Smartphones

According to noted KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is planning to embed Touch ID in every non-iPod iOS device launched this year, including both iPhone 6 versions, the second-generation iPad Air and refreshed iPad mini with Retina display.  In a research note obtained by AppleInsider, Kuo goes on to say that Apple will switch Continue Reading →

Apple plans to launch a new smart home platform at next month’s Worldwide Developer Conference that will allow iPhones and iPads to control a home’s lights, security system, and other connected appliances, according to a Financial Times report. The new “software platform,” which will be unveiled at WWDC on June 2, will be built into Continue Reading →

Free phone service FreedomPop is serving up a $20-a-month all-you-can-eat option. Unveiled on Thursday, the new “Unlimited Everything” plan offers unlimited talk, text, and data for the $20 monthly fee. The only apparent drawback is that once you consume more than 1GB, your data speed drops from 4G to 3G. Free tethering is also included Continue Reading →

Even though your voice is magically being transported through the air, cellular phone calls actually work more or less the same as their land-line counterparts. T-Mobile is finally ditching the old-school circuit-switched method for Voice over LTE (VoLTE), which sends your sweet lyrical words via IP (Internet Protocol), just like Skype. The carrier will still Continue Reading →

Chat systems like BBM and iMessage are typically very secure, since they’re encrypted end-to-end. However, they still have a glaring flaw: if intruders do crack the code, they can see everything you’ve said. That’s where BlackBerry’s soon-to-launch BBM Protected comes in. As the company showed at its BlackBerry Experience Washington event (CrackBerry’s video is below), Continue Reading →

In the lead up to the announcement of Samsung’s Galaxy Gear, there were rumors aplenty that this would be the device that would satiate the strangest of nerdom’s appetites: a watch that is a phone. The Galaxy Gear was not that at all, but according to the Wall Street Journal, Samsung is not done quite Continue Reading →

Samsung is working to use biometric sensors in its mobile security system which the company expects to be available even for low-end smartphone models, an executive said Monday.“We’re looking at  various types of biometric [mechanisms] and one of things that everybody is looking at is iris detection,”  Samsung’s senior vice president Rhee In-jong told analysts Continue Reading →

Many teens and millennials may go weeks without talking on the phone, but the phone call is still the preferred form of communication for most adults, according to a new survey conducted for Vonage by ORC International. 56 percent of adults said they communicate most with phone calls, while only a quarter of adults communicated Continue Reading →

On July 1st, 2015, it will be illegal to sell a smartphone in Minnesota without antitheft software preinstalled. That’s because Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton just signed the first so-called “kill switch” bill into law. The idea is that if smartphone owners can always remotely disable and wipe their phones after they’re stolen, it will deter Continue Reading →

Most business travelers are used to lugging around their laptop. It’s bulky, but necessary. But with the rise of mobile technology, smartphones and tablets can do much of the same things laptops can in a much smaller and more convenient package. You might think equipping your traveling employees with mobile tools will incur expensive roaming Continue Reading →