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The late 90s and early 2000s were a breakout time for mobile phones, with cheap GSM handsets ushering in the era in which pretty much everybody had a phone. Back …read more Continue reading Here’s How Those Battery-Free Flashing Phone Stickers Worked
Samsung has unpacked its Galaxy S series phones for 2022, spruiking the usual crop of improvements and new features. So are they worth the upgrade from last year’s models? New Atlas compares the specs and features of the Galaxy S22, S22+ and S22 Ultra … Continue reading Samsung Galaxy S22, S22+ and S22 Ultra vs. Galaxy S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra
When arriving at a disaster site, one of the most crucial tasks is to locate any survivors who may be trapped in the debris. A new module is designed to let drones do so, by detecting the radio signals of victims’ mobile phones.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Echo SAR turns cell phones into drone-detected rescue beacons
In what is now a three-year long search, I’ve finally found the perfect use for an old cellphone. And with it, the answer to a burning question: Why aren’t we …read more Continue reading Finally, A Use for Old Cellphones
Keen to show off its folding screen tech, Samsung has announced the new generation of its Z Fold and Z Flip phones at its latest Samsung Unpacked event. Most of the changes are skin-deep, but the few spec updates are important – and a price drop sweete… Continue reading Samsung unfurls new Fold and Flip phones – and first under-display camera
It’s getting harder and harder to justify spending a grand or more on a phone when the budget and midrange models are becoming so good. Doogee has now unveiled its latest entry-level phone, the N40 Pro, which packs pretty high-end specs into a low-cost… Continue reading Doogee’s latest low-cost leather-bound phone lasts three days on a charge
Cars and smartphones have something curious in common, just as most everyday saloon cars from different manufacturers have tended towards similarity, so have smartphones. Whether your smartphone the latest and …read more Continue reading A Phone That Old Shouldn’t Be Running Android
Google and Apple have joined forces to issue a common API that will run on their mobile phone operating systems, enabling applications to track people who you come “into contact” with in order to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s an extremely tall order to do so in …read more
Continue reading Google and Apple Reveal Their Coronavirus Contact Tracing Plans: We Kick the Tires
Online mapping services pack in a lot of functionality that their paper-based forebearers could simply never imagine. Adding in metadata for local landmarks, businesses and respective reviews, and even live traffic data, they have the capability to deliver more information than ever before – and also correspondingly, shape human behaviour. …read more
Continue reading How Many Smartphones Does It Take To Make A Traffic Jam?
Your cellphone is the least secure computer that you own, and worse than that, it’s got a radio. [Jiska Classen] and her lab have been hacking on cellphones’ wireless systems for a while now, and in this talk gives an overview of the wireless vulnerabilities and attack surfaces that they …read more