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Apple teases Black Friday deals on iPads, iPhones, Macs
Black Friday is one of the few times during the year that Apple knocks down its iPad, iPhone and Mac prices, and the company has confirmed it will...
Review: Plantronics Voyager Legend CS Bluetooth Headset System and Logitech Mobile Speakerphone P710e
Here are two new devices that can help improve audio quality for voice calls, whether you’re in the office or out on the road.
iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Nov. 22
The iOSphere has gone gaga over what everyone says is a "report" that iPhone 6 will have a big screen and we now know how big. Thank heavens for...
Review: Google gets it right with Nexus 5 Android smartphone
Finally, Google's flagship smartphone can actually compete with other Android flagships
Gift Guide 2013: Phones, tablets and computers
In the past, we used to separate out categories for cell phones, tablets and computers. In theory, we still could create separate guides just for...
iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Nov. 15
Fortunately for the iOSphere, Bloomberg found a “person familiar with Apple’s plans” to spill the beans and provide a week’s worth of rumor...
Motorola looks to sink the flagships with Moto G
Understandably, the most-discussed phones in these Android roundups – which, I’m a bit staggered to realize, have now been going for about 16 months...
Apple iWatch to come in two sizes, analyst claims
Apple's "iWatch" will come with OLED displays in two sizes, for men and women, according to an analyst who specializes in the Asian display market....
IBM acquires Fiberlink as mobile-security strategy keystone
IBM Wednesday announced an agreement to acquire Fiberlink Communications, saying the purchase is a key part of a broader mobile-security strategy to...
iPhone 5, Galaxy S4 zero-day exploits revealed at HP Pwn2Own contest
Two teams of Japanese "white hat" hackers have been declared victors at HP's Pwn2Own 2013 contest in Tokyo today for finding zero-day exploits that...
iPhone 5, Galaxy S4 zero-day exploits revealed at HP Pwn2Own contest
Two teams of Japanese and Chinese "white hat" hackers have been declared victors at HP's Pwn2Own 2013 contest in Tokyo today for finding zero-day...
Cruise line plans 11ac network upgrades for stem-to-stern Wi-Fi
People sign up for cruise ships to get away from it all. But not quite all: Passengers still want Wi-Fi access for the growing number of mobile...
Google Android inside four of every five smartphones shipped last quarter
Devices running Google's Android operating system accounted for 81% of all smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter of 2013, according to a...
Is Samsung Poised to Push Android Past iOS in the Enterprise?
The mobile world changes fast. Case in point: A year ago thinking that Android devices could be on par with -- and perhaps even overtake -- Apple in...
iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Nov. 8
As the weather in North America chills, the temperature of the iOSphere is increasing, as many fixate on June 2014 as the date for iPhone 6, the...
Android fans ask, 'for whom the KitKat tolls?'
The news that KitKat may not be coming to a Nexus phone near you has made waves among device owners, prompting some to protest – and in one notable...
BlackBerry now seeks lenders not buyers … and new CEO
Foundering BlackBerry has given up for now on finding a buyer. Instead the smartphone company is seeking an infusion of cash from some investors, and...
The Nexus 5 probably doesn't deserve all this hype
This was starting to get a bit silly. Google had been teasing its new Nexus 5 for so long that it hardly even qualified as teasing any more. It was...
Soti extends MobiControl for multi-vendor mobile deployments
Soti is about to go live with an expanded version of its MobiControl mobility management software. Version 11 offers full support for Samsung KNOX...
Motorola wants you to build your own smartphone with Project Ara
Smartphones officially got a little bit more like regular PCs today with Morotola's announcement of Project Ara, a modularized smartphone design that...