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Learning Upgrade named co-winner of literacy XPrize
For more than two decades, San Diego's Learning Upgrade has developed "handcrafted" video games that use music to teach reading and math.
Samsung launches folding smartphone, first 5G handset (Update)
Samsung on Wednesday unveiled a smartphone that folds open to be a tablet, becoming the first major manufacturer to offer the feature as it strives to stoke excitement in a slumping market.
Samsung bends over backwards to rev smartphone desire
Samsung on Wednesday is expected to unveil new flagship smartphones including one with a screen that can fold closed like a book as it seeks to boost the moribund market.
New legislation bans Russian soldiers from using smartphones
Russian lawmakers have approved a bill prohibiting military personnel from using smartphones on duty, a move intended to stop sensitive information from appearing on social media.
Mobile phone accessibility improves, but gaps remain, study finds
Mobile phones are increasingly more accessible by people with disabilities, but significant gaps remain, according to a newly published study from the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Inclusive Technologies ...
Scientists use smartphones to improve dismal rating of nation's civil infrastructure
In the United States, aging civil infrastructure systems are deteriorating on a massive scale. A recent report by the American Society of Civil Engineers gave these systems a D+ rating nationwide on an A—F scale. Now scientists ...
Most Americans don't realize what companies can predict from their data
Sixty-seven percent of smartphone users rely on Google Maps to help them get to where they are going quickly and efficiently.
Emerging economies catching up in smartphone adoption: survey
Smartphone use has become the norm in most developed nations, while many emerging economies are showing sharp gains, a global survey showed Tuesday.
Once red-hot smartphone market sees cooler trend
The smartphone market is down but not out, with high prices and other factors combining to chill what had previously been a red-hot sector.
