Number of households with internet now over 86%
By Lizzy Ioannidou This year saw a 6.8 per cent increase in the number of households with internet connection compared with 2017, the statistical service...
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Have smartphones taken over our lives?
It’s no secret that smartphones have taken over our lives – but have those lives really improved as a result? And could we live without...
Google, Apple face off over augmented reality technology
Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday unveiled tools to make augmented reality apps for mobile devices using the Android operating system, setting up its latest showdown...
Smartphones aren’t as ubiquitous as you may think
At a time where you can send a photo of your dinner to your grandma and seconds later receive an approving ‘thumbs up’, it is...
Longer battery life, the most wanted smartphone feature
While a lot is often made of the quality of a new smartphone’s camera, a recent survey by YouGov has revealed that something much more...
The FBI wants to set a legal precedent, not break into an iPhone
By Matthew Gault The FBI wants Apple to give it the tools to break into the iPhone of the San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook. In...
Smartphones lend new dynamic to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
By Dan Williams Surrounded by Israeli police, Israa Abed holds a knife in one hand and a cellphone in the other before shots ring out...
Motorola aims for DIY smartphones
Motorola wants to let consumers design their own smartphones. The Google-owned manufacturer has launched Project Ara to create a free, open and standardized platform to...