Google has quietly begun rolling out its Waze ride-sharing service to users in the San Francisco Bay Area, following a pilot program that was initially available to more than 25,000 employees at select companies such as Adobe and Walmart. The…

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to update the rules governing Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) in an effort to make them more useful.

The outrage that some have exhibited over Apple’s decision to remove the 3.5mm headphone jack from the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus likely isn’t going away anytime soon. The Cupertino-based company does supply a Lightning-to-3.5mm adapter with each phone…

Images of Huawei's upcoming large-screened flagship, the Mate 9, have leaked on Chinese social network Weibo. The images show a large six-inch screen with bezels as slim as the Mate 8, with a new dual-camera system boasting Leica branding.

The difficult times faced by BlackBerry this year have reached an almost inevitable conclusion: the Canadian company has announced that it would stop internal development of its smartphones, and instead focus on software and services while relying on partners to…

Update: There is no next Android phone for BlackBerry. Only a day after this leak, the company has officially announced it's done making smartphones to focus solely on software. More information here.

Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi on Tuesday took the wraps off two new flagship smartphones, the Mi 5s and Mi 5s Plus. What’s interesting about the smaller of the two is the fact that it utilizes an ultrasonic fingerprint reader built…

Yesterday, Lenovo announced a new round of layoffs that significantly affect the company's Motorola division. While the layoffs only affect "less than two percent" of Lenovo's 55,000 employees globally, more than half of the remaining Motorola employees could find themselves…

One of the first things that many people do when waking up in the morning is reach for their smartphone. Whether checking the latest developments in the news or catching up on social media, we’ve created a culture in which…

More proof that humanity as a species may be doomed: a prank YouTube video claiming to show how drilling into an iPhone 7 will reveal its hidden 3.5mm headphone jack has apparently been fooling owners of Apple’s latest handset.

In light of the continuing Galaxy Note 7 debacle, Samsung will probably be relieved to find that some of the spotlight is starting to point at its next smartphone, the Galaxy S8. A new leak reported by Sammobile suggests the…

Snapchat has made two big announcements that involve a name change and the launch of a new product. The company has rebranded and will be now be called Snap Inc., and it is launching a Google Glass-style wearable product that…

Apple today released the first official update (10.0.2) to the iOS 10 operating system, just 10 days after releasing it to the public and a week after the new iPhones went on sale in the US. The update includes fixes…

With smartphones becoming such an instrumental part of our lives and incremental speed increases becoming less apparent, it’s easy to get a bit jaded if you’re the type that upgrades to a new device each and every year. …

There’s finally a bit of good news for Samsung. The Korean manufacturer has revealed that “about half” of all potentially defective Galaxy Note 7s in the US have been handed in. Approximately 500,000 people have now exchanged the smartphone. Just…

Sony doesn't seem to understand the current smartphone market. The company's new Xperia XZ flagship will be hitting the United States on October 2nd for a whopping $699, which is a hefty price to pay considering stiff competition at the…

Google’s Daydream platform is ready for developers to start building VR experiences. Today the company announced that their VR SDK 1.0 -- formerly Cardboard SDK -- has moved out of beta and is available on the Daydream developer site.

In the wake of an ongoing budget smartphone movement, Apple’s new iPhone 7 seems decidedly expensive starting at $649. That’s the same amount you would have paid for an entry-level iPhone 6s last year although this time around, you do…

The majority of messaging and social media services will allow you to tag people using the “@” symbol so they receive a notification. Now, WhatsApp is bringing the same function to its popular app for group chats, and it even…

AT&T on Tuesday unveiled a new wireless technology that it believes could one day be used to deliver low-cost, multi-gigabit wireless Internet to customers around the globe.

Apple’s decision to remove the headphone port was already seen as controversial and now detractors have some additional ammo to fire at the company. Apparently numerous users have been experiencing problems with the Lightning EarPods on the new iPhones, where…

Reports surfaced late last year that Comcast, acting as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), intended to launch a branded wireless service that would piggyback on Verizon’s nationwide network of cell towers.

Google has essentially confirmed this week that the company's new Pixel phones will be announced at an event on October 4th. But before Google can officially reveal what they've been working on in conjunction with HTC, a set of leaked…

HTC has today announced two new mid-range smartphones that may not set any new hardware records, but, in typical HTC fashion, do pack quite attractive designs for the product segment.

For many, the search for a new smartphone begins and ends with its display. As the gateway to the device, it’s one of the few components utilized on an almost constant basis. Most high-end handset makers have made the jump…