• 2015-12-10

"On Android Lollipop, Marshmallow and the new iOS 9, there are features called Doze and Low Power Mode," said Mobile Programmer Derek Pacula. Video: Get the most out of your smartphone battery Android's new Doze feature automatically puts your phone into a sleep state when you stop using it for a wh...

• 2015-12-09

We've all been there. You pull out your smartphone to check out the trailer for "Batman v Superman," and the loading icon spins. And spins. Sometimes, the cellular network just can't keep up with your voracious appetite for Facebook updates, Snapchat messages and streaming video. Don't worry, though...

• 2015-12-03

Every 12 years or so there's a new generation ("G") of mobile phone technology. 1G gave us the analogue phone bricks, 2G saw digital phones which shrunk to the size of a business card and 3G enabled phones to become smart and use data. 4G is the next step: it makes the phone a device which communica...

• 2015-12-02

Technology should be used to jam mobile phone signals in prisons, an inspector at Britain's largest jail has said. David Jamieson, chairman of Wandsworth prison's Independent Monitoring Board, says illegal phones fuel prison drug trading, bullying and gang problems. Behind bars, phones can cost £400...

• 2015-11-27

A leading composer has called for people who use mobile phones during concerts to be fined. How do you stop them? The chirping mobile interrupting a live performance is, for many, one of the great artistic blights of the modern age. Now Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, the Master of the Queen's Music - the...

• 2015-11-26

A device which blocks mobile phone signals has answered the prayers of some Kenyan Muslims. Imams in Kenya have long complained that mobile phones constantly rang during prayers, disrupting services. Imam Hassan Kithiye says he bought the machine in Dubai and it has been well received by his congreg...

• 2015-11-23

The fightback against ad-blockers is ramping up. German tabloid Bild is the latest to announce it will prevent users who have installed the advert-hiding plug-ins from viewing its articles. It joins dozens of other sites who object to the technology's threat to their income. Users have flocked to th...

• 2015-11-17

T-Mobile wants to obliterate any notion that its coverage is inferior to the competition. The cellphone carrier announced Monday that all T-Mobile customers with a "Simple Choice" plan can now receive a free mini cell tower for their home. The 8.5-inch square gadget blasts out T-Mobile's 4G-LTE netw...

• 2015-11-06

Worried about your smartphone giving you cancer? You shouldn't be. Although these devices do emit radiation, experts say it isn't nearly enough to permanently damage cells or raise cancer risk – even for people who use them constantly. Still, it's no surprise that many people are concerned about thi...

• 2015-11-04

A city in central Argentina has banned the use of cell phones inside banks, punishable by 15 days in jail, state media reported Thursday. The city legislature in Cordoba passed the ban Wednesday night, the government-funded Telam news agency said. The law applies to bank employees, customers and any...