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Smartphones not linked to plane crashes, petrol bowser explosions or brain cancer

Aug 28, 2017

Do smartphones cause brain cancer? Do they really mess with a plane's navigation gear? And petrol pumps? Really?? When it comes to the risks of mobile phone use, one thing is certain: the warnings about cancer, plane crashes and petrol pumps have been with us from the start. But what about the evidence? It turns out those risks have as m...

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Xiaomi overtakes Apple to lead wearable band market

Aug 13, 2017

Xiaomi overtook Apple in the global wearable band market in Q2, according to an industry analyst. The market grew 8 percent year on year in the second quarter, Canalys said in a research report. Xiaomi topped the market with shipments of 3.5 million units, closely followed by US firm Fitbit, which shipped 3.3 million units, a 34-percent y...

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Android vs iOS: Which is more secure?

Aug 8, 2017

Android and iOS represent the lion's share of the mobile operating system market, and while there's inherent risk with the use of any mobile device in the enterprise, Android presents a much bigger target for malware attacks and, in turn, corporate security issues. With the massive growth of Android-powered devices in businesses over the past coup...

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Xiaomi unveils its fastest-ever operating system

Aug 5, 2017

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi rolled out its fastest-ever operating system on Wednesday to offer a smoother user experience. The smartphone maker unveiled MIUI 9, the latest update of its MIUI series operating system, which might be the fastest Android-based operating system by far, according to Hong Feng, Xiaomi's co-founder. The MIUI 9 oper...

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US researchers invent first battery-free cellphone

Jul 9, 2017

Researchers at University of Washington (UW) have invented a cellphone that harvests the few microwatts of power it requires from either ambient radio signals or light and requires no batteries. Detailed in a paper published in the Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologi...

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Apple is no longer world’s most profitable tech company

Jul 8, 2017

Samsung Electronics expects profits to soar 72 per cent in the second quarter to a record high, it said Friday, as it moves on from a recall debacle thanks to rising memory chip prices and increased demand for smartphones.The South Korean tech giant estimated its operating profit for April-June at 14 trillion won ($12.1 billion), up from 8.14 trill...

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Samsung uses Galaxy Note 7 parts for new phone

Jul 4, 2017

Samsung is releasing a new phone using parts from its Galaxy Note 7, which was axed after a battery fault led to some devices catching fire. The firm said the Note Fan Edition would "minimise the environmental impact" of its high-profile flop. The handset will go on sale only in South Korea on 7 July, with a safer, smaller battery, the firm added....

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Samsung to start selling refurbished Note 7 in South Korea from July 7

Jul 3, 2017

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Sunday it will start selling a refurbished version of the recalled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in South Korea on July 7, using batteries different from those that caused some handsets to catch fire last year. Samsung said in a statement it will offer 400,000 phones, dubbed the Galaxy Note 7 Fan Edition, in its ...

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