DailyTechGoogle’s Android operating system offers a high level of software customization in smartphones, but Google wants users to be able to customize smartphone hardware as well. According to TIME, Google could have a modular smartphone…
Daily BhaskarLast year Motorola made an entry into the game of smartphones with the Moto X affordable and customizable handset. This handset has not come to India officially though Google has launched its flagship Nexus…
VentureBeatThe dream of piecing together a smartphone like Lego blocks no longer seems far-fetched. Google announced today that it will host three developer conferences this year for its Project Ara modular smartphone concept, with the…
RegisterWho makes the most secure smartphones? Apple? Samsung? BlackBerry? Boeing is betting the US government’s answer is “none of the above.” A filing with the US Federal Communications Commission first spotted by storage community site…
PCWorldExecutives with three U.S. mobile carriers have voiced support for an effort in the U.S. Congress to encourage mobile carriers to offer services to customers that would render smartphones and tablets inoperable if they’re stolen….
PCWorldSamsung announced new 32-bit Exynos chips for smartphones and tablets with six- and eight-CPU cores, but left questions hanging on when the company will launch its first 64-bit chip. The new chips were revealed after…
NDTVLG has announced a new LTE-enabled smartphone, dubbed LG F70, at MWC 2014 in Barcelona. Unfortunately, the company has not revealed any details of the availability or pricing of the new LG F70 smartphone. The…
CNETBARCELONA, Spain — Just when Lenovo was starting to make its name as a phone maker, with chunky, big-screen handsets such as the Vibe X we saw at IFA in September, and the Vibe Z…
ESPN (blog)But when Michael Sam, the NFL’s first openly gay draft hopeful stood before a huge array of cameras, digital recorders and smartphones sending his image to Twitter on Saturday at the NFL’s scouting combine,…
BloombergMicrosoft Corp. (MSFT) is accelerating its push into mobile software, adding new hardware manufacturers and joining forces with chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) to develop cheaper smartphones aimed at markets such as China. Microsoft and Qualcomm…
Smartphone’s Future Development Trends Observed at CES 2014 New Study …PR Web (press release)MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute) observed that most of smartphones exhibited at CES 2014 are either from PC or Chinese branded…
Smartphone’s Future Development Trends Observed at CES 2014 New Study …DigitalJournal.comMIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute) observed that most of smartphones exhibited at CES 2014 are either from PC or Chinese branded vendors. This report…
FirstpostBlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is now available for Android smartphones which are running on Gingerbread, according to an official blog post by the company. BlackBerry had announced in January that they would be launching the app…
PCWorldZTE plans to unveil a range of “high-performance smartphones” in Barcelona next week, including the Grand Memo II LTE with a 6-inch screen. This year’s Mobile World Congress will be very important for the Chinese…
Guardian Liberty VoiceIt was only a week ago that Democratic State Senator Mark Leno from California proposed requiring a kill switch on smartphones sold in the state, but the idea has already made its way…
Tom’s GuideNow that CES 2014 has come and gone, it’s time to gear up for the next major annual tech industry event: Mobile World Congress. While CES is no longer known as a venue for…
BusinessweekSmartphone shipments in China fell for the first quarter in more than two years in a sign that growth in the world’s biggest market may moderate, according to market researcher IDC. There were 90.8 million…
ZDNetSummary: Lenovo’s CEO Yuanqing Yang likes Motorola’s customisation model and may bring it to other markets. Liam Tung. By Liam Tung | January 31, 2014 — 11:11 GMT (03:11 PST). Follow @liamT. One benefit of…
PCWorldPC makers have often struggled when it comes to selling smartphones, but China’s Lenovo could be on the cusp of making a breakthrough. The company’s $2.9 billion deal to buy Motorola Mobility from Google might…
NDTVThe smartphone market hit a milestone in 2013 with more than a billion shipped, a survey showed Monday. Samsung extended its lead as the world’s biggest vendor, accounting for 31.3 percent of sales, ahead of…
InformationWeekSales of Samsung’s smartphones fell slightly during the fourth quarter as the world’s leading smartphone maker offers weak outlook moving into 2014. alt= 10 Wearables To Watch At CES 2014. (click image for larger view…
Android CommunityShortly after launching in the US, the LG G Flex will become available in a few European regions. This is part of LG’s efforts to spread the word about its rather odd curved smartphone….
LG F3Q For T-Mobile To Rock A QWERTY KeyboardIntoMobileLG’s F series of smartphones have always been aimed at the mid-range market, like the F3. Still, while the G2′s, Galaxy S 4′s, and HTC One’s get…
Washington PostIf Frank Washington has told his mother once, he has told her a thousand times: Do not change the account passwords on your iPhone. His mother called the other day. She had a password…
KETKCNN — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Starbucks’ mobile app leaves customers’ passwords open to attack, according to a research report. The popular app, which allows Starbucks customers to purchase drinks and food directly from their…
American Live WireAccording to a report hackers may be able to access personal information from the app Starbucks offers for it’s customers. This app enables customers to purchase items at Starbucks using their smartphones. If…
CES 2014: Cheap smartphones highlight Apple’s challengeUSA TODAYLAS VEGAS — One of the reasons investors are concerned about Apple can be found in the back booths of this year’s International CES technology conference: cheap, powerful…
BBC NewsMore than one billion Android-powered devices will be sold in 2014, according to Gartner’s latest forecast. The consultancy said the operating system would be on 1.1 billion tablets, smartphones, watches and other gadgets purchased…
BBC NewsLG has shown off a “simplified” way to control and find content on its smart TVs using the webOS operating system. The user interface (UI), which features sliding card graphics, is powered by software…
ComputerworldIDG News Service – Nvidia showed off its new Tegra K1 graphics processor, which packs 192 GPU cores onto a single chip and promises to bring console-class graphics to smartphones and tablets. There was a…
Apple InsiderNew web traffic data suggests that the iPhone was Christmas’s big winner among smartphones while the iPad remained the dominant tablet, though it lost some ground to competition from Samsung, Amazon, and Microsoft. Chitika…
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PCWorldSamsung Electronics has announced a new chip that will make it possible for the company and others to build smartphones and tablets with up to 4GB of RAM. Samsung has developed the industry’s first 8…
Modern ReadersIt is On – Google Takes Steps to Protect Nexus Devices from Rockstar In what can be described as an interesting development and a thickening of the plot, Google is trying to get its…
CTV NewsThe world will get a preview of what’s to come in the world of gadgets at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), set for the second week of January. Big names in the tech world…
Reuters(Adds details). By Euan Rocha, Alastair Sharp and Allison Martell. TORONTO Dec 20 (Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd said on Friday it was entering a handset production deal that lowers the risk it will have to…
USA TODAYSAN FRANCISCO — Talk about a mobile revolution. A growing software movement is quietly taking hold on Android-based devices, allowing people to customize smartphones and tablets more to their liking. What’s known as Android…
ZDNetSummary: HP will be among the first to include the ForcePad, a touchpad designed to mimic multi-gestures on smartphones and tablets, on high-end laptops. Larry Dignan. By Larry Dignan for Between the Lines | December…
NBCNews.comAndy Rubin, the engineer heading Google’s robotic effort and the man who built the Android software for smartphones, in Los Altos Hills, Calif., Oct. 29. Google has acquired seven companies in hopes of automating electronics…
