smartphones

iPhone 6 Launch Leads To 20 Percent Worldwide Smartphone Sales Increase

Gartner figures show over 301m smartphones were sold in the last quarter, driven by strong performances by Apple’s latest releases

10 years ago

Mobile Gamers Beware – Assassin’s Creed-Themed Malware Is Lurking In The Shadows

Malware disguised as Assassin's Creed app detected by Zscaler researchers

10 years ago

Qualcomm Is About To Make Your Next Smartphone The Fastest Yet

Chipmaker announces that Snapdragon 810 will support superfast 4G LTE Category 9 download speeds of up to 450 Mbps

10 years ago

Forget Frozen – All Your Four Year Old Wants This Christmas Is A Smartphone

Peer pressure leading to parents getting expensive phone contracts even earlier, TigerMobiles.com survey finds

10 years ago

Blackphone To Launch Security-Focused App Store

Launch comes as part of major update to PrivatOS Blackphone software

10 years ago

Samsung Demands Judges Scrap $930m Apple Patent Damage Award

Apple and Samsung have returned to court, in an appeals hearing over an earlier $930m award against the South Korean…

10 years ago

Axway: Sorted Your Company’s BYOD Policy? Now It’s Time for BYOIoT

Businesses need to recognise the potential (and risks) of personal connected devices in the workplace, Axway tells TechWeek Europe

10 years ago

Double-Sided Yotaphone 2 Launches In UK

Second generation of Russian dual-screen smartphone packs more powerful specs and better screen

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iPhone 6 Boosts Apple’s UK Smartphone Share To Record Levels

New figures show Apple now accounts for 39. 5 percent of the UK smartphone market - its highest ever level

10 years ago

Samsung Could Launch Tizen Smartphone On 10 December

Samsung Z1 will show Tizen is alive, according to a report

10 years ago

Microsoft Planning Lumia 1020 Successor?

Leaked images seem to show upcoming Lumia device with super-sized camera

10 years ago

Barclays Launches Face To Face Video Banking Service

Round the clock Barclays service works similar to Skype and FaceTime and is first to launch in the UK

10 years ago

GCHQ Former Boss Issues Smartphone Data Warning

Former boss of British spy agency says smartphone biometric security measures need more control and supervision

10 years ago

How One Vital Piece Of Information Helped Germany Thrash Brazil In World Cup 2014

Christopher Clemens, head scout of the German national football team, explains the crucial role SAP’s big data analytics played in…

10 years ago

Karbonn Brings Google’s Android One Smartphones To The UK

Indian manufacturer brings range of low-cost devices to the UK as part of global Android expansion

10 years ago

Google Finally Settles Rockstar Patent Row

Google and Apple-backed Rockstar didn't disclose terms of the agreement, as disputes continue with Samsung, HTC and others

10 years ago

Huawei’s Budget-Friendly Honor 3C Is Dual SIM But Has No 4G

The “world’s fastest smartphone” gets a cheaper little brother, but is missing some key components

10 years ago

Early Android Adopters Find Sour Centre In Lollipop

Latest update is already being rolled out across select Android devices

10 years ago

First Bus Picks Up Barclays Pingit For Mobile Ticket Payments

All aboard for mobile ticketing across First’s UK bus network using Pingit app

10 years ago

90 Percent Of The World Will Have A Mobile Phone By 2020, Ericsson Predicts

Ericsson Mobility Report finds no hiding place for technophobes, with 2.7bn mobile phones currently active

10 years ago

Reviewed: BlackBerry Passport – All Square?

BlackBerry squares off against the smartphone and tablet market

10 years ago

Apple’s App Store Signs Up Chinese Expansion Deal

Apple confirms deal with UnionPay, China’s only domestic banking card provider, to let customers pay for apps

10 years ago

Mobile And Tablet Payments To Top Two Billion By 2017

Growth of banking and online shopping, particularly in developing markets, mean mobile payments are set to soar, Juniper Research predicts

10 years ago

UK Productivity ‘Harmed By Lack Of Workplace Technology’

Ricoh report states that technology-enabled workers are able to work better, even when out of the office

10 years ago

NHS Set To Embrace Mobile Health Apps, Digital Records

Patients will be able to access complete NHS records on their smartphone by 2018

10 years ago

Is Samsung Planning To Release Curved-Screen Smartphone?

Flexible displays could be key to kick-starting flagging device sales

10 years ago

HP Ramps Up Mobile Payments Reach

Expansion of HP Atalla security platform means Apple Pay and EMV solutions are now supported

10 years ago

Microsoft Announces First ‘Non-Nokia’ Lumia Smartphone – For Under £100

Lumia 535 is colourful mid-range device running Windows Phone 8.1

10 years ago

Samsung Plots New Mystery Smartphone Range To Boost Sales

Samsung is reportedly developing a brand new family of smartphones to revive flagging sales and is working on the Galaxy…

10 years ago

New SMS-Based System Can Track Mobile Phone 999 Calls To Within 30 Metres

BT, EE and HTC say Advanced Mobile Location (AML) is 4,000 times more accurate than current methods and could save…

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