Collaborate Disseminate
This is a harrowing story of a scam artist that convinced a mother that her daughter had been kidnapped. More stories are here. It’s unclear if these virtual kidnappers use data about their victims, or just call people at random and hope to get lucky. Still, it’s a new criminal use of smartphones and ubiquitous information. Reminds me of the… Continue reading Virtual Kidnapping
Earlier this month Mashable wrote “it’s now even more obvious what [Apple] is working to bring to the masses, and it’s probably not, as some rumors have indicated, virtual reality.” They cited CEO Tim Cook’s recent predictions that augmented reality “i… Continue reading Will The iPhone 8 Include Augmented Reality?
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBS News: Mobile devices like smartphones and tablets can be distracting from child-rearing, upending family routines and fueling stress in the home, a small, new study finds. Incoming communication from work, f… Continue reading Smartphones Are ‘Contaminating’ Family Life, Study Suggests
In an effort to presumably stop customers from jumping ship to the iPhone 7 or other non-Samsung device, Samsung is offering up to $100 in credit to every customer who exchanges their Note 7 for another Samsung smartphone. Mashable reports: The company… Continue reading Samsung Will Credit You $100 If You Exchange Your Note 7 For Another Samsung Phone
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Samsung has been forced to cease production of its disastrous Galaxy Note 7 Smartphones because they keep catching fire, but it still has to address the problem of cleaning up its mess. The phone h… Continue reading Samsung Ships Flameproof Boxes For Note 7 Returns
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BetaNews: Sigh. The Galaxy Note 7. What should have been a wildly popular and successful smartphone has become a synonymous with failure, and fodder for jokes. As everyone knows, the phone has been exploding and… Continue reading Samsung Orders the Global Shutdown of Both Sales and Exchanges of Galaxy Note 7
Samsung’s next flagship smartphone, which may be released sooner than later due to the Note 7 fiasco, may not feature a 3.5mm headphone jack. In fact, Samsung may be one of many manufacturers to make the jump from the 3.5mm headphone jack to USB-C for … Continue reading Samsung’s Next Flagship Smartphone May Not Feature a Headphone Jack
After recent bombings, the Federal Communications Commission has voted to update the four-year-old emergency smartphone alerts system, which is used by officials to ping smartphones to alert people of severe weather, missing children, terror attacks or… Continue reading FCC Votes To Upgrade Emergency Smartphone Alerts
A former Verizon technician who worked in Alabama is being accused of selling customers’ private call records and location data to an unnamed private investigator. Authorities said the data was sold for more than four years, from 2009 to 2014. The Asso… Continue reading Verizon Technician Is Accused of Selling Customers’ Call Records and Location Data To Private Investigator
It didn’t take long for DJI to respond to GoPro’s voice-controlled Karma drone. Today, the company has unveiled the Mavic Pro, an ultra-portable drone that can fold up into roughly the “size of a standard water bottle,” DJI says. Of course, it also fea… Continue reading DJI Unveils the Mavic Pro, a Foldable and Ultra-Portable Camera Drone