Mobile & Wireless

Government Cracks Down On Illegal Phones In Prisons

Government gets powers to blacklist phones it thinks are being used by criminals behind bars

8 years ago

Apple Was ‘Embarrassed’ By Disastrous Maps Launch In 2012

Apple executives discuss the backlash and lessons learned from the heavily criticised maps launch with iOS 6

8 years ago

LinkedIn: Open-Sourcing Under the Microsoft Regime

Q&A with LinkedIn head of engineering Igor Perisic : Will Microsoft’s acquisition slow down the social network's cadence of open-sourcing…

8 years ago

Three Extends Feel At Home Roaming To 24 New Countries

Three Feel at Home extends to 42 countries ahead of EU abolition of roaming in 2017

8 years ago

iPhone SE Is UK’s Best Selling Smartphone

New figures suggest Apple iPhone SE is driving iOS growth in the US and Europe - but supply issues limit…

8 years ago

EE Is Best 4G Network For London Airports And Railway Stations

EE is named best or joint-best mobile network at six of eight London airports and train stations by RootMetrics

8 years ago

Vodafone Hasn’t Really Abolished Line Rental But It Has Made A Statement

ANALYSIS: Vodafone isn't really getting rid of line rental but by combining charges and offering cheap fibre, it shows it…

8 years ago

Linux Gets Improved Surface Support

Linux users should see improved Surface 3 compatibility with the next operating system version, developers say

8 years ago

900 Million Android Devices ‘Vulnerable To Attack’

The QuadRooter bugs could allow seemingly harmless apps to take over many Android gadgets

8 years ago

Apple Emergency Update Fixes Major Flaw With iOS 9.3.4

The latest vulnerability could allow attackers to take over the root functions of an iOS device

8 years ago

Windows 10 Linux Feature Brings Real, But Manageable Security Risks

ANALYSIS: Bash support in Windows 10 Anniversary Update is valuable tool for developers, but needs to be used carefully because…

8 years ago

Rio 2016: Social Media Scams And 4,500 Malicious Apps Target Olympic Fans

RIO 2016: Olympic sports fans and organisations warned about dodgy apps and social media scams trying to steal data and…

8 years ago

The Essential Download: BlackBerry Hub, Firefox, Rio 2016

Get more productive, active and entertained with our weekly roundup of the best new and updated iOS, Android and Windows…

8 years ago

Superfast Broadband And 4G Adoption Rises As 15m Brits Take ‘Digital Detox’

Superfast broadband and 4G takeup grows, but millions undertake “digital detox” after spending a day a week online

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: Windows 10

Windows 10 received its first major update this week, but what do you know about the one operating system to…

8 years ago

BBC Will Broadcast Rio 2016 Olympic Games In 360 Degree Video

BBC experiments with VR and 360 degree video for Rio 2016 Olympics and will broadcast one live event a day…

8 years ago

Dropbox Paper Brings Collaborative Documents To Desktop And Mobile

Dropbox Paper lets teams create and share notes, images and to-do lists

8 years ago

Windows 10 Anniversary Update Ends As A Tale Of Two Computers

REVIEW: Windows 10 Anniversary Update brings some much needed improvements, but successfully completing the installation can be an adventure

8 years ago

Windows 10 Anniversary Update: What You Need To Know

UPDATED: Release date, features and enhancements for Windows 10 Anniversary Update, the first major upgrade for Microsoft's operating system

8 years ago

Samsung Positions Itself As Smartphones’ Great Innovator With Note 7

ANALYSIS: Samsung has gone for broke with the Galaxy Note 7 to show it can still innovate in the smartphone…

8 years ago

BlackBerry Hub And Other Apps Arrive On Android

BlackBerry Hub+ gives Android users a 30 day free trial as cross-platform strategy continues

8 years ago

Why Airbnb Users And Hosts Must Beware Of WiFi Risks

At Black Hat, a researcher details how both naive users and hosts of the popular accommodation sharing service could be…

8 years ago

Firefox 48 Improves Stability By Isolating Web Page Crashes

Firefox 48 will ensure one demanding web page doesn't freeze others, while Android gets better media support - even if…

8 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Targets UK With New S Pen And Iris Scanning

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 will come to the UK with top of the range tech in a bid to capitalise…

8 years ago

EE Outrage Shows Roaming Is No Longer An Optional Luxury

ANALYSIS: Few can travel without a smartphone in 2016, which is why EE roaming outage was such an issue for…

8 years ago

EE Says Roaming Problems Are Now Fixed

EE says customers should be able to make calls, send texts and access data abroad. If not, turn it on…

8 years ago

Tablet Sales Fall Yet Again Despite Growth In Detachables

Latest figures show 12.3 slump in tablet sales as battle for detachable market enters first stages

8 years ago

Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Anniversary Update

Update promises improved Task bar, Start Menu and Action Center, along with upgrades to the Cortana personal assistant

8 years ago

BT Security CEO: We’ve Learned The Lessons From TalkTalk Hack

INTERVIEW: BT Security chief Mark Hughes explains how BT protects itself against attacks, how Brexit impacts skills gap and why…

8 years ago

Poll: Are You Using Windows 10?

Windows 10 Anniversary Update is on its way, but do you have Windows 10 installed at home or work already?

8 years ago