US security expert warns of Russian hacking during World Cup
Don't pack your devices
The top US counterintelligence official is advising Americans traveling to Russia for football’s World Cup beginning this week that they should not take electronic devices because they are likely to be hacked by criminals or the Russian government.
ZTE Iceberg has two notches
Destined as the codename implies
ZTE is one of these companies which try hard but don’t really achieve much in the smartphone area. It decided to codename a phone Iceberg and put two notches on the front of the phone.
Apple says sorry for “misunderstanding” over phone throttling
All a terrible misunderstanding
Apple has just published a letter to customers saying sorry for throttling older phones which might have dodgy batteries without telling them.
Chinese phone makers bring smartphone war to America
After kicking Jobs’ Mob’s in its home market
After the iPhone X received a good kicking in China, when Apple made the mistake of trying to jack the price up to “silly money” levels, Chinese phone manufacturers are considering taking the fight to Apple.
Don’t keep your mobile phone close
It could give you cancer
There is some bad news for Apple fanboys who take their mobile phone to bed with them so that they will dream that Siri is a real girlfriend. It could be that this behaviour is just nature's way of taking you out of the gene pool.
Trump wants to purge White House of mobiles
Not his of course
Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump is rather attached to his mobile phone which he uses to make pronouncements through his Twitter account at all hours.
Analysts expect IPhoneX to be disappointing
Cash cow stuck
Days before Apple over hyped iPhone X opens for pre-orders, a survey by brokerage Bernstein showed that demand for the device will "not be exceptional", with only a quarter of Apple fanboys planning to buy the phone.
Qualcomm announced first 5G data call
Shows a 5G prototype phone
It looks like things are shaping up nicely for the beginning of the 5G era. Qualcomm has confirmed that it shrank the 5G device to the phone form factor and has it up and running.
Bye-Bye Windows Phone 8
Vole sends it to the underworld
Microsoft has killed off its Windows Phone 8 operating system today.
DIY LTE networks could be a thing
MulteFire wants you to be carrier free
An industry consortium called MulteFire wants to help you build your own LTE-like network that uses the Wi-Fi spectrum, without any carriers or providers.
