Mobile & Wireless

Facebook is acknowledging that most smartphone owners want a broader view of the social-networking universe, not just a window to planet Facebook. Starting Thursday, the company is incorporating Flickr, Pinterest, Tumblr, and Instagram content into the Facebook Home lock screen experience, marking the biggest modification since a dramatic shift in strategy that came after its Continue Reading →

Target on Thursday confirmed it is launching its own brand of prepaid mobile service — Brightspot — which uses T-Mobile’s network. On its company blog, Target said that, starting Sunday, customers can get unlimited talk and texting for $35 per month. For $50 per month, Brightspot offers unlimited data, with high-speed data use capped at Continue Reading →

Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel’s hands are shaking as he points to his iPhone. He’s unmistakably nervous, and not in a sweaty, early-Mark Zuckerberg kind of way. There must be a lot on his mind as the young CEO of a company bounding toward a $1 billion valuation — a company that has changed the course Continue Reading →

Google’s latest Jelly Bean version of Android is on the brink of being installed on half of all active Android devices worldwide, according to data released by the company on Thursday. Google’s updated Android dashboard figures show that the ratio of devices running one of the three versions of Jelly Bean (Android 4.1.x, 4.2.x and Continue Reading →

Apple’s iOS 7 was supposed to make it easier for schools to manage the iPads that are becoming increasingly common in the classroom. But for some, the latest version of the mobile operating system is proving to be a bit of a headache. A number of schools that have upgraded their iPad deployments to iOS Continue Reading →

Michael Barrett cringes every time he has to enter a password on his smartphone. But six months from now Barrett says he will be able to choose from the latest Android models that will come equipped with a biometric sensor capable of letting him swipe his fingerprint to access a wide range of his online Continue Reading →

A new update for Chrome for iOS adds iOS 7 support, but there’s also a big flaw as discovered by UK development and design firm Parallax. It turns out that when you use the search/address bar in Incognito mode in Chrome, that history will show up when you return to standard browsing in Google’s mobile Continue Reading →

If you’ve been against trying Google’s Play Music All Access streaming service for lack of an official iOS app, it may soon be time to change your tune. Sources aware of Google’s plans have let slip to Engadget that not only is the company currently testing a native Google Music iOS app internally, but that Continue Reading →

A little over two months after FindIt first launched for iPhone, the email- and file-search app has now quietly rolled out on Android too. It’s a beautifully designed app, one that currently connects with Gmail, Google Drive and Dropbox, though there is scope for opening this up to additional cloud-based services in the future. There Continue Reading →

This weekend, Target will introduce a new prepaid wireless service called Brightspot. The prepaid service will use T-Mobile’s nationwide 4G network (LTE as well), provides customers with 3 different affordable plans, rewards customers with $25 gift cards for continued service, and allows you to bring your own unlocked GSM device or choose from one of Continue Reading →