Apple must fix its self-service repair program, say critics A+ for marketing, F- for blocking aftermarket parts with serial number checks Personal Tech28 Apr 2022 | 17
Google 'Switch to Android' app surfaces in iOS App Store After years of Apple's agitation to 'Move to iOS,' the Chocolate Factory has a reply Personal Tech20 Apr 2022 | 26
Apple iOS privacy clampdown 'did little' to reduce tracking Double-standard rules have strengthened iGiant's gatekeeper power Personal Tech08 Apr 2022 | 18
Apple notches up ninth €5m fine for ignoring nation's competition watchdog It's just a business expense at this point Personal Tech23 Mar 2022 | 22
Android's Messages, Dialer apps quietly sent text, call info to Google Updated Hashed text, phone call logs collected without opt-out nor specific notice Personal Tech21 Mar 2022 | 89
Apple, Google urge monopoly watchdog to leave them alone Competitors and web developers would prefer to see mobile market rules rewritten Applications15 Mar 2022 | 15
Russia scrambles to bootstrap HPC clusters with native tech Don't send a mobile chip to do a high-end CPU, GPU job. Unless you have no choice. HPC04 Mar 2022 | 25
Mobile-based ID wallets for government are coming Among top 10 government tech trends, claims Gartner Applications24 Feb 2022 | 23
Google offers privacy audit tool to app developers Checks checks your privilege privileges Applications22 Feb 2022 | 11
Three US states plus Washington DC sue Google for using UI design 'dark patterns' to harvest your location Position of data permission controls designed to deceive, trio of lawsuits claim Applications24 Jan 2022 | 28
Lawmakers propose TLDR Act because no one reads Terms of Service agreements The bill calls for concise, machine readable summaries of how websites and apps use client data Legal14 Jan 2022 | 36
LAPD cops who preferred playing Pokémon Go to tackling robbery can be fired, appeals court rules Call of duty? Not when there's a Snorlax about Personal Tech11 Jan 2022 | 33
Ubuntu-on-a-phone crowd fix Google account issues in new Touch update OTA-21 of mobile OS arrives OSes07 Jan 2022 | 6
AT&T, Verizon delay 5G C-band rollout over FAA fears of passenger plane radars jammed by signals Telcos miffed, pilots are fine with it Personal Tech04 Jan 2022 | 36
2033 is doomsday for 2G and 3G in the UK Surely the Great Coming of (Huawei-less) 5G will have happened by then Networks08 Dec 2021 | 55
South Korea sets site reliability engineering standards for Big Tech Wants Google, Meta, Netflix and locals to work harder on uptime, warn locals of outages in Korean Off-Prem08 Dec 2021 | 5
It's the flu season – FluBot, that is: Surge of info-stealing Android malware detected And a bunch of bank-account-raiding trojans also identified Security30 Nov 2021 | 5
Boffins find way to use a standard smartphone to find hidden spy cams Smartphones now have lasers so we're gonna use them to find voyeurs Security18 Nov 2021 | 63
There, that wasn't so hard, was it? South Korea makes Google allow rival payment systems in Play store apps All right, which country's next? Personal Tech04 Nov 2021 | 12
Google trims the cut its Play Store takes from digital subscriptions, ebooks, music streaming But with 97 per cent of Android devs offering free software, web giant's share of mobile ad spend matters more Software21 Oct 2021 | 4
Google Pixel 6, 6 Pro Android 12 smartphone launch marred by shopping cart crashes Chocolate Factory talks up Tensor mobile SoC, Titan M2 security ... for those who can get them Personal Tech19 Oct 2021 | 24
O-RAN Alliance: Nokia downplays decision to take breather as critics worry over fate of key industry groups Backs away from potential Entity List security issues related to Chinese alliance members Networks02 Sep 2021 | 1
Bumble fumble: Dude divines definitive location of dating app users despite disguised distances And it's a sequel to the Tinder stalking flaw Personal Tech26 Aug 2021 | 37
Apple says its CSAM scan code can be verified by researchers. Corellium starts throwing out dollar bills Updated Here's $15,000 to make that third-party inspection happen, says Florida outfit Security17 Aug 2021 | 56
Google Play puts Android apps on notice: No naughty JavaScript, Python, Lua And come April next year, accurate disclosures of personal data usage will be required Applications29 Jul 2021 | 11
Watchdog slaps down Three's claims to be building the UK's 'fastest 5G network' – again Company can't seem to help running its mouth, despite ASA's ruling last year Networks21 Jul 2021 | 18
This week, Apple CEO Tim Cook faced surprisingly tough questioning from judge iLeader defends iGiant's app oversight to keep people safe from 'toxic mess' Applications22 May 2021 | 77
Android, iOS beam telemetry to Google, Apple even when you tell them not to – study Search giant insists it's necessary, iTitan didn't have anything to say OSes01 Apr 2021 | 81
If Google and Apple won't help us, we'll sort it out the Linux way: 21 companies form Mobile Native Foundation Lyft, Microsoft, Slack, Capital One, Airbnb become bedfellows Applications04 Mar 2021 | 6
Last stop before MAUI: Xamarin Forms 5.0 released for cross-platform mobile, new features, new bugs Microsoft's cross-platform .NET tools get a refresh, but with a relatively short life before newer tools sweep it away Software11 Jan 2021 | 13
Yet another twist for 2020: Google says Android 12 will make it easier to install alternative app stores And, cough, cough, don't forget to use Google Play's billing system Software29 Sep 2020 | 7
Apple: Yeah, about those ground-breaking privacy features in iOS 14 – don't expect them until next year 'Fundamental right to privacy' can wait – Facebook and others are annoyed Personal Tech03 Sep 2020 | 19
As promised, Apple will now entertain suggestions from the hoi polloi on how it should run its App Store You may have one or two, dare we say Epic, thoughts to share Software01 Sep 2020 | 42
Brave takes brave stand against Google's plan to turn websites into ad-blocker-thwarting Web Bundles Draft spec reduces pages to inscrutable data blobs, says privacy bod Software27 Aug 2020 | 95
Publishers signed up to Apple's premium News may be less than 'appy to discover the iGiant snatching readers Safari links redirected by default into Cupertino's walled garden Personal Tech10 Aug 2020 | 24
What happens when holes perfect for spyware are found in the engine room of millions of Qualcomm-based phones? Let's find out DEF CON Start the clock on those patches – they'll be coming any day, week, month soon Security07 Aug 2020 | 55
Paying Arizona: Google sued by state for location data revenues after tracking state's citizens via mobiles Chocolate Factory insists its practices have been mischaracterized Personal Tech28 May 2020 | 7
Whoa, France. Take it easy. Wow. You're out of control. Fining Apple 55 minutes of revenue for secretly slowing down iPhones? Maniaques! Prenez-vous les cartes de crédit? asks Tim Cook as he prepares to personally expense this trifling €25m Personal Tech08 Feb 2020 | 58
To catch a thief, go to Google with a geofence warrant – and it will give you all the details Investigators ask Chocolate Factory to help them connect the geographic dots Security18 Jan 2020 | 70
Relying on AT&T, Verizon and T-Mob US to protect you from SIM swapping? You better get used to disappointment Study shows top telcos are naff at fending off cellphone number hijackings Security13 Jan 2020 | 16
Google scolded for depriving the poor of privacy as Chinese malware bundled on phones for hard-up Americans Updated To make matters worse, uninstalling it could cause even more pain Security09 Jan 2020 | 57
I don't want to go on the cart! Windows 10 Mobile hauls itself from the grave one last time 'I'm not dead!' insists doomed OS. It will be soon Personal Tech17 Dec 2019 | 22
Alphabet, Apple, Dell, Tesla, Microsoft exploit child labor to mine cobalt for batteries, human-rights warriors claim Updated Woke tech giants sued for 'knowingly benefiting from ... the cruel and brutal use of young children' Personal Tech16 Dec 2019 | 66
Americans should have strong privacy-protecting encryption ...that the Feds and cops can break, say senators I don't care if it's mathematically impossible, make it happen nerds! Security10 Dec 2019 | 109
After 10 years, Google Cloud Print will finally be out of beta... straight into ad giant's graveyard Not so much 'going gold' as 'growing cold' SaaS22 Nov 2019 | 69
If you've wanted to lazily merge code on GitHub from the pub, couch or beach, there's now a mobile app for that GitHub opens beta of handheld tools, unveils Arctic stunt, and other stuff Devops14 Nov 2019 | 7
Samsung SpaceSelfie Galaxy-bearing balloon photobombs Michigan home the hard way Phone biz refers to crash as 'early soft landing' Personal Tech28 Oct 2019 | 15
The eagle has handed.... scientists a serious text message bill after flying through Iran, Pakistan A bird on the band is worth more than your entire research budget Bootnotes26 Oct 2019 | 95
Is right! Ofcom says Scousers enjoy a natter on the phone compared to southern blerts Especially to Boris Johnson Personal Tech10 Oct 2019 | 25
GPS cyberstalking of girlfriend brings surveillance and indictment for alleged American mobster 20 supposed wiseguys charged because one was possessive Security04 Oct 2019 | 26
Mayor of London wants mobile providers to stick more network kit across Big Smoke's rooftops But are landlords going to care about a template agreement? Networks27 Sep 2019 | 4
Hey, it's 2019. Quit making battery-draining webpages – say makers of webpage-displaying battery-powered kit Save the family joules, urge Apple's WebKit developers Software29 Aug 2019 | 73
Just one in five UK constituencies receive 4G from all four mobile operators – research National roaming still not a thing Networks09 Aug 2019 | 17
Open-heart nerdery: Boffins suggest identifying and logging in people using ECGs Heartbeat rhythms could be the next biometric authentication method Security25 Jun 2019 | 50
FYI: Your Venmo transfers with those edgy emojis aren't private by default. And someone's put 7m of them into a public DB Payment biz shrugs, says users are fine with sharing Personal Tech17 Jun 2019 | 37
Hongmeng, there's no need to feel down: It's patently obvious this is Huawei's homegrown OS It's fun to trademark your brand in CA, it's fun to trademark your brand in SK...ay Software13 Jun 2019 | 46
Own goal: $280,000 GDPR fine for soccer app that snooped on fans' phone mics to snare pub telly pirates La Liga says privacy watchdog is Barca-ing up the wrong tree Personal Tech12 Jun 2019 | 50
No Huawei out: Prez Trump's game of chicken with China has serious consequences Analysis No cybersecurity rules means networks are destined to be balkanized Networks23 May 2019 | 239
Titan-ic disaster: Bluetooth blunder sinks Google's 2FA keys, free replacements offered A pairing problem makes an account compromise possible, although improbable Security15 May 2019 | 10
That's the way the Cook, he crumbles: Apple, Qualcomm settle patent nuclear war – as Intel quits 5G phone race Updated iThings flogger, chip-licensing biz put differences aside, agree multi-year modem supply deal Personal Tech16 Apr 2019 | 26
Apple redesigns wireless AirPower charger to be world's smallest, thinnest, lightest, cheapest, invisible... OK, it doesn't exist anymore Gizmo axed because it wasn't good enough, ran too hot Personal Tech30 Mar 2019 | 89
Huge news from Apple: No, not mags, games or TV – more than 50 security bugs to patch Apple rolls out repairs for 51 iOS flaws, including nasty ones, plus fixes for macOS Security26 Mar 2019 | 27