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Kevin Fitchard Mar 6, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Sensors and a low-speed link

Meet Sens’it, a gadget that lets you play with Sigfox’s IoT network

Consumer gadget enthusiasts might have fawned over the new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and the Huawei Watch at Mobile World Congress, but…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Mar 5, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- A doubling of bandwidth

Full duplex may be the next breakthrough in mobile networking

Stanford startup Kumu Networks didn’t receive much notice at Mobile World Congress this week as the giants of the mobile industry revealed…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
David Meyer Mar 4, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- 40 percent of monthly income?!

Why emerging markets need smart internet policies

The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has released its latest study into, well, the affordability of internet access. The study shows how…

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Mobile, Technology, Work & Collaboration
Kevin Fitchard Mar 3, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Two networks, one smartphone

Broadcom’s new Wi-Fi chip turns your phone into an IoT hub

At Mobile World Congress, Broadcom released a new chipset designed to bring Wi-Fi’s speediest technology, 802.11ac, into smartphones. What makes this particular…

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Mobile
Kevin Fitchard Mar 3, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- US policy on the world stage

FCC’s Wheeler makes net neutrality case before global carriers

Federal Communications Chairman Tom Wheeler said on Tuesday that he doesn’t put much credibility in claims that U.S. carriers would stop investing…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
Kevin C. Tofel Mar 3, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Two may be better than one

Double vision: YotaPhone 2 with e-ink rear screen coming to US

Although the unique YotaPhone 2, with its front and back displays, can work with AT&T and T-Mobile’s networks, you can’t buy the phone…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Mar 3, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- What the phone knows

A look at Zeroth, Qualcomm’s effort to put AI in your smartphone

What if your smartphone camera were smart enough to identify that the plate of clams and black beans appearing in its lens…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Europe, Mobile, Technology
Kevin C. Tofel Mar 3, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- 10 day battery life with steel

Pebble Time Steel launches alongside new smart watch straps

Pebble said it would have a few surprises in store after it launched its new Pebble Time watch on Kickstarter last week.…

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Apple, Mobile, Technology
David Meyer Mar 3, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- New keyboard-free option

BlackBerry shows off affordable, touchscreen-only Leap handset

BlackBerry has launched a touchscreen-only smartphone — its first since the Z3 a year ago — called the Leap. It will be…

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Apple, Europe, Mobile, Technology
Kif Leswing Mar 2, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Take a look

You unlock this smartphone with your eyes

Some of the new phones launching at Mobile World Congress are sporting fingerprint scanners, but a new device from ZTE uses a very different…

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Mobile
Kevin Fitchard Mar 2, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- An uneasy relationship

Zuckerberg’s Internet.org feels the love (and fear) from carriers

At Mobile World Congress on Monday Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg took the stage with three executives from carriers in developing countries to talk…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology, Work & Collaboration
Kevin C. Tofel Mar 2, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Cramming more bits and bytes

SanDisk intros a small 200GB microSD card with a big price

Last year, SanDisk released 128GB memory cards for phones and tablets; this year, it’s following up with a 200GB card. Called the…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Mar 2, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- More tools for merchants

PayPal acquires Paydiant, puts NFC into its Here readers

PayPal is buying Paydiant, a startup that provides the mobile payments and loyalty technology used by many big-name retailers use in their…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
Kevin C. Tofel Mar 2, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Tablet or laptop: Your choice

Sony’s new Xperia Z4 tablet has a slick docking keyboard

Sony hasn’t debuted a handset at this week’s Mobile World Congress, but it does have a new high-end Android tablet coming in June.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Mar 2, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Software eats everything

Intel, Alcatel-Lucent unveil their cloud mobile network

A year after forming their wireless partnership, Intel and Franco-American network builder Alcatel-Lucent say they’re ready to start moving the mobile network…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Europe, Mobile, Technology
Kif Leswing Mar 2, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Google Wireless

Google will announce its MVNO in the “coming months”: Sundar Pichai

Google’s long rumored move to becoming a wireless carrier took one step closer to reality on Monday. At Mobile World Congress, Google’s…

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Mobile
Kevin Fitchard Mar 2, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Biometrics meets sonar

Qualcomm has a fingerprint ID technology that uses ultrasound

Qualcomm has developed its own fingerprint sensor for smartphones with the aim of tapping the increasing demand for biometric security on phones.…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
David Meyer Mar 2, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Secure, and not from the U.S.

Jolla and SSH push Sailfish Secure as “European alternative” mobile OS

I’ve got to hand it to Jolla – despite significant teething problems, the upstart Finnish mobile-maker has clung on, using crowdfunding campaigns…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
David Meyer Mar 2, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- 640 and 640 XL bundles

Microsoft’s new budget Lumias are all about the services

Microsoft has unveiled a couple new handsets, the Lumia 640 and 640 XL, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The phones themselves…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
Janko Roettgers Mar 1, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- S6 got milk

Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge come pre-installed with Milk Music and Milk Video

Samsung’s Milk Music and Milk Video services could soon see a lot more users: The handset maker is pre-installing both apps on…

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Media
Kevin Fitchard Mar 1, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- A turf war at 5 GHz

T-Mobile will launch LTE in the Wi-Fi airwaves in 2016

T-Mobile came up short compared to Verizon and AT&T in the last 4G spectrum auction, but it looks like it’s found another source…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Mar 1, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- We got payment options

Samsung Pay has all the tools it needs to surpass Apple Pay

A lot of the features in the new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, like curved edges and glass-and-metal design, are examples of…

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Apple, Europe, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Mar 1, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Bye bye plastic phones

Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge: A new look for Samsung and a new wallet

We were expecting a major reboot of the Galaxy S line, and that’s what Samsung gave us Sunday night at Mobile World…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
Kif Leswing Mar 1, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- An evolutionary design

No big changes for the HTC One M9, and that’s a good thing

HTC revealed its next flagship, the HTC One M9, at Mobile World Congress on Sunday. Take a close look: If you’re not…

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Mobile

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