Mobile Phones

2016 predictions: Home IoT, digital personal assistants to take off?

Half of smartphone users have already used the IoT in their homes, while digital personal assistants like Apple's Siri are on the rise, Adobe said in a new report.

Apple to pay Ericsson patent royalties on iPhones and iPads

The companies have agreed to end patent infringement disputes worldwide

7 surprising tech gadgets of 2015

Wi-Fl blocking issue prompts convention industry to band together

International Association of Venue Managers' Wi-Fi Coalition grows its ranks

Apple CEO defends privacy, encryption amidst terrorist concerns

Smartphone users should have both privacy and security, Tim Cook says in interview

Samsung makes last-chance appeal to Supreme Court on Apple verdict

The court is being asked to take a fresh look at 120-year-old case law

Mozilla nixes Firefox OS, bowing out of mobile race

Android and the iPhone prove too much to conquer for the plucky open-source organization

Mozilla shutters Firefox OS, gives up on smartphones

'Should never have launched [Firefox OS] in the first place,' says analyst

How computers will recognize gestures and body language

Researchers are exploring more natural ways of communicating with computers.

Apple finally acknowledges its phones need bigger batteries

Apple is now selling an external add-on battery for the iPhone 6 and 6s that doubles the phone thickness and boosts battery life by 80 percent