just hours...
Big data from smartphones and smartwatches named some of 2013’s top 10 breakthrough tech 23 Apr 2013, 08:42 5
With a smartphone in every pocket and Pebble finally arriving to its first backers, big data from smartphones...
This basic phone costs only $12, made in China 23 Apr 2013, 07:51 17
Quick, what's the most affordable phone you can think of? Loyal readers might remember the Nokia 105,...
Texting with your voice while driving as dangerous as the old-fashioned way, study shows 23 Apr 2013, 04:41 4
They placed 43 participants driving on a controlled track, and measured their reaction times during traditional...
Study links cellphone usage and ADHD in Children 22 Apr 2013, 10:15 23
It might not be a great idea to let your kids play around with a cell phone at a young age, according...









