smartphones

Android Scam Call And SMS Security Is Undone By HTML Exploiting Malware

Android's built-in protection which flags warnings about apps trying to send premium rate messages without user consent can be manipulated…

8 years ago

Google Pulls Four Overseer Spyware Infected Apps From The Play Store

The spyware harvested user and device data from infected Android smartphones

8 years ago

iPhone 7: Better Specs, Bigger Battery, Sharper Screen Rumours

Apple's next iPhone could ditch the headphone jack and sport water resistance

8 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Is Recalled Amid Exploding Battery Fears

Samsung recalls Galaxy Note 7 in the UK and elsewhere following reports of battery fires

8 years ago

Google Abandons Project Ara Modular Smartphone Concept

Google vision of upgradable smartphone is abandoned as Project Ara is canned

8 years ago

Apple’s Tax Stance Betrays Its Sense Of Social Importance

ANALYSIS: Apple CEO Tim Cook appears to have ignored the EC's legal argument, but even still, shouldn't Apple be paying…

8 years ago

EC Slaps Apple With £11bn Irish Tax Bill

The EC wants Irish government to recover €13bn in "illegal tax benefits" after finding Apple paid almost nothing on EU…

8 years ago

Apple iPhone 7 Is Set For 7 September Launch

The iPhone 7 rumour mill goes into overdrive as Apple invites the media to an event on 7 September

8 years ago

Samsung Z2 Is A £52 4G-Enabled Tizen Smartphone

IN PICTURES: Samsung targets Indian market with content, connectivity and affordability with Z2 Tizen smartphone

8 years ago

Android 7.0 Nougat Comes To Google Nexus Smartphones

Android Nougat brings VR, security and multi-tasking features to Google Nexus smartphones

8 years ago

Report: Samsung To Sell Refurbished Smartphones

Samsung plans refurbished device programme to offload high-end devices returned in one-year upgrade scheme

8 years ago

Google Releases Duo Video Chat App

Duo launches with 'Knock Knock' feature for live preview of caller

8 years ago

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

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

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

Cross Channel: Intel Continues PC Retreat, Samsung Beats Apple In UK Phone Sales

Also: Amazon slammed by ASA for delivery charges, and SAP ups channel sales focus

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

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

Web Users Are Still Being Tracked By Their Smartphone’s Battery Status

Battery Status API in HTML5 is being used to track user activity, warn security researchers

8 years ago

WhatsApp ‘Doesn’t Fully Delete Messages’

Deleted WhatsApp messages could be easy to recover, with unencrypted copies stored on iCloud, a researcher finds

8 years ago

Samsung Keeps Smartphone Lead As Apple Suffers Poorest Quarter

Samsung ships 77 million smartphones, but Apple hit by 15 percent decline

8 years ago

The Essential Download: Windows 10, Prisma, BT Sport

Discover the best new, updated and essential apps for your iOS, Android or Windows 10 smartphone and tablet

8 years ago

ARM Revenues Up 17 Percent Ahead Of £24bn Softbank Takeover

ARM Q2 revenues up to £267.6 million as licensing revenue goes up again

8 years ago

BlackBerry DTEK50 Is ‘World’s Most Secure Android Smartphone’

BlackBerry DTEK50 falls back on it security credentials in bid to stay relevant in competitive Android smartphone market

8 years ago

Huawei Posts 40 Percent Revenue Growth

H1 sales on steady growth as company expects £57 billion revenue for 2016

8 years ago

First Third Party Sailfish OS Smartphone Goes On Sale

The Intex Aqua Fish is released in India as Jolla seeks to expand the Sailfish OS ecosystem

8 years ago

The Essential Download: iOS 9.3.3, Wire And Pokemon Go

Discover the best new, updated and essential apps for your smartphone and tablet

8 years ago

Why BlackBerry CEO Chen Doesn’t Worry About Smartphone Market Share

In a Q&A with reporters, BlackBerry's John Chen explained why the company doesn't have to be a big player in…

8 years ago

Does £24bn ARM Sale End UK’s Last Hope Of Creating A Tech Giant?

ANALYSIS: ARM will stay in Cambridge and its UK workforce will double, but the UK's biggest hope for a tech…

8 years ago

British Chipmaker ARM Is Sold To Softbank For £24bn

Softbank promises to keep ARM's headquarters in Cambridge and double its headcount in the UK

8 years ago