Mobile Stories for 2018

Did Apple Retail Prices Get Too High in 2018? Consumers Say Yes. 296
Could You Live Without Your Smartphone? 157
iPhone Owners Irate After iOS Update Bricks Cellular Data 154
Logitech Will Restore Third-Party Harmony Home Automation 42
AT&T Will Put a Fake 5G Logo On Its 4G LTE Phones 81
Apple Confirms Some iPad Pros Ship Slightly Bent, But Says It's Normal 181
Apple To Pull Some iPhones In Germany Following Ruling In Qualcomm Patent Case 18
Apple Tweaks iOS Animation In China In Attempt To Avoid Sales Ban 47
Logitech Disables Local Access On Harmony Hubs, Breaks Automation Systems 151
T-Mobile Denies Lying To FCC About Size of Its 4G Network 31
Taiwan To Shut Down 3G Networks By Year End 38
FCC Forces California To Drop Plan For Government Fees On Text Messages 79
Cydia's App Store For Jailbroken iPhones Shuts Down Purchases 40
Samsung Kills Headphone Jack After Mocking Apple 353
50 Years On, We're Living the Reality First Shown At the 'Mother of All Demos' 82
Apple Lied About iPhone X Screen Size and Pixel Count, Lawsuit Alleges 168
The Last Independent Mobile OS 60
Screen Time Changes Structure of Kids' Brains, NIH Study Shows 94
Could You Live Without a Smartphone For a Year? 179
Apple Will Update iPhones In China To Avoid a Ban On Sales 33
Qualcomm Asks China To Ban the iPhone XS and XR 53
Louisiana Adopts Digital Driver's Licenses 151
ASUS CEO Resigns as Company Shifts Mobile Focus To Power Users 100
In a Test, 3D Model of a Head Was Able To Fool Facial Recognition System of Several Popular Android Smartphones 123
Apple Is Making Its Own Modem To Compete With Qualcomm, Report Says 80
California Considers Text Messaging Tax To Fund Cell Service For Low-Income Residents 244
Google's CEO Thinks Android Users Know How Much Their Phones Are Tracking Them 131
Samsung Embarrassingly Partners With Fake Supreme 117
Qualcomm Says It Won Case Banning Sale of Older iPhones in China 67
FCC To Probe Whether Carriers Gave Inaccurate Broadband Coverage Data 57
Your Apple Products Are Getting More Expensive. Here's How They Get Away With It. 410
China Calls For Release of Arrested Huawei CFO Detained In Canada 200
Cuba Offers 3G Mobile Internet Access To Citizens 42
Thieves Are Boosting the Signal From Key Fobs Inside Homes To Steal Vehicles 269
We're No Longer in Smartphone Plateau. We're in the Smartphone Decline. 205
Russian Internet Giant Yandex Launches Its First Smartphone 37
Apple Will Wait Until at Least 2020 To Release a 5G iPhone: Report 107
Samsung's Foldable Screen Tech Has Been Stolen, Sold To China 75
Starbucks Says It Will Start Blocking Porn On Its Stores' Wi-Fi In 2019 218
US iOS Users Targeted by Massive Malvertising Campaign 61
Google To Open Project Fi To iPhone, Samsung, and OnePlus 66
Trump Suggests US Could Slap 10 Percent Tax On iPhones, Laptops From China 387
Amazon May Be Hiding Its Plans To Test New Wireless Tech By Masquerading as a Massage Spa 20
Apple To Drop iPhone XR Price in Japan Amid Weak Sales 74
Thanksgiving E-commerce Spend To Top $3.5B, Mobile Accounting For One-Third of Sales 27
Apple iPhone Supplier Foxconn Planning Deep Cost Cuts 85
Google Assistant iOS Update Lets You Say 'Hey Siri, OK Google' 29
US Wireless Data Prices Are Among the Most Expensive On Earth 107
Using Airport and Hotel Wi-Fi Is Much Safer Than It Used To Be 60
Samsung's Upcoming Galaxy S Phone Will Sport Six Cameras and Support 5G, Report Says 168
In 'Digital India,' Government Hands Out Free Phones To Win Votes 48
Apple's Siri May Soon Process Voice Locally On a Device, No Cloud Required 83
Lock-Screen Bypass Bug Quietly Patched In Handsets 21
A New Senate Bill Would Hit Robocallers With Up To a $10,000 Fine For Every Call 180
Mid-Range Google 'Pixel 3 Lite' Leaks With Snapdragon 670, Headphone Jack 94
Most ATMs Can Be Hacked in Under 20 Minutes 78
FCC Paves the Way For Improved GPS Accuracy 78
Senators Ask Four Major Carriers About Video Slowdowns 108
Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Ordered All Facebook Executives To Use Android Phones After Tim Cook Criticized Facebook 215
Many Free Mobile VPN Apps Are Based In China Or Have Chinese Ownership 67
Apple iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy S9 and Xiaomi Mi 6 Smartphones Hacked At Pwn2Own Tokyo 37
A 100,000-Router Botnet Is Feeding On a 5-Year-Old UPnP Bug In Broadcom Chips 39
Drive-By Shooting Suspect Remotely Wipes iPhone X, Catches Extra Charges 218
Microsoft Aims To Bring Internet To Rural Tribal Lands In Washington, Montana 53
Sprint Is Throttling Microsoft's Skype Service, Study Finds 84
Google Is Adding Android Support For Foldable Screens 22
EU Court Rules Hungary's State Monopoly Over Mobile Payments Is Illegal 120
Samsung Will Put Notches On Its Future Phones 125
Apple Not in Settlement Talks 'at Any Level' With Qualcomm, Report Says 31
Google Sends Final Software Update To Legacy Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P Phones 107
Microsoft's Cortana Boss Javier Soltero Is Leaving the Company 31
The Year OnePlus Started Ignoring Fans 116
It's Not Your Imagination: Smartphone Battery Life Is Getting Worse 160
Tablet Shipments Decline For 16th Straight Quarter 195
Apple's First 5G iPhone Will Arrive In 2020, Says Report 47
iRobot, Google Team Up To Understand Your Smart Home 60
Apple Used To Be an Inventor. Now It's Mainly a Landlord. 205
Apple Will No Longer Reveal How Many iPhones, iPads, and Macs It Sells 158
Study of Cellphone Risks Finds 'Some Evidence' of Link To Cancer, At Least In Male Rats 153
Apple Launches Program To Repair Old Devices Like the iPhone 4S 115
iOS 12.1 Extends Controversial Processor Throttling Feature To the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X 101
Twitter Now Lets You Report Accounts That You Suspect Are Bots 110
How a Helium Leak Disabled Every iPhone In a Medical Facility 290
People Are Keeping Their Phones Longer Because There's Not Much Reason To Upgrade, Study Finds 234
Apple's Dual-SIM Tech Ruins Verizon Coverage 76
China's OnePlus, Backed by Qualcomm and T-Mobile, Launches OnePlus 6T Smartphone in US 66
Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Completes Its 2018 Goal of Shipping 100 Million Units of Phones 81
Is Apple Still the Company That Leads the Way, Or is it Just Getting Better at Locking in Users To Its Own Increasingly Subpar Experiences? 351
Worried About Trump iPhone Eavesdroppers? China Recommends a Huawei 109
China's Xiaomi Aims Its Priciest Phone at Huawei and Apple 73
China, Russia Are Listening To Trump's Phone Calls, Says NYT Report 423
Samsung is Suing Its Brand Ambassador For Using an iPhone in Public 144
Prank Calls Brought ICE Hotline To a Standstill, Internal Emails Show 457
Motorola Becomes First Smartphone Company To Sell DIY Repair Kits To Its Customers 78
UK ISP Tests SIM Card That Forces All of Your Mobile Data Through Tor 46
Ajit Pai Killed Rules That Could Have Helped Florida Recover From Hurricane 225
Some Google Pixel Owners' Camera Photos Aren't Saving 47
iPhone's New Parental Controls Block Sex Ed, Allow Violence and Racism 185
Essential Products, Startup From Android Creator Andy Rubin, Lays Off 30 Percent of Staff 56
Palm Is Back With a Mini Companion Android Phone That's Exclusive To Verizon 101
Qualcomm's New Wi-Fi Chips Are Meant To Rival 5G Speeds 34
Chinese Phone Maker Huawei Launches Mate 20 Pro Featuring In-Screen Fingerprint Sensor, Two-Way Wireless Charging, 3 Rear Cameras and 4,200mAh Battery 68
Fire At AT&T Facility Causes Outage For Over a Million U-Verse Fiber Customers In Texas 54
New Startup By a Trio of Doctors Uses Phone App To Collect Measures of People's Cognition and Emotional Health and Attempts To Detect Signs of Depression 50
Our Reliance on Cellphones Began 35 Years Ago This Week 123
Ask Slashdot: Can You Install a Wifi Mesh Network in a Barn? 97
It Was Flat Sales That Helped Microsoft Become America's #5 PC Maker 51
Apple Inks $600 Million Deal To Acquire Assets and Talent From Dialog Semiconductor 28
Samsung Says Its Foldable Phone Will Be a Tablet You Can Put In Your Pocket 38
Cops Told 'Don't Look' at New iPhones To Avoid Face ID Lock-Out 84
A Mysterious Grey-Hat Is Patching People's Outdated MikroTik Routers 74
Razer Phone 2 Launches With Notch-less Display, Wireless Charging, and RGB Lighting 72
Apple Said To Have 'Dramatically Reduced' Multi-Billion-Dollar iPhone Repair Fraud in China 87
Android Creator Is Building an AI Phone That Texts People for You, Report Says 101
Google's Human-Sounding Phone Bot Is Coming To the Pixel Next Month 26
Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL Announced With Bigger Screens and Best Cameras Yet 74
Apple Releases iOS 12.0.1 With Fixes For Wi-Fi 2.4GHz Bug, Lightning Charging Issue 84
UK High Court Blocks Billion-Dollar Privacy Lawsuit Against Google 43
Microsoft Announces Project Xcloud For Streaming Games To PCs, Consoles, and Mobile Devices 80
Greg Kroah-Hartman: Outside Phone Vendors Aren't Updating Their Linux Kernels 86
LG Announces V40 ThinQ With Five Cameras, 6.4-iInch OLED Screen 28
Wi-Fi Now Has Version Numbers, and Wi-Fi 6 Comes Out Next Year 133
Microsoft Announces App Mirroring To Let You Use Any Android App On Windows 10 59
Some iPhone XS, XS Max Devices Are Experiencing Charging Issues 50
Use of Internet, Social Media and Digital Devices Plateaus In US, Pew Research Center Finds 22
Use of the Internet and Smartphones is No Longer on the Rise in America 99
FBI Forced Suspect To Unlock His iPhone X Through Face ID 238
Apple Demands $9 Billion From Google For Default Search On iOS 122
Netherlands Proposes Legislation To Ban Use Of Phones On Bicycles 143
iPhone XS Passcode Bypass Hack Exposes Contacts, Photos 23
Apple Watch ECG Feature Could Take Years To Be Approved In UK 87
Apple's Device Enrollment Program Can Leak Sensitive Data About Devices, Owners 24
Mobile Websites Can Tap Into Your Phone's Sensors Without Asking 48
Using Wi-Fi To Count People Through Walls 26
Password Managers Can Be Tricked Into Believing That Malicious Android Apps Are Legitimate 73
Qualcomm Accuses Apple of Stealing Trade Secrets and Giving Them To Intel 100
iPhone XS and XS Max Users Are Reporting Poor Cell and Wi-Fi Reception 172
Researchers Create 'Spray-On' 2D Antennas 42
Amazon Is Making It Easier To Set Up New IoT Gadgets 48
FCC Angers Cities, Towns With $2 Billion Giveaway To Wireless Carriers 131
iPhone XS Teardown Shows Few Changes Aside From the Battery 61
Huawei Trolls Apple By Giving Battery Packs To People Waiting in Line For the iPhone XS 97
Apple's New Strategy: Sell Pricier iPhones First 115
Apple Will Judge Call, Email Activity To Assign Users a 'Trust Score' 106
Xiaomi Admits To Putting Ads In the Settings Menu of Its Phones 46
Despite Data Caps and Throttling, Industry Says Mobile Can Replace Home Internet 134
iPhone XS, XS Max Are World's Fastest Phones (Again) 130
Which Company Makes the Best Camera Phone in 2018? Not Apple 174
Apple's AirPower Wireless Charger Is Facing Overheating Issues, Says Reports 120
Chinese Phone Maker Xiaomi Is Pushing Ads In Its Settings App, Users Say 29
Apple Releases iOS 12 With Faster Performance, Memoji, Siri Shortcuts, Screen Time, Revamped Maps App, ARKit 2.0, and More 155
Vulnerability in WebKit Crashes and Restarts iPhones and iPads 57
Some Northern California Cities Are Blocking Deployment of 5G Towers 187
Almost Half of US Cellphone Calls Will Be Scams By Next Year, Says Report 278
Native Support For Windows File Sharing Coming To Chrome OS 51
New iPhones, new Galaxies: Who's the Bigger Copycat? 149
Apple Has Started Paying Hackers for iPhone Exploits 31
OnePlus 6T Trades the Headphone Jack For Better Battery Life 254
MIT Is Building a Health-Tracking Sensor That Can See Through Walls 49
Is Apple's 3D Touch a 'Huge Waste' of Engineering Talent? 99
iPhoneXsMax, Now That's a Tongue Twister 167
Apple Moves the iPhone Away From Physical SIMs 204
Apple, Huawei Both Claim First 7nm Smartphone Chips 91
Apple Discontinues iPhone X, No Longer Sells iPhones With Headphone Jacks 131
Apple Watch Series 4 Includes a Bigger Display, ECG Support, and 64-Bit S4 Chip 172
Apple Unveils iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, iPhone Xr 215
T-Mobile, Ericsson Sign $3.5 Billion 5G Agreement 16
Teens Would Rather Text Their Friends Than Talk To Them In Person, Poll Shows 142
Tesla's Keyless Entry Vulnerable To Spoofing Attack, Researchers Find 100
Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 3100 Smartwatch Chip Promises Up To 2 Days of Battery Life 45
'You Can See Almost Everything.' Antarctica Just Became the Best-Mapped Continent on Earth 110
Apple Recalls a Number of iPhone 8 Devices For Manufacturing Defect 79
Apple Says New China Tariffs Would Boost Prices On Some Products 240
Progressive Web Apps Moving Mainstream As Twitter Makes Its Mobile Site the Main 76
Microsoft, Google Are Holding Hardware Events Next Month 7
In UK, Consumers Are Now More Aware That They Can Ditch Their Phone Bundles, And Are Increasingly Doing So 33
Huawei Caught Cheating Performance Test For New Phones 74
Icelanders Seek To Keep Remote Nordic Peninsula Digital-Free 71
Uber Will Turn Your Smartphone Into An Automatic Crash Detector 57
Researchers Used Sonar Signal From a Smartphone Speaker To Steal Unlock Passwords 45
MikroTik Routers Are Forwarding Owners' Traffic To Unknown Attackers 31
Samsung Says It Will Unveil a Foldable Smartphone this Year 36
Samsung Plans To Overhaul Its Smartphone Strategy at the Mid-range Price Point 79
Inside the Haywire World of Beirut's Electricity Blackouts, and the Struggle Faced By Residents To Keep Their Lights and Wi-Fi On and Gadgets Charged 115
Two-thirds of India's Smartphone Market, the Second Largest in the World, is Now Run by Chinese Handset Makers 83
Scientists Make a Touch Tablet That Rolls and Scrolls 39
The Next iPhones, Apple Watch Leak Ahead of Apple's Event 57
Apple Sets New iPhone Event For September 12 71
Air Canada Mobile App Breach Affects 20,000 People 15
Smart Tags Add Touch Controls To Ordinary Objects 37
Apple To Launch Three New iPhone Models Next Month, Report Says 118
Smartphones From 11 OEMs, Including Google, Samsung, HTC, Lenovo and Sony, Vulnerable To Attacks Via Hidden AT Commands 116
China's Huawei Caught Faking DSLR Shots as Smartphone Pictures in a Commercial 92
Science Confirms That Women's Pockets Suck For Smartphones 277
OnePlus 6T Will Launch With T-Mobile, the First US Carrier Partner 15
Google Is Developing Native Hearing Aid Support For Android 50
Child Drownings In Germany Linked To Parents' Obsession With Mobile Phones 172
Police Bodycams Can Be Hacked To Doctor Footage, Install Malware 104
The Next Flagship iPhone Will Support Apple Pencil and 512GB Flash Storage, Says Report 93
Engineers Say They've Created Way To Detect Weapons Using Wi-Fi 91
Verizon Nears 5G Launch Deals With Apple and Google: Bloomberg 32
Apple Pulls iOS 12 Beta 7 Update Due To Performance Issues 44
Android Pie Breaks Pixel XL's Ability To Fast Charge 79
Many Google Services on Android Devices and iPhones Store Location Data, Even if Location Sharing is Disabled From Privacy Settings: AP 122
Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Unlocked Smartphone? 284
Samsung Unveils Tizen-Powered Galaxy Watch That Lasts 'Several Days' On Single Charge 82
Samsung Announces $1,000 Galaxy Note 9 Smartphone With Last-Gen Android Software Out-of-the-Box 197
Hashcat Developer Discovers Simpler Way To Crack WPA2 Wireless Passwords 150
Apple Tells Lawmakers iPhones Are Not Listening In On Consumers 214
West Virginia To Introduce Mobile Phone Voting For Midterm Elections 215
Palm-branded Smartphones Could Return This Year 42
Why iPhone and Android Phone Prices Will Get Even Higher 271
To Gain Foothold in India, Apple Plans To Open Stores, Offer Deals All Year Around, and Fix Services: Report 87
Have Smartphones Killed the Art of Conversation? 78
Apple's 2018 iPhones Are Rumored To Not Include Headphone Dongle In the Box 283
New Starbucks Partnership With Microsoft Allows Customers To Pay For Frappuccinos With Bitcoin 80
Motorola Launches Verizon-Exclusive Moto Z3 Smartphone, 5G Moto Mod 52
Number of Mobile Calls Drops For the First Time 40
Apple Becomes the First $1 Trillion US Company in History 219
Huawei Passes Apple For Second Place In Smartphone Shipments 166
Sony's Mobile Business Is Shrinking Out of Existence 88
Apple Reports Strong Third-Quarter Results 65
Google Bans Android Phones From Having Three or More Notches 116
France Bans Smartphones in School 161
Apple May Include Support For a Second SIM Card in New iPhones 87
T-Mobile, Nokia Reach $3.5 Billion Agreement To Build Nationwide 5G Network 40
The Next iPad Pros Will Shrink and Lose Their Headphone Jacks, Says Report 219
Samsung's 'Unbreakable' OLED Display Gets Certified 68
Teen Allegedly Broke Into a Couple's Home To Ask For Their WiFi Password, Police Say 316
Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Apps From the Play Store 111
Massachusetts Senate Passes Resolution To Do In-Depth Study On Right-To-Repair 108
VLC Blacklists Newer Huawei Devices To Combat Negative App Reviews 78
24 People Have Now Been Sentenced In India-Based Phone-Scam Case 115
Qualcomm Unveils First mmWave 5G Antennas For Smartphones 45
Leaked Videos Reveal Apple's Internal iPhone Repair Procedures 71
Mobile Photography Set For Major Quality Bump With Sony's 48-Megapixel Sensor 112
Apple's iPhones Trail Samsung, Google Devices in Internet Speeds 75
Cell Phone Radiation May Affect Memory Performance In Adolescents, Study Finds 89
Droppers Is How Android Malware Keeps Sneaking Into the Play Store 38
Project 'Fuchsia': Google is Quietly Working on a Successor To Android 122
Corning's New Gorilla Glass 6 Will Let Your Phones Survive 15 Drops 78
Google Warns Android Might Not Remain Free Because of EU Decision 280
Frequent Smart Phone, Internet Use Linked To Symptoms Of ADHD in Teens 119
Cuba Starts Rolling Out Internet on Mobile Phones 54
Verizon Confirms That It Will No Longer Activate 3G Phones 109
Samsung's Galaxy S10 To Come In Three Sizes, With An In-Display Fingerprint Sensor 85
Hacking Campaign Targets iPhone Users With Data-Stealing, Location-Tracking Malware 37
Things Are Going From Bad To Worse For Apple In India 82
Judge Jails Defendent For Failing To Unlock Phones 506
On Silicon Valley Companies' Bet On Boosting Their Userbases in Developing Markets With Dirt-Cheap Phones and Lite Apps 62

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