Collaborate Disseminate
At Microsoft’s Surface event today, the company announced its Surface Duo 2 dual-screen Android smartphone, featuring a trio of new cameras, a faster processor, larger displays, and support for 5G. The company also unveiled a successor to the Surface B… Continue reading Microsoft Debuts Surface Duo 2 Dual-Screen Android Phone With Larger Displays and 5G
“T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert published an open apology to customers Friday after hackers stole more than 50 million users’ personal data, including their Social Security numbers and driver’s license information,” reports NBC News:
“The last two weeks ha… Continue reading T-Mobile CEO Apologizes For Data Breach Affecting Over 53 Million Users
Passengers escaped an Alaska Airlines jet via emergency slides on Monday night after a malfunctioning smartphone filled the cabin with smoke. The Register reports: The pilot ordered the evacuation of flight 751 from New Orleans to Seattle after someone… Continue reading Smoking Smartphone Sparks Emergency Evacuation of Alaska Airlines Jet, Two Taken To Hospital
In a 2015 video, PCMag’s lead mobile analyst Sascha Segan showed off “One of the coolest phones at this year’s CES.”
He’s now written an article titled “How I Got Suckered by an (Alleged) $10M Phone Scam.
The biggest mobile-phone mystery of the 2010… Continue reading Smartphone Company Alleged To Be a Scam Defrauding 300 Investors of $10 Million
Slashdot reader nickwinlund77 quotes Wired:
Location data sharing from wireless carriers has been a major privacy issue in recent years… Carriers remain perennially hungry to know as much about you as they can. Now, researchers are proposing a simpl… Continue reading A Simple Software Fix Could Limit Location Data Sharing
“Developers are once again publicly highlighting instances in which Apple has failed to keep scam apps off of the app store,” reports Ars Technica:
The apps in question charge users unusual fees and siphon revenue from legitimate or higher-quality app… Continue reading Apple Accused of Promoting Scam Apps in Its App Store
“Loneliness among adolescents around the globe has skyrocketed since a decade ago,” reports the Washington Post, “and it may be tied to smartphone use, a new study finds.”
In 36 out of 37 countries, feelings of loneliness among teenagers rose sharply … Continue reading Teen Loneliness Has Increased in 36 Countries. The Reason May be Smartphones
The New York Times’ On Tech newsletter shares a thought-provoking story:
This week, a top official in the Roman Catholic Church’s American hierarchy resigned after a news site said that it had data from his cellphone that appeared to show the administ… Continue reading Church Official Exposed Through America’s ‘Vast and Largely Unregulated Data-Harvesting’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Interesting Engineering: [Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata] along with those at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur decided to focus on devel… Continue reading Scientists Create the World’s Toughest Self-Healing Material
Activations of iOS and Android devices are now evenly split in the United States, with little sign of movement toward either platform dominating over the past two years, according to data sourced by Consumer Research Intelligence Partners (CIRP). MacRu… Continue reading iOS and Android Activations Now Split Evenly In the US, Research Shows