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Scientists using smartphone app warn of ‘global sleep crisis’

Washington D.C: Social pressures are forcing people to cut back on their sleep contributing to… Read More

Tech world eyes digital life beyond the smartphone

The smartphone revolutionized how people live and work, but the technology world is now struggling… Read More

Bollywood studios eye profits at last as India goes smartphone mad

MUMBAI: India's all-singing, all-dancing movie hits capture the attention of hundreds of millions of fans… Read More

Nintendo’s first smartphone game attracts over one million users

TOKYO: Nintendo said Tuesday its first smartphone game attracted more than one million users three… Read More

Virtual reality is next as smartphone sales slow

BARCELONA: Phone makers, trying to renew consumer appetite, are turning to virtual reality headsets that… Read More

Smartphone shipments hit record high in 2015: report

SAN FRANCISCO: More than 1.4 billion smartphones were shipped worldwide last year in a new… Read More

World’s first washable smartphone to debut in Japan

TOKYO: Tired of those unsightly smudges and other dirt on your bacteria-laden smartphone? Read More

Facebook expands smartphone alerts to news, weather

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook, making a bigger push to deliver personalized information to its members, said… Read More

'Super Mario' celebrates 30th anniversary

TOKYO: Nintendo will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Super Mario, one of the best-known characters in video… Read More

‘China smartphone sales fall for first time’

SHANGHAI: Smartphone sales in China, the world's biggest market for the devices, fell in the second… Read More

BlackBerry cuts jobs worldwide

TORONTO: Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd is cutting jobs across the world, the company said… Read More

Bing goes for ‘mobile friendly’ move after Google

WASHINGTON: Microsoft said Thursday its Bing search engine would be reconfigured to give more prominence… Read More

The path to a wearable future lies in academia

CALIFORNIA: For a glimpse of what is, what might have been and what may lie… Read More

US smartphone app sends police incident videos to lawyers

LOS ANGELES: Civil rights campaigners on Thursday launched a smartphone app that can video record interactions between… Read More

Samsung regains lead over Apple in smartphone market

WASHINGTON: Samsung retook the lead in the global smartphone market in the first quarter, as… Read More

Touch-friendly Office apps for Windows phones

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft on Friday unveiled a long-awaited suite of touch-friendly Office apps that allow… Read More

Smartphone to help diagnose cancer

MIAMI: A new device that can be added to a smartphone may be able to… Read More

Japan military eyes recruits with cutesy smartphone game

TOKYO: Japan's military has released a smartphone game featuring cutesy characters who dodge household objects,… Read More

Smartphone app for Khamenei speeches launched

TEHRAN: Iran has launched a smartphone app for all the speeches made by its supreme… Read More

S. Korea develops smartphone app to curb student suicide

SEOUL: South Korea has developed smartphone apps to help bring down its high student suicide… Read More