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May 20, 2016

Using a fingerprint scanner to keep intruders out of your phone might not be as secure as you think. Two researchers from Michigan State University, Kai Cao and Anil K. Jain, developed a relatively ch ...

Animated characters from a colorful, playful scene.
May 20, 2016

Having your phone on during a movie is a major annoyance to the majority of moviegoers, a fact that some theaters learned the hard way. One major film release is taking a different approach, however, ...

Smartphone displaying "Charging rapidly" message while connected to a charger.
May 16, 2016

New technologies in current-generations smartphones allow for much faster charging—Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, VOOC Flash Charge, and USB Type-C, for instance, can charge a phone up to 4 times faster t ...

Screenshots of a mobile app interface showing search functionality and content display.
May 16, 2016

Google is launching a new app called Spaces that lets you share things from the web with small groups of people. The aim of Spaces appears to be granting you a forum with like-minded people to help cu ...

Close-up of smartphone headphone jacks on two different devices.
May 11, 2016

We've all been there—you're away from home, your phone's battery is quickly nearing zero, and you forgot to bring your charger. "Hey, does anybody have an iPhone charger?" you ask. Crickets. If you co ...

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May 9, 2016

Google seems to be growing tired of the way links appear in its Search results page, because they're currently experimenting with a color change (that's already causinglotsofcontroversy). Google chang ...

Woman distressed while looking at a smartphone.
May 5, 2016

Google adds Easter eggs to Hangouts from time to time, and they're marking Mother's Day this weekend with the addition of three pop-up animations. All you have to do is type "Happy Mother's Day" into ...

Driving Miss Wazey promotional image featuring a smiling character in a car's rearview mirror.
May 4, 2016

Navigation app Waze occasionally gives you the option to have a celebrity voice provide directions for your trip, like this famous European with a funny voice, or this decidedly less-famous European w ...

Young woman wearing headphones, looking at her smartphone.
May 4, 2016

Apple is planning to completely overhaul its Apple Music streaming service this summer, and is expected to unveil the changes at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, according to reports from ...