In a recent blog post, Samsung said it sold four times more foldable devices in 2021 than 2020. The Verge reports: It attributes this success to the arrival of the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 […]. Samsung says sales for these two devices in their fi…
Components Shortage Sends Smartphone Market Into Decline
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Component shortages have been wreaking havoc on the tech industry since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and smartphones are no outlier. Decelerated production schedules have given way to smalle…
Pine64 Announces Updated PinePhone Pro Linux Powered Cellphone
Pine64 today announced its latest Linux-powered device, the PinePhone Pro, an update to the original PinePhone which sees a more powerful device running mainline Linux (Manjaro in this case) on a mobile device that works as a cellphone and a desktop co…
FCC Plans To Rein In ‘Gateway’ Carriers That Bring Foreign Robocalls To US
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission hopes to reduce the number of illegal robocalls from overseas with an expansion of rules that require phone companies to implement Caller ID authentication tec…
Microsoft Debuts Surface Duo 2 Dual-Screen Android Phone With Larger Displays and 5G
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…
T-Mobile CEO Apologizes For Data Breach Affecting Over 53 Million Users
“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…
Smartphone Company Alleged To Be a Scam Defrauding 300 Investors of $10 Million
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…
A Simple Software Fix Could Limit Location Data Sharing
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…
Apple Accused of Promoting Scam Apps in Its App Store
“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…
Teen Loneliness Has Increased in 36 Countries. The Reason May be Smartphones
“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 …