Smartphones

Apple Pay Blocked At Two Major US Chains

CVS Health and Rite Aid disable Apple’s payment technology in their stores

10 years ago

BlackBerry Patent Awards Hints At Possible Wearable Devices

BlackBerry awarded at least 27 new US patents that reveal the type of devices currently under development

10 years ago

Passport To Success: How BlackBerry Has Helped Mercedes To Formula One Glory

BlackBerry devices key to getting Mercedes F1 on track for pole position, team tells TechWeek Europe

10 years ago

‘Biggest Ever’ iPhone 6 Launch Boosts Apple Revenues

Apple saw strong iPhone and Mac sales for the quarter, but iPad sales declined sharply

10 years ago

Lenovo Reignites Interest In BlackBerry – Report

Lenovo is considering another move for BlackBerry as part of ongoing mobile push, claim reports

10 years ago

Chinese Government Accused Of Apple iCloud Spying

iCloud users in China are having their log-in credentials stolen by a Man in the Middle attack

10 years ago

Mac OS X Yosemite Now Available, iOS 8.1 Launches On Monday With Apple Pay

Closer integration between Mac OS X and iOS is promised, with Apple Pay going live in the US

10 years ago

MediaTek Targets The Next Billion Smartphone Users

Powerful new smartphone processor is just the tip of the iceberg for Taiwanese manufacturer

10 years ago

£10,700 Vertu For Bentley Targets Fans Of Luxury Smartphones And Fast Cars

Vertu for Bentley boasts leather, titanium and sapphire crystal exterior along with exclusive services

10 years ago

Tesco Tries Out Mobile Payment Shopping

Trial of PowaTag app available this week at Tesco's Dean Street Soho store

10 years ago

Google Unwraps Android 5.0 ‘Lollipop’

Newest version of Android could arrive as early as this month and will ship with the Nexus 6 and Nexus…

10 years ago

Qualcomm Offers Up $2.5bn For UK Chipmaker CSR

American giant is the biggest smartphone processor manufacturer in the world

10 years ago

The World Could Be About To Hit Peak iPad, Gartner Predicts

Sales slump will see tablets making up less than ten percent of all devices sold this year

10 years ago

Forgetting Passwords Is Now The Most Annoying Habit For Brits

More than one in three of us have admit to being locked out of accounts due to not remembering the…

10 years ago

Police Admit Seized Mobile Phones Are Being Remotely Wiped

A report suggest smartphones and tablets taken in as evidence are being remotely wiped

10 years ago

Google’s Nexus 6 ‘To Be Released This Month’

Latest version of Google’s smartphone will be made by Motorola

10 years ago

Review: BlackBerry Passport Designed With Busy Business Users In Mind

New BlackBerry Passport smartphone features both physical keys and a touchscreen, along with a square screen designed to appeal to…

10 years ago

iOS 8 Bugs Put Off Users As Adoption Slows

iOS 8 and iOS 7 are now neck and neck in terms of adoption says Apple

10 years ago

Samsung Sees 60 Percent Quarterly Profit Drop

The South Korean giant is seeing sales of its Galaxy smartphones slow, amid pressure from Apple and Chinese manufacturers

10 years ago

Samsung To Build £966m Semiconductor Plant

Samsung hopes to take advantage of growing mobile market with chip business, even if smartphone profits fall

10 years ago

HTC Records Further Profits As Recovery Continues

However increased competition means that device sales are still down

10 years ago

FBI Shuts Down “Stalking” App

StealthGenie allowed users to monitor calls and texts and eavesdrop using device microphone

10 years ago

BlackBerry Passport Sells Out

Over 200,000 pre-orders have been placed for BlackBerry’s new square phone

10 years ago

Apple Labels Bent iPhone 6 Plus Issue As ‘Extremely Rare’

Apple breaks its silence on reports that the new iPhone 6 Plus bends if carried in a trouser pocket

10 years ago

Apple Tells iPhone 6 Users To Downgrade To iOS 8 After Bungled Update

iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users say they lost signal and Touch ID functionality after installing iOS 8.0.1

10 years ago

BlackBerry Reveals All-New, All-Square Passport Smartphone

Physical keyboards make a comeback alongside voice recognition and BB 10.3 OS

10 years ago

How The iPhone 6 Can Be Hacked With A Fake Fingerprint

The iPhone's in-built security has not evolved enough over the last year, according to one security expert.

10 years ago

Apple Shifts 10m iPhone 6 And iPhone 6 Plus Devices In Three Days

Apple hails record-breaking first weekend ahead of wider iPhone 6 launch this Friday

10 years ago

iPhone 6 And Apple Watch Will Popularise New Tech In A Way Android Can’t

Smartwatches, NFC and 802.11ac Wi-Fi have long been available on the Android platform, but it's Apple that will make them…

10 years ago

Apple Pulls Health App From iOS 8 Due To HealthKit Bug

Apple admits to iOS 8 issue but says a fix might not be released until the end of the month

10 years ago