Mobile & Wireless

More than ever before, we’ve become increasingly aware of our technology’s ability to monitor our movements. For the most part, smartphone users now have at least a vague understanding that service providers as well as apps and mapping services are collecting, asking for, and using location data all the time. Whether we read them or Continue Reading →

Nokia has started rolling out an app to its Lumia Windows Phones that enables the blocking of calls and SMS messages. In an update to the Extra + Info application, Nokia has added an additional settings area in Windows Phone that lets owners block specific numbers from calling or sending text messages. The app also Continue Reading →

Instagram has just been updated to version 4.1 — the first major release since video landed in the Facebook-owned photo-sharing app. With this update, users can now import video from their library, and iOS users can take advantage of a photo straightening feature. The most important change, however, is that users of Android’s Ice Cream Continue Reading →

It left very little up to the imagination, but LG has finally, officially, shown off the G2 smartphone it’s been talking so much about. The G2 is the company’s new flagship, the first without the Optimus branding. It’s coming to more than 130 carriers around the world, including all four major American carriers, and represents Continue Reading →

Apparently some of Samsung’s rugged Galaxy S4 Active phones aren’t quite as “everything-proof” as advertised. AT&T confirmed on Wednesday it has a program to replace Galaxy S4 Active phones that show evidence of water damage. Water resistance is among the key features touted for the device, which is also designed to resist dirt and generally Continue Reading →

WhatsApp, a tiny startup with a very basic idea, boring design and lots of competition, has somehow managed to connect up most of the world. And that’s actually pretty exciting. The four-year-old company — which helps users send text messages between all different types of mobile phones on all different carriers in every country – Continue Reading →

Amazon on Wednesday is announcing a significant expansion to its mobile application marketplace, the Amazon Appstore, which will now be open to developers of HTML5 web applications and mobile websites. These web apps will be discoverable and sold alongside other native Android applications on any device where the Amazon Appstore is able to run, including, Continue Reading →

Square on Monday updated its iOS app with new features for all of Apple’s mobile devices as well as added some iPad-specific improvements. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store. On the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, Square now lets you record and track “all kinds of payments,” including checks Continue Reading →

FreedomPop is a mobile network operator with a pretty crazy business model. You buy the wireless hotspot or USB dongle, and they provide the internet for free: 500MB of free data every month, with no contracts, activation or cancellation fees. The network was the catch — FreedomPop originally piggybacked on Sprint’s WiMAX network, which is Continue Reading →

A wholly new type of memory technology has just been revealed that uses very different silicon chip tech to store data. Why should you care about this innovation? Easy: The new Crossbar tech could mean your 2015 smartphone packs a terabyte of memory and, particularly if combined with other smartphone innovations, will run for much Continue Reading →