Ofcom’s recent research report gives an insight into the growing use of smartphones and mobile broadband in UK indicating that almost the entire UK population owns and uses a mobile phone. As…
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Viewpoint: The mobile malware epidemic 10 years after Cabir infected Nokia Series 60
2014 marks the 10th birthday of mobile malware, when in 2004, Cabir infected Nokia Series 60. Cellebrite VP R&D, David Heled advises on the consequences of mobile malware today and how it can be identified, before it’s too late
BlackBerry rolls out BB OS 10.2.1 update
BlackBerry has rolled out the latest BB OS 10.2.1 update bringing a lot of new features compatible with BlackBerry 10 smartphones. The update is already available for download in all major markets including…
BBM heading to Android Gingerbread soon
Blackberry has announced BBM for Android Gingerbread phones, more specifically – devices running Android 2.3.3+. The announcement follows the official release of BBM for Android and iOS platforms and with the latest…
Latest Nokia X specifications leak: Snapdragon SoC, 4-inch screen, Nokia Store
Nokia Normandy aka Nokia X Android smartphone won’t support Google Play service – at least that’s what a new leak from prolific leakster @evleaks claims. According to @evleaks, Nokia X will have…
Google rolls out updated Chrome for iOS with translation, data compression features
Google has finally released the updated Chrome for iOS with feature such as quick translation, and data compression two weeks after it promised the update. The latest version of Chrome for iOS…
Twitter for Android gets photo-editing, tagging features
In order to give a tough competition to the fast growing Instagram, Twitter has announced an update to its Android and iOS apps with simple yet better photo editing and tagging features….
Nokia likely to unveil Lumia 1820, Lumia 1520 Mini, others at MWC 2014
Nokia is going to flood the MWC 2014 smartphone scene with a range of Windows Phone 8.1 smartphones including the Lumia 1820. According to reports from the upstream supply chain in Taiwan…
Indian mobile phone manufacturer Maxx Mobile launches 26 handsets in one day
Indian handset maker, Maxx Mobile, has recently announced launch of 26 new mobile phones including 19 feature phones and 7 Android smartphones celebrating the 64th Republic Day of India on January 26….
O2 hikes charges by 25% for existing customers
UK operator O2 is whacking up its charges by as much as 25 percent for existing customers with monthly contract rates going up by 2.7 percent increasing the tariffs from £37 to…
Android is the global leader – Kantar
A recent report by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech claims that Android is continuing its lead in almost every market across the globe beating its own previous highs and is well ahead of the…
Android 4.4 KitKat heading to HTC One this week
HTC One owners in the US and most probably the UK as well are to receive over-the-air Android 4.4 update notification on their handsets this week. According to the HTC Software Updates…
Samsung Galaxy S5 clone already in the works in China
Chinese copycats are always on their toes to release clones of branded smartphones including those from Apple and Samsung and one of the major counterfeiters No. 1 has revealed that it is…
BlackBerry, Foxconn to show off Jakarta, other phones at MWC 2014
BlackBerry and Foxconn signed a 5-year contract at the end of December last year under which the latter will be designing, producing and take care of the logistics for a range of…
Nokia Normandy aka Nokia X shows up in Vietnam, Indonesia
Nokia Normandy also referred to recently as Nokia X has made it to the headlines every single week since last few months and today is no different as we have had reports…