Smartphone

Mobile Malware on the Rise, Warns McAfee

Smartphone malware development is rising sharply, threat researchers at McAfee have warned, saying the decision by Epic Games to distribute…

Siemens Wants You to Scan Your Urine with a Smartphone

Siemens Healthineers, the medical arm of the German engineering and technology conglomerate, has teamed up with Israeli start-up Healthy.io to…

This 2.5D Indoor Navigation App Uses Geomagnetism to Operate

Japan's NTT DATA has launched a unique indoor navigation app dubbed NariNAVI that uses anomalies in the earth's natural magnetic…

Samsung App Replies for Drivers, Comes to Dutch Campaign

A Samsung Electronics application that automatically replies to social media messages whenever a phone is moving at more than 10km/h…

Home Office: We May Give Police Automatic Facial Recognition on their Phones

UK police officers may in future be equipped with automatic facial recognition (AFR) technology on their smartphones, the Home Office…

“Challenging” Conversations with Advertisers and a “Legacy Codebase Issues” – Snap Shares Tumble on Mixed Results

Snapchat’s parent company Snap admitted it has had “challenging conversations” with advertisers following a redesign, that stopped most recent stories…

Co-Op, Mastercard launch scan and go technology

The Co-op has revealed it will soon rollout new technology within its stores that allows customers to scan and pay…

Smartphone sales fell for first time ever last year – Gartner

The first ever decline in smartphone sales has been discovered in statistics from the fourth quarter of 2017, with records…

MWC: LG smartphones jump on the AI bandwagon

LG has announced its first suite of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for its latest smartphones, which will be demonstrated at…

Xiaomi taps Goldman Sachs for possible $100 billion float

Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone maker, could gain a valuation of as much as $100 billion in a newly proposed IPO,…