Cellphones Stories for 2016

Google and Facebook Dominate The List of 2016's Top Ten Apps 37
Microsoft Is No Longer Selling Any Lumia Windows Phones On Its US Store 85
Some Google Pixel Devices Are Shutting Down At 30% Battery 130
Apple Tops Holiday Sales With 44 Percent of All New Device Activations 188
Some Pixels Have Problems 69
US Congressional Committee Concludes Encryption Backdoors Won't Work 98
AT&T Is Adding a Spam Filter For Phone Calls 66
Filmmaker Installed Security Software On a Decoy Phone To Spy On Smartphone Thieves 118
EFF Begins Investigating Surveillance Technology Rumors At Standing Rock 147
Uber Asks Everyone To Stop Making It The New Tinder 150
Samsung May Permanently Disable Galaxy Note 7 Phones In The US As Soon As Next Week 193
NSA, GCHQ Have Been Intercepting In-Flight Mobile Calls For Years 99
T-Mobile's 'Digits' Solution Lets You Use One Phone Number Across All Your Devices 46
Former Samsung Engineers Build Smart Umbrella That Tells If It's Going To Rain 89
Virginia Police Spent $500K For An Ineffective Cellphone Surveillance System 36
Morgan Stanley: Pixel Phone Will Generate Google Almost $4 Billion In Revenue Next Year 66
Yesterday Saw $3.3 Billion In Online Purchases 66
Nearly 40% of Americans Would Give Up Sex For Better Online Security, Survey Finds 230
Google Opens Real-World 'Google Shops' in Canada 43
Google Bans Hundreds Of Pixel Phone Resellers From Their Google Accounts 171
Second Chinese Firm In a Week Found Hiding a Backdoor In Android Firmware 108
The Next iPhone Will Feature An OLED Display, Says Bloomberg 67
Smartphone WiFi Signals Can Leak Your Keystrokes, Passwords, and PINs 46
1 Billion Mobile Apps Exposed To Account Hijacking Through OAuth 2.0 Flaw 77
Browser Use On Mobile Devices Exceeds PC Browsing Worldwide: StatCounter 34
Increased Smartphone Screen-Time Is Associated With Lower Sleep Quality, Says Study 61
Fake Fingerprint Stickers Let You Access a Protected Phone While Wearing Gloves 74
Samsung's Latest Patent Is a Foldable Phone 31
Google Is Making Android Auto Available In Any Car 50
Steve Ballmer Says Smartphones Came Between Him and Bill Gates 114
A Powerful New Android Spyware Targets Business Executives 18
Samsung Is Cutting the Note 7's Access To Mobile Networks In New Zealand 63
Scientists Develop Magnetic Ink That Can Self-Heal Gadgets When They Break 52
Future iPhones Could Fold In Half 95
Samsung Galaxy S8 Screen-To-Body Ratio Could Surpass 90%, Near Bezel-Less Design 159
Nearly 9 Out of 10 Smartphones Shipped Run On Android 220
Serious Hacks Possible Through Inaudible Ultrasound 109
'Robocall Strike Force' Proposal Could Stop Caller ID Spoofing 97
Police Used Cell Tower Logs To Text 7,500 Possible Crime Witnesses 153
Feds Charge 61 People In Indian-Based IRS Phone Scam Case 139
WhatsApp Is Rolling Out Video Calls On Its Android App 42
176 Original Emojis Join Van Gogh and Picasso At Museum of Modern Art 29
The Phone Hackers At Cellebrite Have Had Their Firmware Leaked Online 29
Rowhammer Attack Can Now Root Android Devices 100
A New Attack Allows Intercepting Or Blocking Of Every LTE Phone Call And Text 80
AT&T Buys Time Warner For $85B. Is The Mass Media Consolidating? 132
Feds Walk Into a Building, Demand Everyone's Fingerprints To Open Phones 432
AT&T Considers Buying Time Warner 60
Higher-End Smartphones Make You Happier, Says JD Power Study 126
Samsung Forced YouTube To Pull GTA 5 Mod Video Because It Showed Galaxy Note 7 As Bomb 219
32GB iPhone 7 Has 8 Times Slower Storage Performance Than 128GB Model 159
Samsung Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Exploding Galaxy Note 7 42
1 In 2 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Owners To Switch To iPhone 7, Says Analyst 212
More Performers Are Demanding Audiences Lock Up Their Phones 552
Will The iPhone 8 Include Augmented Reality? 55
Smartphones Are 'Contaminating' Family Life, Study Suggests 84
Samsung Will Credit You $100 If You Exchange Your Note 7 For Another Samsung Phone 123
Android Devices That Contain Foxconn Firmware May Have a Secret Backdoor 95
Samsung Ships Flameproof Boxes For Note 7 Returns 88
PC Industry Is Now On a Two-Year Downslide 310
Sprint To Provide 1 Million Students With Free Internet, Mobile Devices 65
UK Is Banning Apple Watch From Cabinet Meetings Over Russian Hacking Fears 106
Samsung Orders the Global Shutdown of Both Sales and Exchanges of Galaxy Note 7 126
Cyanogen Gets a New CEO, Shifts Away From Selling a Full Mobile Operating System 49
Class Action Lawsuit Grows Over iPhone 6 Plus 'Touch Disease' 210
Baidu's Voice Recognition Software Is More Accurate Than Typing 55
AT&T Considers Stopping All Samsung Note 7 Sales 54
FBI Looks Into Unlocking Minnesota Mall Stabber's iPhone 99
Two 19-Year-Olds Charged With Running Phone Harassment, Hack-For-Hire Sites 36
Android 7.1 Nougat's Changelog Reveals Pixel-Exclusive Features Not Available To Nexus Devices 116
Nokia Makes a Play For 5G With Purchase of US Startup Eta Devices 10
BadKernel Vulnerability Affects One In 16 Android Smartphones 58
Samsung's Next Flagship Smartphone May Not Feature a Headphone Jack 446
The Microsoft Band Is Dead 58
iPhone 7 Finishes Last In New Test of Battery Life 292
Fake Cellphone Emergency Alerts About Zombies and Nuclear Attacks Predicted 41
LastPass On Mobile Is Now Free 10
New iPhone 7 Case Brings Back the Headphone Jack 377
FCC Votes To Upgrade Emergency Smartphone Alerts 103
Verizon Technician Is Accused of Selling Customers' Call Records and Location Data To Private Investigator 50
DJI Unveils the Mavic Pro, a Foldable and Ultra-Portable Camera Drone 55
Ask Slashdot: Who's Building The Open Source Version of Siri? 186
Microsoft Unveils $37 Nokia 216 Feature Phone 57
Uber Accused of Cashing In On Bomb Explosion By Jacking Rates 428
NYPD Says Talking About Its IMSI Catchers Would Make Them Vulnerable To Hacking 53
Apple Is Still Ignoring One of the Biggest iPhone Engineering Flaws of All Time: 'Touch Disease' 204
Samsung Formally Recalls The Galaxy Note 7 48
Samsung Stops Airing Galaxy Note 7 Commercials, Preps Early Launch of Galaxy S8 86
A Teenage Hacker Figured Out How To Get Free Data On His Phone 337
Pokemon Go's Paying Population Drops By 79% -- Still Most Profitable Mobile App In The US 91
Microsoft To Kill The Lumia Brand In Favor of a New Surface Phone, Says Report 177
Samsung to Customers: Stop Using Note 7, Then Wait For Replacements 74
Intel Breaks Qualcomm's Hold On Apple's Baseband Chips 84
CPSC: Stop Using The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 42
Smartphones Can Steal 3D Printing Plans By Listening To The Printer 45
Apple Cites 'Courage' As Reason To Remove 3.5mm Headphone Jack 761
FAA May Ban Galaxy Note 7 On Flights Due To Exploding Batteries 63
LG Introduces The V20, The First Android Nougat Smartphone 75
T-Mobile To Boost Its LTE Speeds To 400 Mbps 73
Huawei Is Building A Successor To The Google Nexus 7, Says Report 37
SoftBank Completes $31 Billion Acquisition of ARM 65
FTC Warns Consumers: Don't Sync To Your Rental Car! 67
These Are the Six Crypto-Currencies Approved By Apple 74
Verizon Now Offers 'Unlimited' Data On All Plans, Without $5 Fee 36
Google Cancels Project Ara Modular Smartphone Plans, Says Report 74
Lawsuit Accuses Warriors' Mobile App of Eavesdropping On Fans -- Even When Not In Use 60
Niantic Responds To Senate Inquiry Into Pokemon Go Privacy 73
US Appeals Court Dismisses AT&T Data Throttling Lawsuit 26
Cybercriminals Select Insiders To Attack Telecom Providers 24
Eavesdropping On Tinder: Researcher Demonstrates Man-in-the-Middle Attacks 19
Google Search Removes 'Mobile-Friendly' Label, Will Tackle Interstitials Next 79
Samsung Plans To Sell Refurbished High-End Smartphones In 2017 84
AT&T Says LTE Can Still Offer Speeds Up To 1 Gbps 51
Want To Hunt Bank Robbers? There's an App For That, Says The FBI 68
IPv6 Achieves 50% Reach On Major US Carriers 150
iOS and Android Combined For Record 99% of Smartphone Sales Last Quarter 191
Malware That Fakes Bank Login Screens Found In Google Ads 120
FCC Complaint: Baltimore Police Breaking Law With Use of Stingray Phone Trackers 108
Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business 88
Ask Slashdot: Are There Secure Alternatives To Skype? 237
Can We Avoid Government Surveillance By Leaving The Grid? 264
Hacker Publishes Cell Phone Numbers of House Democrats 82
Local Canadian Police Station Admits To Owning Stingray Surveillance Device 43
Iran Bans Pokemon Go Over 'Security Concerns' 71
900M Android Devices Vulnerable To New 'Quadrooter' Security Flaw 129
Is The US Social Security Site Still Vulnerable To Identity Theft? 46
Google Wi-Fi Kiosks in New York Promise No Privacy, 'Can Collect Anything' 71
Android Stagefright Bug Required 115 Patches, Millions Still At Risk 50
SwiftKey Bug Leaked Email Addresses, Phone Numbers To Strangers 29
Microsoft To Lay Off Another 2,850 People In the Next 12 Months 162
Samsung Beat Apple In Smartphone Shipments, Profit Surges To 2-Year High 126
NIST Prepares To Ban SMS-Based Two-Factor Authentication 150
New Illinois Law Limits Police Use Of Cellphone-Tracking Stingray 34
Do We Need The Moto Z Smartphones' New Add-On Modules? 56
Turn Your Android Phone Into a Laptop For $99 With the Superbook 126
Cyanogen Inc. Reportedly Fires OS Development Arm, Switches To Apps 124
Apple To Make $3 Billion From Pokemon Go 79
Corning Unveils Gorilla Glass 5, Can Survive Drops 'Up To 80% Of The Time' 111
Saudi Arabia Revives 15-Year-Old Ban On 'Zionism-Promoting' Pokemon 328
Researcher Finds Way To Steal Cash From Google, Instagram, and Microsoft Through The Phone 35
Hacking Group 'OurMine' Claims Credit For Attack On Pokemon Go Servers 48
Google Decided To Nix Its Oculus Rift Competitor 50
Ex-Google Engineer Launches Blockchain-Based System For Banks 62
Pokemon Go Becomes Biggest Mobile Game In US History 174
US Judge Throws Out Cell Phone 'Stingray' Evidence For The First Time 118
Google To Train 2 Million Indian Android Developers 360
Uber Investor Suggests Addressing Police Killings With an App 311
Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Fails Consumer Reports Water-Resistance Test 83
Entire Federal Government Exempt From Robocall Laws, FCC Rules 188
Walmart Now Lets You Pay With Phone At All 4,600 US Stores Via Walmart Pay 118
Why Tech Support Is (Purposely) Unbearable 209
Senate Staffers Will No Longer Be Issued BlackBerry Devices 29
UK Has Fastest Mobile Internet While US Lags Behind, Says Report 136
Apple Patents a Way To Keep People From Filming At Concerts and Movie Theaters 266
BlackBerry Remains Committed To Smartphone Business, Despite $670M Net Loss In Last Three Months 78
KFC Introduces Meal Box That Doubles As A Smartphone Charger 77
Smartphone Users Are Paying For Their Own Surveillance 85
Alicia Keys Latest Artist To Enforce No Cell Phone Policy at Concerts 482
Samsung Buys US Cloud Services Firm Joyent 43
Social Media Overtakes Television As Young People's Main Source of News, Says Report 159
New York Thieves Wearing Apple Store T-Shirts Steal $16,000 In iPhones 120
Feds Ask Supreme Court To Void Apple's $400 Million Award From Samsung 63
Lenovo and Motorola Unveil PHAB2 Tango AR and Modular Moto Z Smartphones 25
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14361 Released 135
Smartphone Sales Growth Will Drop To Single Digits In 2016, Says Gartner 78
Facebook Says It's Not Secretly Recording You 148
Seattle App Summons Help When You Need CPR 55
Password App Developer Overlooks Security Hole to Preserve Ads 96
RSA Keys Can Be Harvested With Microphones 157
Report: Average American Will Use 22GB of Mobile Data Per Month In 2021 104
Sirin Labs Launches Solarin, a $14,000 Privacy-Focused Smartphone 95
Nearly 1 In 4 People Abandon Mobile Apps After Only One Use 141
Ubuntu Phones To Feature Wireless Display Support With OTA-11 Update 31
Doubts Raised About Cellphone Cancer Study 100
ForcePhone App Uses Ultrasonic Tone To Create Pressure-Sensitive Batphone 48
Possible Cellphone Link To Cancer Found In Rat Study 113
Smartphone Surveillance Tech Used To Target Anti-Abortion Ads At Pregnant Women 260
Millennials Value Speed Over Security, Says Survey 143
FCC Formalizes Massive Fines For Selling, Using Cell-Phone Jammers 135
Google Built an Escape Room, Making People Use Its Apps To Get Out 50
Apple Sued Over iPhones Making Calls, Sending Email 134
Americans Used Nearly 10 Trillion Megabytes of Mobile Data Last Year 91
How Militarized Cops Are Zapping Rights With Stingray 105
ARM Announces Next-Gen 64-Bit Artemis Mobile Chip On 10nm TSMC FinFET Process 51
Google Is A Serial Tracker 110
Google Announces New Virtual Reality Platform 'Daydream' 24
Microsoft To License Nokia Brand To Foxconn, Says Report 139
FTC Orders Apple, Google, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Samsung To Divulge Mobile Security Practices 74
Cellphones Do Not Cause Brain Cancer, Says 29-Year Study 234
Netflix Enables Streaming Quality Control To Reign In Mobile Data Usage 69
LAPD Hacked An iPhone 5s Before The FBI Hacked San Bernardino Terrorist's iPhone 5c 47
Apple Loses Exclusive Rights To 'iPhone' Trademark For Non-Smartphone Products In China 89
Slashdot Asks: What Do You Think Is The Most Influential Gadget Of All Time? 397
Tim Cook Defends Apple, Teases Exciting New Products In The Pipeline 225
Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Glare On Cellphones? 135
Sony Is Bringing PlayStation Games To iOS and Android Devices 48
Encryption Securing Mobile Money Transfers Can Be Broken 28
Apple Unveils Smaller iPhone SE, Starting At $399 158
Ask Slashdot: Are You Excited About Upcoming 4-inch iPhone or 9.7-inch iPad Pro? 310
Facebook and Whatsapp Discontinue Support For Blackberry 138
Microsoft Finally Rolls Out Windows 10 Mobile To Older Phones 44
LG Releases First Smartphone With DAB+ Chip 53
Chicagoan Arrested For Using Cell-phone Jammer To Make Subway Commute Tolerable 518
Galaxy S7 vs iPhone 6S: Samsung Has the Upper-Hand, For Now 131
McAfee Says He Lied About iPhone Hacking Method To Get Public Attention 171
Samsung Galaxy S7's Moisture Warning Prevents Charging When Wet 74
Fingerprint-Protected Phones Vulnerable To Inkjet Attack 56
Tracking Caucusgoers By Their Cell Phones 43
iOS 9.3 Will Tell You If Your Employer Is Monitoring Your iPhone 137
Israeli Troops Who Relied On Waze Blundered Into Deadly Palestinian Firefight 199
UK Snooper's Charter To Extend Police Access To Phone and Internet Data 59
Judge Favors Apple In iPhone Unlocking Case In New York 114
WhatsApp To End Support For BlackBerry, Nokia, and Other Older Operating Systems 188
Porn-Clicker Android Malware Hits Google Play Hard 47
Apple Is Said To Be Working On an iPhone Even It Can't Hack 405
Windows 10 Now Showing Full Screen Ads On Lock Screen 599
World's First Modular Smart Phone Hits the Market 139
Internet By Light Promises To Leave Wi-Fi Eating Dust 205
DoJ Wants Apple To Decrypt 12 More iPhones 285
ARM: Mobile Graphics Will Surpass PlayStation 4, Xbox One In 2017 90
Indoor LTE Wireless: Not To Be Overlooked At Mobile World Congress 21
Bill Gates Sides With FBI In Apple Spat 389
Why Are Apple's Competitors Staying Silent On the iPhone Unlocking Fight? 301
3-in-1 Android Malware Acts As Ransomware, Banking Trojan and Info Thief 25
Mobile Giant Three Group To Block Online Advertising 94
Apple Announces New Trade Up With Installments Program 107
IETF's Tips For Network Admins On How To Avoid Draining Smartphone Batteries 65
Apple vs. the Right To Repair 381
Malware Targets All Android Phones — Except Those In Russia 78
Smartphones May Soon Provide Earthquake Warnings 66
Ask Slashdot: Do You Still Have a Pager? Do You Find It Useful? 307
Qualcomm Promises Gigabit LTE Speeds and New Chips to Power Smartwatches 46
Foxconn Set To Acquire Sharp Corporation For $5.6 Billion 48
Have Your iPhone 6 Repaired, Only To Get It Bricked By Apple 410
Samsung's AdBlock Fast Removed From the Play Store 167
Google To Take 'Apple-Like' Control Over Nexus Phones 180
Exploitable Backhole Accidentally Left In Some MediaTek-based Phones 79
LG G3 'Snap' Vulnerability Leaves Owners At Risk of Data Theft 39
Apple Developing Wireless Charging For Mobile Devices 133
ACLU Sues Anaheim Police For Public Records On Cell Phone Surveillance 29
WhatsApp Will Get Indicators To Highlight Encrypted Chats 27
iOS App Update Technique Puts Users At Risk 67
Microsoft's Windows Phone Platform Is Dead 456
Stingray Case Lawyers: "Everyone Knows Cell Phones Generate Location Data" 171
AT&T Brings Back Unlimited Mobile Data To Lure TV Subscribers 68
Lenovo To Build Google's First Project Tango Phone 48
A New, App-Based Format For Novels 57
BlackBerry Will Continue Operations In Pakistan 36
Carrier iQ Goes Under, AT&T Buys Assets and Staff 26