Smartphones

Twitter Buys Mobile Ad Platform MoPub

Twitter said it will use MoPub, founded by three AdMob veterans, to expand its presence in the mobile advertising world…

11 years ago

Vodafone 4G Customers Get Extra 4GB As Network Expands To More Cities

Operator promises data bonus for early adopters as Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield are added

11 years ago

EE Hits 1 Million 4G Subscribers

EE passes the 1m subscriber mark on its 4G network, but a GSMA study finds Europe lagging in 4G penetration

11 years ago

NSA ‘Can Tap iPhone, Android And BlackBerry Phones’

NSA can tap plenty of mobile devices, according to fresh leaks reported by Der Spiegel

11 years ago

Sony Shows Xperia Z1 Underwater Smartphone

Sony showed dunkable Xperia Z1 and cool clip-on smartphone cameras at IFA in Berlin

11 years ago

Alcatel Unveils Hero And Idol Alpha Smartphones

Alcatel One Touch shows off two Android-based smartphones, namely the Hero device and the Idol Alpha

11 years ago

Google Suspends iOS Authenticator As It Wipes Data

Authenticator update wipes account settings, causing plenty of bother for users

11 years ago

New iPhone Set For 10 September Launch

The new iPhone is arriving next week, much to the delight, or chagrin, of many an onlooker

11 years ago

HTC Launches More Mid-Range Desire Phones

HTC looks to continue its push in the mid-range space, with the Desire 601 and 300 models

11 years ago

ZTE Launches £72 Quad-Core Smartphone With Virgin

The Blade V, with a quad-core Snapdragon processor, raises the bar for low-priced smartphones

11 years ago

Microsoft To Buy Nokia Hardware And Services Unit For £4.6bn

Nokia, trailing Samsung and Apple in the mobile phone market, will go toward building up Microsoft's devices and services offerings

11 years ago

HTC Execs Arrested In Data Leak Probe

Three design executives are arrested over allegations they were going to use HTC information to set up a new company

11 years ago

Android VP Hugo Barra Departs Google For Xiaomi

Personal issues blow up just as Barra's blows over to a Chinese smartphone manufacturer

11 years ago

Three Abolishes Roaming Charges For Data, Calls And Texts To UK In 7 Countries

Calling home and surfing the web is now much much cheaper in seven Hutchison countries

11 years ago

TechWeek Readers Back BlackBerry

BlackBerry can survive as a private company, you say - or will it crash and burn?

11 years ago

BlackBerry Is Too Late To Spin Off BBM

BBM is a great product, but BlackBerry missed its chance to give it a separate existence, says Michelle Maisto

11 years ago

Three To Launch 4G For Free In December

All compatible smartphones will receive a noticeable Internet speed boost

11 years ago

Vodafone And O2 To Create A Competitive UK 4G Landscape

The arrival of more UK 4G services is good news for consumers and businesses

11 years ago

EE 4G Celebrates In Accrington As Network Reaches 105 Towns And Cities

EE signs Ian Rush to celebrate, as Accrington is its 100th 4G town, while O2 and Vodafone warm up on…

11 years ago

BlackBerry Mulls BBM Spin Off – Report

BlackBerry reportedly considers spinning off its popular BBM Messenger into its own company

11 years ago

Univision Buys 2,000 BlackBerry Q10 Smartphones

BlackBerry celebrates relatively minor deal with US Spanish language broadcaster for BlackBerry Q10 smartphones

11 years ago

Microsoft Motorola Patent Dispute Goes To Second Trial

Microsoft Motorola Patent dispute over FRAND royalties goes to jury trial in Seattle

11 years ago

Most Brits ‘Fear Being Out Of Mobile Contact’

Anxiety about being without a mobile phone connection leads people to check their messages at the beach and in bed…

11 years ago

Delta Airlines To Use 19,000 Nokia Lumia Windows Phones For In-Flight Payments

Delta flight attendants to receive Nokia Lumia 825 smartphones for in-flight transactions and customer information

11 years ago

Ubuntu Mobile Is In A Stronger Place Despite Crowdfunding Failure

The Ubuntu Edge may never be made, but Ubuntu Mobiles are one step closer to a reality, says Steve McCaskill

11 years ago

One Developer Is Responsible For 47,000 BlackBerry World Apps

BlackBerry World has 127,000 applications, but more than a third come from one Hong-Kong based developer

11 years ago

Canadian Government Is Monitoring Potential BlackBerry Sale

Ottawa is watching BlackBerry closely but won't say if it will veto foreign sale

11 years ago

Ubuntu Edge Misses £20.8m Funding Target By Two Thirds

Canonical takes positives from record breaking crowdfunding campaign

11 years ago

LG Display Announces World’s First Quad HD LCD Screen

LG Display says new quad HD screen will help industry cope with trend towards larger smartphones

11 years ago

First Batch Of Jolla Sailfish Smartphones Sell Out

Sailfish-powered Jolla smartphones are ordered in 136 countries

11 years ago