Mobile

Sirin Labs unveils luxury smartphone for security-conscious traveling executives

The Solarin uses 256-bit AES encryption to secure voice and data communications

Could the iPhone lose FaceTime and iMessage?

A patent troll wants a federal judge to permanently turn off those features, while Apple wants the case retried

12 reasons why mobile already ate the world, according to Ben Evans

Evan’s tech-industry touchstone presentation about the mobile world may have been too long to make everyone’s reading list. Here’s an abridged version.

Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition review: A nearly perfect laptop

It has a good battery, has a great screen, is sturdy, is fast and, most important, supports (and ships with) Linux

Public USB-charging hacks back on the radar

Kaspersky Labs proves a reported USB-charging hack works—even if the phone is locked. It warns against using untrusted charging points and computers.

Surface Books get major driver updates

Surface Pro 4 owners should do an update check now

Multiple U.S. trials underway for shared 3.5GHz wireless spectrum

Six tech companies to test shared spectrum by the end of this year

Wayfair takes augmented reality, Project Tango to the enterprise

With the app, customers would be able to see how a piece of furniture fits in their living room

Microsoft eats another $1B as phone strategy shrinks to enterprise-only

Consumer-play dead to Microsoft, which will focus remaining hardware goals on corporate

This is what the iPhone 7 will probably look like