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Report: Virtual reality rules now, but augmented reality will soon take over

Virtual Reality is already on the way out, according to a digital media expert, and it hasn't even gotten going yet.

Sprint reports bigger-than-expected loss, stock sags 7%

CEO boasts of customer improvements, but carrier plans $2B in cuts in 2016

T-Mobile offers users free 4G LTE CellSpot to boost indoor cellular coverage

Mini tower will enable as many as 16 calls or data sessions

8 facts that explain Google’s complex situation with Chrome OS

This explainer puts Android and the Chrome OS into perspective and shows why these Linux derivatives will both come together and remain separate.

Has FCC “gone off the rails” with latest Wi-Fi blocking fines?

Wireless power alliance, with 195 vendors, takes new name

Two groups and their 195 vendors are banding together to develop far-field charging, which can send an electrical charge up to 30 feet away

8 lessons Apple is learning from 8 mobile health apps

Open your phone and say Ahh

Hands-free phone technology still distracts drivers, study finds

In-vehicle information systems aren't very good at solving safety-affecting distraction. That should serve as a warning that "hands-free" technologies can be very "cognitively demanding," a report has found.

Microsoft ends Windows 7 Pro reprieve on new PCs

Computer makers must stop building Windows 7 Professional PCs on Oct. 31, 2016

FCC strikes again on Wi-Fi blocking: Hilton, big electrical contractor fined thousands