Smartphone reliability and satisfaction: iPhone tops the list
PC World readers like their iPhones. More survey participants own this model than any other phone, and an unusually high proportion of them praised its durability, ease-of-use, design, and camera...
View ArticleAndroid Market celebrates 10 billion downloads with 10-cent app sale
Guess what? Your favorite Android app may be just 10 cents right now, thanks to the Android Market's 10 billion downloads celebration.
View ArticleFacebook adds Timeline to iPhone app
Facebook now lets iPhone owners view its new Timeline layout and has added several extra handy features in an app update pushed out to iPhone users on Sunday. iPad users still can't view Facebook...
View ArticleIce Cream Sandwich destined for Samsung Galaxy S II in early 2012
Samsung Galaxy S II owners will be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in the first quarter of 2012, the Korean manufacturer has announced.
View ArticleMobiles no risk to planes, automobiles: AMTA
The mobile industry has reassured travellers that mobile phones don’t interfere with airplanes or ignite fires at automobile petrol stations.
View ArticleNokia tried on Android for size before the Microsoft buyout
It's perhaps unfathomable for diehard Windows Phone users, but Nokia had once considered going the way of Android before Microsoft bought it out.
View ArticleLeaked Nexus 5 service manual dishes juicy spec details
Does a bear take a leak in the woods? I assume so. And probably with about the same frequency as details of the Nexus 5 leak all over the Web. Following the FCC approval of a very Nexus-like handset...
View ArticleIn Pictures: Top phones and tablets for holiday 2013
Here are our picks for the coolest ones for your list
View ArticleHow Intel knocked itself out of the smartphone chip market
Intel's Atom smartphone chip cancellations pull the curtain back on an ugly past in which the company shot itself in the foot with bad timing and ill-advised executive decisions.
View ArticleHere's how secret voice commands could hijack your smarthphone
Researchers have found something new to worry about on the internet. It turns out that a muffled voice hidden in an innocuous YouTube video could issue commands to a nearby smartphone without you even...
View ArticleHow it works: Iris scanning improves smartphone security
Samsung and other vendors are beginning to incorporate iris scanning into their mobile devices. We examine how this security technology works, its advantages and its drawbacks.
View ArticleCanada recalls Galaxy Note7, says over 70 cases reported in the US
Canada has recalled over 21,900 Galaxy Note7 smartphones after receiving a report of the overheating of the battery of one phone.
View ArticleSamsung Note 7 recall could hurt brand, or not
Samsung's recall of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones over reports that dozens caught fire might have a lasting impact on the company's image. Or not, depending on which analyst you ask.
View ArticleU.S. consumer agency issues official Note 7 recall
The Consumer Product Safety Commission late Thursday issued an official recall for 1 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones.
View ArticleIn video, Samsung apologizes over Note7 battery defects
A top Samsung official issued an unusual video apology over Galaxy Note7 battery-related defects linked to fires and assured owners that replacement Note7 units are safe.
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