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Google's Brin: Smartphones 'Emasculating'

His issue: 'Rubbing featureless piece of glass.' Critics pounce

(Newser) - Sergey Brin thinks smartphones are "emasculating." "You're standing around and just rubbing this featureless piece of glass," the Google co-founder told a TED audience yesterday. That contrasts, apparently, with his Google Glass project, which has come a long way. It began as essentially "a...

Main Reason Old iPhones Fetch $200: Hoarding

People have $9B worth sitting at home, unused, says MarketWatch

(Newser) - Got any old phones kicking around? Probably, according to a new survey noted by MarketWatch . US consumers are sitting on about $34 billion worth of the old devices, based on current trade-in values. About half of US consumers have at least two. And of that $34 billion, iPhones account for...

FTC Pushes Tougher Privacy Rules for Mobile Apps

Agency wants do-not-track feature for phones, tablets

(Newser) - The FTC says it's going to get tougher on mobile apps that invade user's online privacy. New agency guidelines call for a "do-not-track" feature on apps and software for phones and tablets, reports the New York Times . The FTC also fined the social networking app Path $800,...

BlackBerry Z10: Not Too Little, But Maybe Too Late
BlackBerry Z10: Not Too Little, But Maybe Too Late
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Jan 31, 2013 10:00 AM CST

BlackBerry Z10: Not Too Little, But Maybe Too Late

BlackBerry's new phone brings the goods, but won't win over Apple, Android faithful

(Newser) - BlackBerry is betting its bottom dollar on the BlackBerry Z10 , the first phone to bear its radically redesigned new BlackBerry 10 OS. So how does it stack up? Critics generally like it, but worry that it's not enough to save the company. Here's what people are saying:
  • David
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RIM Gets Ready to Do or Die With BlackBerry 10 Launch
 RIM Rolls Out BlackBerry 10 
Jan 30, 2013 11:55 AM CST

RIM Rolls Out BlackBerry 10

And it's RIM no more, plays up 'beautiful' new phones

(Newser) - The six-city launch of the new BlackBerry 10 phones and operating system is now complete. One of the biggest shockers from the event: Research in Motion is scrapping its name, and will now be known simply as BlackBerry. Other developments:
  • CEO Thorsten Heins underscored the "heartfelt and brutal honesty"
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Today's Huge Tech News: Apple's Earnings

Barclays analyst calls Apple's post-report call 'most important ... in years'

(Newser) - A dark cloud is hovering over Apple's collective head: Analysts expect today's earnings report, to be released after the closing bell, to show the company's first drop in profits since 2003. Their estimates, as reported by Bloomberg and the Los Angeles Times , peg the fiscal Q1 net...

Facebook Rolls Out Free Phone Calls

They're available via iPhone's Messenger app

(Newser) - Facebook is quietly rolling out a new feature that could fundamentally change the way you make calls. A free call button has appeared in Facebook's Messenger app for iPhone, allowing users to place a call over Wi-Fi or their cellular data network to their friends, the Verge reports. Facebook...

Soft Demand? Apple Reins In iPhone Orders

Market share slipping, firm orders half the number of screens it had intended

(Newser) - The iPhone 5 may not be selling quite so well as Apple planned. Insiders tell the Wall Street Journal that lower demand has prompted the company to cut parts orders for the January-March quarter. Apple is reportedly ordering just half the screens it had intended to order, a move that...

Apple May Unveil Cheaper iPhone This Year

Wall Street Journal says long-held plans are advancing

(Newser) - Apple is working on a less-expensive iPhone that could be out later this year, reports the Wall Street Journal . The report doesn't say how cheap it might be, only that Apple would bring down costs by making the body out of plastic instead of aluminum and using more recycled...

Apple, Google Facebook, Amazon: The Tech War Cometh

Four digital giants increasingly eyeing others' turf in 2013: WSJ

(Newser) - Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple are widely considered the kings of digital world. But as they look to grow further, increasingly they will need to target each other's turf, dramatically raising the stakes in cyber conflicts in 2013, reports the Wall Street Journal .
  • Google. Perhaps the most wide-ranging of
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Murder Weapon of the Future: the Smartphone

Phones can disable cars, homes, electrical systems

(Newser) - As we all know, smartphones are terrific tools—but in the wrong hands they can become weapons capable of mass murder, Vanity Fair reports. Terrorists already use them to trigger bombs, but tech-security experts are finding that phones can also shut off pacemakers, make cars crash, hijack houses, exhaust batteries...

Google Building 'X Phone' to Rival iPhone: Report

It's using Motorola to make it, says Wall Street Journal

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is building a "sophisticated" smartphone it hopes will give the iPhone a run for its money. The project is still very much under wraps—it even has a Bond-like code name of "Phone X," according to the Journal's sources....

Court to Apple: Sorry, No Ban on Samsung Gadgets

Plus: South Korean firm nixes Europe injunctions

(Newser) - A victory for Samsung in its long-running feud with Apple : A judge has refused to ban 26 of the South Korean firm's smartphones, as Apple wanted. A jury this summer found that Samsung had knowingly infringed on Apple's patents, but that's not sufficient grounds for a ban,...

Nokia Tries to Ban Most BlackBerries

After winning patent case in Swedish court

(Newser) - Nokia has asked a California judge for an order banning the sale of any BlackBerry phone with wireless LAN capabilities—which is basically all of them, ComputerWorld reports. A Swedish arbiter has ruled that RIM has breached its contract over the use of Nokia's wireless patents, Nokia announced today,...

Apple, GM Bringing Siri to Cars
 Apple, GM Bringing Siri to Cars 
Nov 27, 2012 8:41 AM CST

Apple, GM Bringing Siri to Cars

Upcoming models to connect to iPhone via Bluetooth

(Newser) - Soon, your car may be able to fumblingly attempt to respond to your requests in a snarky robotic voice, too. GM announced today that it will be integrating Siri into three of its new models—the Chevy Spark, the Sonic LTZ, and the RS. The cars will be able to...

Samsung's Next Gamble: Bendable Screens

It's working on flexible phones

(Newser) - Have you ever looked at your phone and thought, "This is cool and all, but why can't I roll it up?" Well, Samsung has. That's why its display arm, Samsung Display Co., is moving forward on a plan to mass-produce screens made out of flexible plastic, which...

iPhone No Longer Most Popular Model ... for Now

Samsung Galaxy S III takes the lead from iPhone 4S

(Newser) - Who says Samsung's Galaxy isn't as cool as the iPhone? Only one model can occupy the No. 1 sales slot, and in Q3 the honor went to Apple's main competitor—though the title is probably a temporary one, reports Mashable . Samsung shipped 18 million Galaxy S III...

Your Smartphone Is Really Disgusting
 Your Smartphone 
 Is Really Disgusting 
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Oct 27, 2012 12:58 PM CDT

Your Smartphone Is Really Disgusting

And its bacteria could give you a cold, pinkeye, or diarrhea

(Newser) - Bad news for tech-loving germaphobes: Your smartphone, with its cozy warm screen and constant access to your face, is a paradise for bacteria that can make you sick, reports the Wall Street Journal . It doesn't help that we take them with us everywhere, and that most phone cleaners are...

Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Are 'Awesome'

You can control them from any smartphone or tablet

(Newser) - Ever stubbed a fragile toe while hunting for a lamp at night? No need, it seems, when you can control your lights from any tablet or smartphone. The technology has been around a while, but Greenwave Reality is releasing new 2700K, standard-size, Wi-Fi bulbs that "may just be the...

Smartphone Thefts Soaring
 Smartphone Thefts Soaring 
Oct 22, 2012 2:08 AM CDT

Smartphone Thefts Soaring

Carriers moving to make stolen phones worthless

(Newser) - Police departments, lawmakers, and wireless companies are scrambling to tackle a crime wave veteran cops call "the new purse-snatching," the AP reports. Cell phone thefts, especially of the priciest smartphones, are soaring nationwide and now make up close to half of all robberies in cities including New York...

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