Mobile & Wireless

McDonald’s was one of Apple’s big-name partners when the iPhone maker announced the launch of its mobile payments system, Apple Pay. But when Apple said the partnership would allow McDonald’s customers to pay with their iPhones at the drive-through, I was a bit stumped about how that would happen in a way that actually made Continue Reading →

Google has unveiled the first smartphones to run on its Android One platform, a standard designed to help push affordable smartphones in the developing world. The initiative kicks off in India, where Micromax, Spice, and Karbonn are all selling phones with 4.5-inch screens, 1GB of RAM, 5-megapixel main and 2-megapixel front cameras, 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek Continue Reading →

Fetch, a mobile app that serves as a personal buying assistant by allowing you to submit text or photos then have results returned to you by a professional shopper, is expanding beyond product search with a new release out now. In the updated version, which also works over SMS, you can use your buying assistant Continue Reading →

Two prominent U.S. hospitals are preparing to launch trials with diabetics and chronic disease patients using Apple’s HealthKit, offering a glimpse of how the iPhone maker’s ambitious take on healthcare will work in practice. HealthKit, which is still under development, is the center of a new healthcare system by Apple. Regulated medical devices, such as Continue Reading →

Apple is once again setting new pre-order records for its new iPhone. After announcing a new “overnight” record last week, Apple revealed that it sold more than 4 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus handsets in just 24 hours. “iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are better in every way, and we are thrilled Continue Reading →

A jewelry contact familiar with the matter told TechCrunch that the gold, 18-karat version of the Apple Watch could cost around $1,200 retail when it launches in January. This has been corroborated, based on size and weight, by jewelers familiar with the material Apple is using to make its Apple Watch Edition pieces. It should Continue Reading →

In the wake of Apple’s live event last week, there’s been some understandable finger pointing at Apple Watch. Unspecified battery life, a watch whose thickness means it doesn’t slip under the sleeve, the price. But that’s what you get with first-generation technology. It will get better with time, so let’s not waste time fretting here. Continue Reading →

The Apple Watch we got a glimpse at this week is a powerful peripheral device, but most of its tricks require it to be tethered to an iPhone in the user’s pocket. Last night on Charlie Rose, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed one thing the Watch can do on its own: Send music to your Continue Reading →

The most impressive thing about Apple’s iPhone 6 launch event was not the hardware, software or the company’s fantastic ecosystem. It wasn’t Apple Heath or even Apple Pay. It was Apple’s clear and well-executed strategy. While the Street was not impressed with any of it (as evidenced by the downward movement in share price), analysts Continue Reading →

Amid widespread consumer anxiety about risks to privacy, here’s some disheartening news: A new report from a prominent intergovernmental group found that mobile apps are failing to provide users with basic privacy protections. The report, based on a review of 1,211 different apps over the course of a week in May, was conducted by the Continue Reading →