Mobile Phones

iPhone 8 may include incredible augmented reality features

Ex-corrections officer who was shot 6 times to speak at FCC meeting on contraband cellphones

Meeting will explore rules for putting kibosh on thousands of contraband cellphones in prisons

Google cites progress in Android security, but patching issues linger

About half of Android devices still hadn't received a recent security patch by last year's Q4

Why Apple dropped iPad’s price to lowest yet

Apple cut the price of its entry-level iPad by almost 18 percent -- perhaps in a move to fend off Google in the education market. The company also refreshed the iPhone SE, introduced a red version of the iPhone 7 and announced a new video-editing app

Inventor of new lithium-ion battery responds to skepticism

Experts wary of Goodenough's discovery

Acoustic attack lets hackers control smartphone sensor

The acoustic injection attack takes advantage of a newfound vulnerability in smartphones and lets hackers remotely control the devices

Samsung announces competitor to Siri, Cortana

Samsung’s digital assistant, Bixby, adapts to humans and has three new elements not found in Siri or Cortana

CBRS workshop to focus on burgeoning shared spectrum ecosystem

WInnForum CBRS workshop taking place at International Wireless Communications Expo

Maybe iPhone 8 will gain augmented reality — or maybe AR will replace the iPhone

Bloomberg report fuels renewed speculation about Apple's AR intentions for iPhone 8, iOS 11 and beyond

‘Candy-bar’ phones will get smartphone features with new Qualcomm chip

Candy-bar-style phones will add features such as LTE, better graphics, dual cameras, and secure mobile payments with the 205 Mobile chip