Mobiles
Smartphones
Stun guns disguised as mobiles
Nick Ralston It fits in your back pocket, can make calls and give off a 650k volt shock that can stop a man in his tracks.
Solar screen recharges mobiles on the go
A transparent film that costs just one euro to make could bring an end to the anguish of mobile phone users facing the dreaded dead-battery message.
Mobiles to match global population in 2014
The number of mobile phones worldwide will catch up to the globe's population next year, the United Nations says.
Coverage
Call of the wild: rural mobiles gap could prove fatal in emergency, warn residents
Asher Moses People in rural and regional areas fear they are being put at risk by poor mobile and emergency communications.
Mobiles made it through Sandy
Tim Maly Hundreds of thousands of friends, strangers and government officials exchanged links, photos, rumours, warnings and corrections about the progress of Hurricane Sandy on sites such as Instagram,...
Restaurants learn not to make a meal out of mobiles
Jessica Gelt The use of mobile phones at the table has become so prevalent that restaurants are now catering for them.
US push to ban mobiles in cars
Simon Mann, Washington America's top transport regulator has urged all 50 US states to ban the use of mobile phones by drivers after studying a fatal crash.
Samsung ends Nokia's 14-year reign as king of mobiles
Samsung Electronics has ended Nokia's 14-year leadership of the global mobile phone market, outselling the struggling Finnish handset maker for the first time ever.
Mobiles
Huawei launches world's slimmest smartphone
Robin Millard Huawei has launched what it says is the world's thinnest smartphone, the Ascend P6.
Security
Are your Apple iMessages secure?
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Apple says its iMessages are beyond the grasp of the NSA and the FBI, but security experts aren't convinced.
Barriers to Skype on mobiles evaporate
Asher Moses in Barcelona New Skype apps for the iPhone and Symbian platforms will allow mobile users to bypass telco voice networks completely, making calls using the internet over the 3G data network.
Mobiles
Samsung to launch faster Galaxy S4
Miyoung Kim Samsung plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed.
Mobiles
S4 marketing charm wears off
Miyoung Kim Analysts fell under Samsung's marketing spell when they made hopelessly optimistic forecasts for its smartphone sales.
Blog
MS Office comes to the iPhone, only for Office 365 subscribers
Adam Turner Has Microsoft waited too long to bring Office to Apple's iGadgets?
Blog
Apple's iTunes Radio - worth getting excited about?
Adam Turner Did we really want a Spotify rival from Apple rather than simply this Pandora rival?
Apple
Cheaper iPhones on way: sources
Clare Jim, Reiji Murai and Poornima Gupta Apple may launch iPhones with bigger screens, as well as cheaper models in a range of colours, according to sources.
Reel innovation
Mobile movie makers
Jenneth Orantia Big-screen works are being aided by small-screen devices.
Apple
The hidden gems of iOS 7
Salvador Rodriguez Ten hidden gems and overlooked features in the upcoming Apple mobile operating system.
Apple
iOS 7 looks a little too familiar to some developers
Seth Fiegerman Apple's iOS 7 appears to take features from photo apps, file-sharing apps, weather apps, music streaming services and password protection tools.
WWDC
Music service, mobile software expected from Apple
Anick Jesdanun and Ryan Nakashima Apple is expected to reveal a digital radio service and changes to the software behind iPhones and iPads on Monday in the US as the company opens its annual conference for software developers.
