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Consumers prefer credit cards to paying with smartphone, research shows

As Google gears up to launch its digital wallet service, Android Pay in the UK, many experts are still less than convinced that the idea of replacing a credit card with a smartphone is really...

Apple launches support page on Twitter

Apple Inc launched a new Twitter account on Thursday dedicated to customer support, a move that expanded the company's social media presence and prompted immediate reaction from users complaining...

Google teams with Unicef to map Zika virus spread

Google said it was working with Unicef to map the spread of Zika, pitching in a million dollars to support the group's efforts on the ground. A volunteer team of Google engineers, designers and...

Google tests digital wallets that can stay in pockets

Google on Wednesday said it is testing ways to let people use digital wallets without having to even take smartphones out of their pockets. The Internet colossus is dabbling with ways to make...

New voice-powered digital assistant app ‘Hound’ launches today

Hound, the app that gives you a voice-powered digital assistant on your smartphone, launches today on iOS and Android. Hound aims to give you detailed information quickly using your voice. Ask...

Wonder material sparks rush to develop new electronics

Bendable mobile phones, quick-charge batteries and unbreakable touch screens – technology firms are racing to harness the potential of graphene, a wonder material which scientists say could...

Apple’s US$119.6 million patent win against Samsung thrown out

Apple Inc lost an appeals court ruling yesterday that means Samsung Electronics Co won’t have to pay it US$119.6 million over patents for smartphone features. Two Apple patents, including one...

Samsung Galaxy S7 edges Twitter count

The two new Galaxy S7 handsets from Samsung were the most-tweeted about Mobile World Congress topics during the annual tech conference's 2016 edition. The Mobile World Congress has increasingly...

Nintendo releases original Pokemon games for 20th birthday

Nintendo is releasing a revamped version of its Pokemon games to honour the franchise's 20th anniversary. Designed for virtual console on Nintendo 3DS, Pokemon Red, Pokemon Blue and Pokemon...

YouTube launches new video blurring tool

YouTube has launched a new custom blurring tool that allows users to blur objects in any video. Available on desktop versions of YouTube, the Enhancements feature lets creators blur objects –...

Facebook moves to new full-screen ‘immersive’ ads

Facebook on Thursday rolled out a platform for quick, immersive ads with the potential to become a tempting rival to television commercials. The leading social network made Canvas available...

Five hot hybrid tablets seen at Mobile World Congress

Two-in-one tablet-turned-laptop devices are hot news in the tech market right now, with a host of manufacturers showing off new hybrid devices at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona,...

Google boss backs Apple in encryption battle with FBI

Google chief Sundar Pichai on Wednesday expressed his support for Apple in its standoff with the FBI over unlocking an iPhone as part of a terror probe, warning that creating so-called...

Google speeds news to smartphones, challenging Facebook

Google on Wednesday began delivering "blazingly fast" articles to smartphones and tablets in a stepped-up challenge to Facebook to be the leading mobile news hub. The Accelerated Mobile Pages...

Advertisers :( can’t use new Facebook ‘Reactions’ to target viewers

Facebook Inc advertisers love the idea of using the social network's new anger, humour and other emoticon buttons to better target audiences, but they are :( that the company is not letting them...

Facebook rolls out ‘Like’ extensions

For those that have wanted a one-button Facebook status response that goes beyond Like, a suite of official Reactions stickers have now been made available globally. "For more than a year we...

Internet by light promises to leave WiFi eating dust

Connecting your smartphone to the web with just a lamp – that's the promise of Li-Fi, featuring Internet access 100 times faster than WiFi with revolutionary wireless technology. French...

Lenovo aims at mature markets with new ‘augmented reality’ phone

China's Lenovo Group is ready to break into mature markets this summer with the launch of its new smartphone which sports "augmented reality" features developed under Google's Tango project, its...

Research shows thousands of apps running Baidu code collect, leak personal data

Thousands of apps running code built by Chinese Internet giant Baidu have collected and transmitted users' personal information to the company, much of it easily intercepted, researchers...

Huawei unveils first computer aimed at businesses

Chinese electronics giant Huawei unveiled its first personal computer, a convertible tablet aimed at the premium business market that will compete with Apple's iPad Pro and the Microsoft...