More than 1.4 billion smartphones were shipped worldwide last year in a new high for the sector with Chinese handset makers racking up the biggest gains, an industry tracker said...
Read moreAfter much controversy and preliminary testing, the iconic "like" symbol of Facebook will soon be expanding to include five new options called "reactions", according to Bloomberg Business. The...
Read moreNew research suggests that using a smartphone can be an effective way of motivating people to get moving and can even decrease unhealthy sedentary behaviour. The US-based pilot study brought...
Read moreApple Inc is working to make subscription content available through its News app, giving publishers with paywalls a new way to control who sees their articles, two sources familiar with the...
Read moreFacebook-owned smartphone messaging service WhatsApp temporarily crashed in an array of countries from the US to India, potentially affecting hundreds of millions of users. Reports of people...
Read moreSome of Apple Inc's main Asian suppliers expect revenues and orders to drop this quarter, indicating iPhone sales are almost certain to post their first annual decline since the flagship product...
Read moreThe audio world is currently in the grips of a minor revolution, as a new type of headphones is poised to bring a cutting-edge audio experience to the market. Developed by the likes of the...
Read moreThe changes included in the Skype update will significantly limit unwanted traffic from malicious users. Skype revealed on its blog that it will now keep users' IP addresses hidden by default...
Read moreFacebook has brought 3D Touch to its Timeline function for the benefit of iPhone 6s and 6s Plus users. Apple introduced this new feature last autumn on its latest iPhone models. The "peek and...
Read moreAs an expert in 3D user interfaces, virtual reality, and augmented reality, the hiring of Doug A. Bowman suggests a stepping up of AR and VR ambitions at Apple, whether for existing devices or...
Read moreChina's Internet users – already by far the world's most numerous – rose to nearly 700 million last year, authorities said Friday, more than twice the population of the United States. Beijing...
Read moreMicrosoft's Mimicker Alarm for Android wakes your body up and then attempts to get your mind churning. Once the alarm wakes you up, the Mimicker alarm asks you to choose from three different...
Read moreGoogle revealed on Thursday that it sidelined more than 780 million ads deemed rude, dishonest or dangerous in 2015 in a leap from the 524 million targeted a year earlier. "Some ads are just...
Read moreFacebook Inc is tackling the sports arena with a new platform called Facebook Sports Stadium, which the social media site said will provide real-time updates on games, popular posts from fans,...
Read moreJust ask Anna Lee: Woody Allen's Orgasmatron, his then-futuristic vision of self-initiated sex from the 1973 movie "Sleeper," has finally become a reality. Virtual reality, that is. Lee,...
Read morePeople cannot have 1,000 real friends on Facebook. Nor 500. In fact, anything over 200 starts seeming unlikely, an unusual study asserted on Wednesday. Limitations on brain capacity and free...
Read moreA 12-minute clip titled "Blessings, A Malaysian story" produced for Malaysia Airlines took the top spot in the YouTube Malaysia ads leaderboard for 2015 released by Google Malaysia...
Read moreYesterday, Apple had a new victory in a long-running patent lawsuit – a court-ordered ban on older-model Samsung smartphones. An injunction issued by US District Court Judge Lucy Koh in the...
Read moreEven after tens of millions of people had online accounts hacked, many Internet users still rely on easily guessed passwords. A report released by the online security firm SplashData on Tuesday...
Read moreA new partnership with Spotify will allow visitors to any US branch of the coffee shop chain to discover and save the music they hear in store while waiting for a latte. Described as a...
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