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Google adds desktop mode to Pixel smartphones
6+ hour, 49+ min ago (151+ words) LOS ANGELES: Pixel users will soon be able to use their smartphone as a kind of tiny laptop by connecting it to a monitor, Google says. With the Pixel's March feature drop, desktop mode is being rolled out gradually for…...
Bring on defunct: The iPod enthralls young music listeners
16+ hour, 49+ min ago (820+ words) SAN FRANCISCO: About four years ago, Angeline Richard opened Apple Music, hoping to listen to the Weeknd's cover of Drake's Trust Issues. "This song is not currently available in your country or region," a pop-up read. Richard, 25, continued discovering that…...
UK's Nothing splashes colour on new phones to shake up 'boring' tech
1+ day, 12+ min ago (414+ words) LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - Nothing, the smartphone "maker founded in London by Carl Pei, launched new mid-tier handsets and headphones on "Thursday, adding new colours to its white, black and grey palette to appeal to digitally "adept younger customers. Pei, a…...
Google adds Apple-like call screens, bag tracking to Android
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (345+ words) Google adds Apple-like call screens, bag tracking to Android'The Star | Malaysia Google adds Apple-like call screens, bag tracking to Android Google will let users of its Android mobile operating system set up custom calling cards and share their live location…...
Mobile chiefs reckon with AI boom and geopolitics at MWC 2026
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (601+ words) At the mobile industry's biggest annual gathering this week, telecom companies are trying to show that new partnerships and artificial intelligence-driven innovation can overcome supply chains strained by surging demand and geopolitics. In early announcements from MWC Barcelona 2026 so far,…...
Apple launches iPhone 17e and M4 iPad Air, starting product wave
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (570+ words) Apple Inc rolled out the iPhone 17e, the latest version of its lower-end smartphone, and a faster version of the iPad Air, kicking off a wave of new products. The updated phone, which arrives one year after the iPhone 16e, includes a…...
Leica launches its own smartphone worldwide
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (390+ words) BARCELONA: Leica is expanding its push into the global smartphone market, unveiling a new edition of its Leitzphone that will be marketed worldwide for the first time. Around 20 years ago Leica nearly went bankrupt after missing the shift to digital,…...
Orange adds AST SpaceMobile to growing roster of satellite-to-mobile partners
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (198+ words) March 2 (Reuters) - "French telecommunications leader Orange on Monday announced a partnership "with AST SpaceMobile and Satellite Connect Europe, a joint "venture between AST and Vodafone, to boost direct-to-cell connectivity. Demonstrations covering "voice, SMS and data are "planned in Romania for…...
Apple launches iPhone 17e at $599, boosts base storage to 256 gigabytes
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (358+ words) March 2 (Reuters) - Apple on Monday "launched iPhone 17e, its more affordable smartphone model that starts at a price "of $599 with 256 gigabytes of storage, as it looks to defend its "share in a fiercely competitive global handset market. The move comes as…...
Samsung uncommited to another iPhone Air rival or Trifold, COO says
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (847+ words) Samsung Electronics Co is still evaluating whether it will release another super-thin smartphone after sales of its inaugural attempt, last year's Galaxy S25 Edge, were comparatively "lower" than the company's other handsets. The development was revealed in an interview on Thursday…...