Chinese Phone-Makers Ditch Ports and Buttons It takes a lot to stand out in the smartphone business these days. And sometimes, a lot less. Two Chinese smartphone manufacturers are showing ...

36-Month Plans Further Dampen Smartphone Volumes In 2013, T-Mobile US sparked its "Uncarrier" reputation by launching what it branded the Simple Choice plan. It offered a contract-free, post-paid plan that ...

Verizon to Fight "Robocallers" with Free Blocking Service Every year in the US, billions of illegal so-called robocalls are made to fixed and wireless lines. Spammers use automated systems to ...

Operator Lays Foundation for Further Forays into the Home Last week, BT announced it's extending availability of its Complete Wi-Fi service to all its fibre broadband customers. Initially launched in ...

Omron's HeartGuide Tries to Steal a March on the Apple Watch Healthcare and consumer wearables are crossing paths again. Apple's launch of its Watch Series 4 in September 2018 was ...

Changes Loom over US Healthcare Market Last Tuesday, Microsoft announced a seven-year, extensive partnership with US pharmacy chain Walgreens to work on solutions to lower healthcare costs. The two companies ...

Fossil to License "Advanced" Smartwatch Tech to Google Google has agreed to pay $40 million for intellectual property "related to a smartwatch technology currently under development" by Fossil. It will ...

Should AT&T Be Scolded or Commended for Its 5G Evolution? In late December 2018, AT&T began a publicity campaign about the expansion of its 5G Evolution (5G E) network to ...

New Rules Could Hit India's Online Retail Industry At the end of December 2018, the Indian government announced a series of new rules for the e-commerce market in an effort ...

App Store Gatekeepers Find Themselves Sidelined Netflix, one of the top-grossing apps on Apple's App Store, recently announced that new Netflix subscribers with an iPhone or iPad will be required ...