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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

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 mainstream says Steve McCaskill

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

Apple Releases iOS 8 For iPhone And iPad

IOS 8 will be rolled out to iPhone 4S or later, iPad 2 or later and iPad Mini later today

Apple Releases U2 Removal Tool

Apple gives angry iPhone and iPad users the chance to get rid of Bono and The Edge from their devices

Apple Claims Record 4m iPhone 6 Pre-Orders

Apple says it has received four million orders for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus ahead of Friday's launch

Google Launches First Android One Smartphones In India

Android One programme aims to create cheap but high quality smartphones as Google and partners target emerging markets

BlackBerry To Offer Dual-Billing After Movirtu Acquisition

BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) users will be able to fairly and accurately split the bill between corporate and personal use

Quiz Of The Week: iPhone 6 And Apple Watch

Apple made a splash with several announcements this week, but what do you know about its new products and services?

GSMA: Two In Three Mobile Devices Will Be Smartphones By 2020

GSMA predicts low cost smartphones and increased availability of LTE will fuel smartphone demand

ICO Says Mobile Apps Demand Too Much Information

The ICO says smartphone applications make excessive demands and don't say how personal data will be used, leaving users exposed

4.7-Inch iPhone 6 And 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 Plus To Reach UK On 19 September

Apple releases two new, faster, bigger iPhones with superior camera features and NFC payments

Tesco Scraps Plans For Budget 4G Smartphone To Focus on Hudl 2 Tablet

Tesco says an increasingly competitive market and the need to focus on the Hudl 2 have forced it to cancel smartphone ambitions

Amazon Fire Phone Slashed To 99 Cents Ahead Of UK Launch

Amazon has begun accepting pre-orders for the Fire Phone, but sluggish US sales have prompted a price cut

IFA: Motorola Ready For The Big Leagues With Second Generation Moto X

Motorola’s flagship device offers gesture control and more customisation options than any of its competitors

IFA: Sony Unveils Xperia Z3, Its New Flagship Smartphone

The waterproof handset features a wide-angle camera with ISO 12800 sensitivity and support for PS4 Remote Play

Apple Reveals Most Common Reasons For App Store Rejection

Buggy apps, incomplete contact details and design flaws will see your app rejected from the App store

Google Nexus ‘Shamu’ Priced At £349

Google's next-generation Nexus smartphone is to be priced at a level that reflects high-end components, according to a report

One In Four UK Consumers Have Fallen Victims To Smartphone Thieves

You are most likely to get your phone stolen in a pub between 12pm and 5pm

iPhone 6 Set To Include NFC Support, Will Debut 9 September

Apple confirms event for 9 September, where an NFC-enabled iPhone 6 could make its first appearance

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BlackBerry Khan $2k Smartphone Gets Release Date

Rumour has it BlackBerry's next luxury Porsche smartphone will be a $2000 device called Khan

Mozilla Launches £20 Firefox OS Smartphone In India

Intex Cloud FX has a 3.5-inch screen, a 1GHz processor and 128MB of RAM

BlackBerry Creates New Business Unit For Most Promising Services

BlackBerry Technology Solutions will deal with QNX, Certicom, Paratec and Project Ion

The World’s First Smartphone, The IBM Simon, Enters London Science Museum

IBM's Simon, the first mobile phone with a touchscreen PDA will be seen at London's Science Museum, 20 years after its launch

Android Factory Reset Does Not Erase Data, Warn Researchers

Data from a pre-owned device can be easily recovered using free software

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Free ‘UnTRUST’ Tool Promises To Protect Against iOS Backdoor

Digital forensics firm Stroz Freidberg says it has verified the existence of an iOS backdoor and has issued advice and tools to help minimise the risk