Smartphones

A man in fatigues and a face mask holds a phone with an app to the camera
COVID-19
How do contact-tracing apps around the world compare?
Discarded electronic waste
Technology
The ‘right to repair’ movement wants you to be able to fix your own stuff
Bitcoins, represented here with with actual coins, are a type of digital currency that have spearhead a new nefarious activity known as "cryptojacking."
Technology
Hackers find the processing power they need for mining for cryptocurrencies through ‘cryptojacking’
boredom
Health
In praise of boredom: Researchers dish on the brain benefits of idle time
Crater Lake Oregon
Technology
Ancient volcanoes may contain vast deposits of lithium, a crucial element in modern batteries
Phone
Technology
How criminals could ‘eavesdrop’ on your phone’s motion sensors, and steal your PIN
'RedadAlertas': an App that tells you where there are raids against immigrants.
Justice
Immigration raid alerts are coming soon to your smartphone
Bikes
Lifestyle
Startups in China are reigniting a passion for cycling
A visitor tries out a Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Note 7 at company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, October 5, 2016.
Technology
Samsung halts production of exploding phone due to explosions
Finding home up in the air
Technology
From 35,000 feet up, ‘a way to trick a homesick brain to where our hearts are’
Hyperemployment
Business
Technology has now ushered us into the age of ‘hyperemployment’
Car and smartphone
Technology
Our cars are becoming another device on the Internet of Things
bangla lead
Development
In Bangladesh, an app that lets women speak without fear
The MyFitnessPal app is seen on a smartphone in Golden, Colorado. Athletic clothing company Under Armour said it would pay $475 million for MyFitnessPal, a free app for tracking food habits and caloric intake.
Health
New apps hope to peer pressure you into eating healthy — for a healthy fee
What's happening in this bored young woman's brain? Scientists aren't totally sure, but suspect that it is mostly beneficial
Technology
One woman’s plan to take your creativity back from your phone — by making you bored
A man uses his phone to read updates about former American NSA contractor Edward Snowden answering users' questions on Twitter.
Technology
To see the changes Edward Snowden wrought, just look at your smartphone
Michele Mattana of Sardinia, Italy, poses with an iPhone 6 Plus and an iPhone 6 on the first day of sales at the Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan on September 19, 2014.
Technology
Some customers are bent out of shape after Apple’s big iPhone launch
Environment
Here are four ways your cell phone can help you on your next camping trip. Plus some cool apps
Iraqi family
Environment
Islamic militants fighting in Iraq help boost the fortunes of FireChat, a new mobile app
Arts, Culture & Media
Nokia to Sell Cell Phone Business to Microsoft
Environment
In the wake of iPhone 5, is Apple’s mystique causing it as much trouble as benefit?
Environment
Smartphones increase communication, decrease connection
Environment
Romania’s loss is China’s gain as Nokia moves manufacturing to Asia
Environment
An app that identifies trees
Environment
iPhones in Japan
Environment
Google in the phone business
Development & Education
Nokia’s New Smart Phones Fail to Impress
Facebook Smartphone, Coming in 2013?
Smartphones Are Bringing Us Together and Tearing Us Apart
Business, Economics and Jobs
BlackBerry service disruption continues for third day
Google Moves to Acquire Motorola’s 17,000 Patents
Development & Education
Google will make acquisition of Motorola Mobility
Arts, Culture & Media
App Assignment: Your Sights and Sounds of Summer
Development & Education
Unlocked iPhones No Big Deal in Lebanon
Blog: Shooting on an iPhone in Afghanistan
Environment
Bonus Audio: Plant IDs
Conflict & Justice
I Spy
Arts, Culture & Media
Your Take: 2010’s Big Moment, 2011’s Big Resolution
Conflict & Justice
Government says it’s okay to ‘jailbreak’ iPhones
Business, Economics and Jobs
The new iPhone: left in a bar and outed by Gizmodo
Business, Economics and Jobs
Take Two Tablets; Call Me on September 9th
Development & Education
Get Smart! The Next Generation of Smartphones Is Here
Business, Economics and Jobs
The revolutionary phones before the iPhone
Conflict & Justice
New iPhone app maps Israeli settlements
Environment
iPhones in Japan
Bonus Audio: Plant IDs
Arts, Culture & Media
Defining Sacred Space in a Virtual World
I Spy
Bonus Audio: Plant IDs
I Spy