Mobile

Spain gets EU cash to test next gen network, and US 'scrum for 6G' already under way

How much better do mobile networks really have to be by 2030-ish?

Networks26 Apr 2023 | 28

Ericsson braces for 'choppy' year despite meeting Q1 expectations

Waning 5G deployments in response to economic uncertainty blamed

Networks18 Apr 2023 |

Google: If your Android app can create accounts, it better be easy to delete them, too

Awoogah, awooooogah, new policy coming for developers

Personal Tech07 Apr 2023 | 14

Vietnam threatens to cut off two million mobile subscribers

To scupper scams, account-holders must hand over personal info or else

Security03 Apr 2023 | 7

Indian state turns off internet for 27 million, for four days, to stymie one man

Digital rights org criticizes use of fill-in-the-blank template used to quell separatist protests

Legal22 Mar 2023 | 14

US Air Force scares up $75.5M for ad-hoc missile silo network

At a planned 25k square miles, it's said to be largest net of its kind yet

Networks07 Mar 2023 | 7

Secret Service, ICE break the law over and over with fake cell tower spying

Investigations 'at risk' from sloppy surveillance uncovered by audit probe

Security04 Mar 2023 | 28

Americans have the right to livestream police traffic stops … probably

Handy thing, that First Amendment. Now, about the Second …

Personal Tech09 Feb 2023 | 19

Chromebook SH1MMER exploit promises admin jailbreak

Schools' laptops are out if this one gets around, tho beware bricking

Security30 Jan 2023 | 14

Apple sued for promising privacy, failing at it

What's allowed for Cupertino is verboten for everyone else

Personal Tech28 Jan 2023 | 38

Flutter now has less stutter and plays nicer with the web

Version 3.7 shows Google's cross-platform, Dart-based UI framework maturing

Software25 Jan 2023 |

Asia rules the mobile world: more users, more often, generating more cash

Chinese developers are cashing in as the region buys in to TikTok and games

Personal Tech16 Jan 2023 | 3

Privacy on the line: Boffins break VoLTE phone security

Call metadata can be ferreted out

Security11 Jan 2023 | 24

Next-gen Qi2 wireless charging spec seeded by Apple

CES iBiz's MagSafe charging tech forms the foundation of the Qi2 movement

Personal Tech05 Jan 2023 | 26

Get ready for $10,000 apps in Apple's software souk

With Tim taking his third, natch

Software07 Dec 2022 | 16

Women sue Apple claiming AirTags helped their stalkers

Pair say they were harassed and followed using trackers described in the media as 'stalker-proof'

Personal Tech06 Dec 2022 | 100

Almost 300 predatory loan apps found in Google and Apple stores

Note to self: Lenders don’t need the contact list on your mobile device

Security01 Dec 2022 | 34

Evernote's fall from grace is complete, with sale to Italian app maker

Frustrate enough users and your product will stumble. Hint, hint, Elon

Applications17 Nov 2022 | 74

Prison inmate accused of orchestrating $11M fraud using cell cellphone

Judge rejects defense effort to toss warrantless device search on privacy grounds

Security13 Oct 2022 | 29

Europe lagging behind South Korea, Japan, US in 5G rollout

UK and Germany among adoption leaders in the region

Networks06 Oct 2022 | 21

Apple debuts iPhone 14, Watch 8, other sparkly things

With Crash Detection (no, not that kind) and satellite-powered SOS when cell service is absent

Personal Tech07 Sep 2022 | 42

AMD admits its Ryzen mobile naming scheme is a mess, promises to clean it up

Finding Zen just got a little easier

Personal Tech07 Sep 2022 | 9

Apple app transparency changes bring in the ad bucks... for Apple

By striking down Google and Facebook, the iMaker's transformation is complete

Personal Tech06 Sep 2022 | 14

Google Play to ban Android VPN apps from interfering with ads

Developers say this is not the privacy protection it's made out to be

Security30 Aug 2022 | 39

Two years on, Apple iOS VPNs still leak IP addresses

Privacy, it's a useful marketing term. *Offer does not apply in China

Research19 Aug 2022 | 18

Warning: Apple 'could very easily' cripple Jamf

Tech watchdog group worries iGiant will 'Sherlock' device manager

OSes15 Aug 2022 | 26

Google tells Apple to 'fix text messaging' in bid to promote RCS protocol

iMessage talks to Android users via outdated SMS/MMS, ad giant complains

Software10 Aug 2022 | 93

The App Gap and supply chains: Purism CEO on what's ahead for the Librem 5 USA

Interview Freedoms eroded, iOS-Android duopoly under fire, chip sources questioned – it's all an opportunity for this phone

Personal Tech02 Jul 2022 | 34

Apple dev roundup: Weather data meets privacy, and other good stuff

WWDC No AR/VR glasses but at least RoomPlan will let you make rapid 3D room maps

Applications08 Jun 2022 | 5

New York to get first right-to-repair law for electronics

Hey, big Apple, how'd you like them Big Apples?

Personal Tech03 Jun 2022 | 63

Tim Hortons collected location data constantly, without consent, report finds

Hortons hears a sue

Personal Tech03 Jun 2022 | 64

Dear Europe, here again are the reasons why scanning devices for unlawful files is not going to fly

Antivirus-but-for-pictures would trample rights, not even work as expected, say academics

Research02 Jun 2022 | 165

How to reprogram Apple AirTags, play custom sounds

Voltage glitch here, glitch there, now you can fiddle with location disc's firmware

Research27 May 2022 | 5

Google shows off immersive maps, AR-flavored search, Pixel 7, and more

Google IO Your essential de-hyped guide to what the Chocolate Factory teased at developer shindig

Personal Tech11 May 2022 | 10

Europe's GDPR coincides with dramatic drop in Android apps

Privacy rules increase cost, reduce choice, slash revenues, study concludes

Applications09 May 2022 | 93

Apple must fix its self-service repair program, say critics

A+ for marketing, F- for blocking aftermarket parts with serial number checks

Personal Tech28 Apr 2022 | 17

Google 'Switch to Android' app surfaces in iOS App Store

After years of Apple's agitation to 'Move to iOS,' the Chocolate Factory has a reply

Personal Tech20 Apr 2022 | 26

Apple iOS privacy clampdown 'did little' to reduce tracking

Double-standard rules have strengthened iGiant's gatekeeper power

Personal Tech08 Apr 2022 | 18

Apple notches up ninth €5m fine for ignoring nation's competition watchdog

It's just a business expense at this point

Personal Tech23 Mar 2022 | 22

Android's Messages, Dialer apps quietly sent text, call info to Google

Updated Hashed text, phone call logs collected without opt-out nor specific notice

Personal Tech21 Mar 2022 | 89

Apple, Google urge monopoly watchdog to leave them alone

Competitors and web developers would prefer to see mobile market rules rewritten

Applications15 Mar 2022 | 15

Russia scrambles to bootstrap HPC clusters with native tech

Don't send a mobile chip to do a high-end CPU, GPU job. Unless you have no choice.

HPC04 Mar 2022 | 25

Mobile-based ID wallets for government are coming

Among top 10 government tech trends, claims Gartner

Applications24 Feb 2022 | 23

Google offers privacy audit tool to app developers

Checks checks your privilege privileges

Applications22 Feb 2022 | 11

Three US states plus Washington DC sue Google for using UI design 'dark patterns' to harvest your location

Position of data permission controls designed to deceive, trio of lawsuits claim

Applications24 Jan 2022 | 28

Lawmakers propose TLDR Act because no one reads Terms of Service agreements

The bill calls for concise, machine readable summaries of how websites and apps use client data

Legal14 Jan 2022 | 36

LAPD cops who preferred playing Pokémon Go to tackling robbery can be fired, appeals court rules

Call of duty? Not when there's a Snorlax about

Personal Tech11 Jan 2022 | 33

Ubuntu-on-a-phone crowd fix Google account issues in new Touch update

OTA-21 of mobile OS arrives

OSes07 Jan 2022 | 6

AT&T, Verizon delay 5G C-band rollout over FAA fears of passenger plane radars jammed by signals

Telcos miffed, pilots are fine with it

Personal Tech04 Jan 2022 | 36

2033 is doomsday for 2G and 3G in the UK

Surely the Great Coming of (Huawei-less) 5G will have happened by then

Networks08 Dec 2021 | 55

South Korea sets site reliability engineering standards for Big Tech

Wants Google, Meta, Netflix and locals to work harder on uptime, warn locals of outages in Korean

Off-Prem08 Dec 2021 | 5

It's the flu season – FluBot, that is: Surge of info-stealing Android malware detected

And a bunch of bank-account-raiding trojans also identified

Security30 Nov 2021 | 5

Boffins find way to use a standard smartphone to find hidden spy cams

Smartphones now have lasers so we're gonna use them to find voyeurs

Security18 Nov 2021 | 63

There, that wasn't so hard, was it? South Korea makes Google allow rival payment systems in Play store apps

All right, which country's next?

Personal Tech04 Nov 2021 | 12

Google trims the cut its Play Store takes from digital subscriptions, ebooks, music streaming

But with 97 per cent of Android devs offering free software, web giant's share of mobile ad spend matters more

Software21 Oct 2021 | 4

Google Pixel 6, 6 Pro Android 12 smartphone launch marred by shopping cart crashes

Chocolate Factory talks up Tensor mobile SoC, Titan M2 security ... for those who can get them

Personal Tech19 Oct 2021 | 24