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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

Heavy Metal Samsung Galaxy Alpha Launches In September

High-end Samsung Galaxy Alpha looks to take on iPhone 6 later this year

Next-Gen Apple iPads Enter Production – Report

Apple's suppliers have reportedly begun manufacturing two new iPad models with anti-reflective coating

Xiaomi Apologises For Unauthorised Personal Data Transmission

Xiaomi says the data transfer was necessary for its cloud messaging service but issues a fix that prevents it from happening

BlackBerry Secure Work Space Receives US DoD Security Clearance For iOS And Android

iPhones, iPads and Android devices managed by BlackBerry Secure Work Space on BES 10 can be used on US defence networks

BlackBerry CEO Says Restructuring Is Complete

BlackBerry CEO John Chen says layoffs are over and new jobs are on their way, but warns there is "no margin for error" in recovery

BBM Arrives On Windows Phone

BlackBerry continues cross-platform strategy with BBM Windows Phone launch

Samsung Delays Launch Of First Tizen Smartphone

Fresh doubts about the future of Tizen are raised by latest delay, which Samsung says is to allow for the development of the operating system's ecosystem

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BlackBerry Eyes Up Partners To Combat IBM-Apple Threat

BlackBerry CEO John Chen welcomes competition but says he is in talks with potential partners. Could they include Dell?

Apple Grows Profit Ahead Of iPhone 6 Launch

Apple posts stunning financials thanks to Chinese iPhone growth, but the iPad may have reached its peak

Researcher Disputes Apple’s Explanation For iOS Backdoor

Apple admits to the existence of an iOS backdoor, but says its for diagnostics. The researcher that exposed it says it undermines the platform's security