Mobile

Smartwatches not secure, give away PIN numbers

How you move your hand at an ATM when entering the PIN gives away the supposedly secure number to your sensor-packed wearable device, scientists say

Check this out: Walmart Pay for iOS & Android can now be used in all of retailer’s US stores

Walmart emphasizes security of mobile payment app

Here’s how secret voice commands could hijack your smartphone

A muffled voice buried in a YouTube video can take over your phone, researchers say

We touch our phones 2,617 times a day, says study

Feeling a peculiar pull towards your phone? You’re not alone. An obsession to touch phones is rampant.

iPhone 7 will offer twice as much storage as the iPhone 6s

Google fixes over 100 flaws in Android, many in chipset drivers

Manufacturers can choose between two patch levels, one dedicated to device-specific fixes

Intel scales back Android development

The company will work with Google on Chromebooks, IoT development

Smartphone upgrade cycle dramatically slowing, study finds

Consumers are deferring smartphone upgrades. But with bots and more natural voice-control about to sneak into our lives, upgrading a smartphone may become moot.

Like smartphones, IoT communications going long distance

SK Telecom's now offering smartphone-like IoT data plans on its new nationwide wireless network in South Korea

Nexar, turning your smartphone into a dash cam with crowdsourced smarts

What do you get when you combine video from a car with sensor data, Big Data, and artificial intelligence? Road intelligence.