Phones

The Future of Google (and Tech): Phones and Computers Are Converging The Atlantic The Future of Google (and Tech): Phones and Computers Are Converging. By Christopher Mims. Tweet Mar 14 2013, 8:50 AM ET Comment. A personnel change suggests Google is setting itself up for the moment when Android (for mobile) and Chrome (for ... See all stories on this topic » The Atlantic

Science Proves That Cell Phones Are Annoying and Distracting Forbes If you find yourself irresistibly sucked into other people's cell phone conversations, don't beat yourself up too much. There's a perfectly scientific explanation for your eavesdropping ways. A new study out in the journal PLOS ONE finds that when ... See all stories on this topic »

BlackBerry Says Customer Has Ordered 1 Million Phones Businessweek The new phones, which run a redesigned operating system, are the linchpin of its comeback strategy. After pioneering the smartphone market, the company's global share slipped to single digits in recent years amid competition from Apple Inc.'s iPhone ... See all stories on this topic »

Cheap Chinese Android Phones Michael Standaert MIT Technology Review (blog) Liang's phones are the ultracheap kind. He builds them at several Shenzhen factories, like Shenzhen Guo Wei Global Electronics, a nondescript building that opened in 1991 as a manufacturer of fixed-line phones and audio equipment. At Guo Wei, young ... See all stories on this topic »

BlackBerry Partner Orders 1M New Phones Fox Business BlackBerry (BBRY) shares jumped more than 7% Wednesday on the news that an unnamed partner of the mobile device maker placed an order for one million BlackBerry 10 smartphones. The company said it marks the largest-ever single purchase order in ... See all stories on this topic »

New Boystown Barbershop Rings in With Taste for Unique Phones DNAinfo The owner of the new haircuttery at 3314 N. Halsted St., Greg Slade, loves buying unique phonesfrom the '80s and '90s. And land lines might be becoming the dinosaurs of technology, but Slade's thrifted phones are fully functional — and one phone ... See all stories on this topic »

VIDEO: 1 in 4 teens use phones to access Web The Pew Internet and American Life Project More young people have smart phones -- and they're often using those phones as the primary way they access the Web, according to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. How much should parents monitor? Watch the Associated Press ... See all stories on this topic »

New York pay phones' new calling Salon It features a touchscreen above ground that would let users send emails, get subway directions, and more — “a location tethered smart-phone,” they say — and a below-the-sidewalk component that would include a sensor to read weather data and a system ... See all stories on this topic » Salon

Startup News: Disrupting Burner Phones and Brunch With Jake Lodwick and Bre ... Betabeat Bye-bye Burner Phone. A CallingVault number is the phone equivalent of your exclusive-to-Craigslist-Casual-Encounters email address. The virtual phone line provides you with a second phone number to send/receive texts and calls from your cell without ... See all stories on this topic » Betabeat

5 features the new Samsung Galaxy S4 smart phone should have ConsumerReports.org Rumors abound about which features will adorn the Samsung Galaxy S4, the purported successor to the phone maker's flagship Galaxy S III. As you'd expect, Samsung has been tight-lipped about this highly anticipated phone, which is scheduled to debut ... See all stories on this topic »