Is talking to a phone the same as talking on it? J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times Jimmy Wong outside a restaurant in Los Angeles, where he overheard a conversation and realized that the speaker was talking to his virtual assistant on his iPhone. The sound of someone gabbing on a cellphone... read complete news →

A screen capture of Voodoo Carrier IQ detector. (Credit: Supercurio/Project Voodoo/Android Market) All the controversy surrounding Carrier IQ has prompted a developer to create an application that helps Android device owners determine if their handset is running the software. Dubbed Voodoo Carrier ... read complete news →

SUNNYVALE, CA, Dec 01, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- C2Call, the pioneer for Java-based VoIP calls via the browser, today announced several enhancements to FriendCaller for Android(TM) including the addition of a real phone number that enables users to send and receive text messaging (SMS) and D... read complete news →

  Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) command 71 percent of smartphone market share in the United States, with Android accounting for 43 percent share and iOS nabbing 28 percent through the third quarter. HTC had 15 percent of Android phone share, followed by Motorola and Samsung at ... read complete news →

Apps cater to practically every lifestyle, hobby, and interest. They're also extremely affordable, which makes them ideal gifts. How easy it is to buy a friend or a family member an app depends on what their mobile device is. While Apple has had a "gifting" option for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch ap... read complete news →

BOSTON, Nov 30, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- The holiday shopping season has officially begun, and a new survey has revealed that shoppers are going mobile to find the perfect gifts for their friends and loved ones. Modapt, Inc., a Boston-based technology company that optimizes websites for ... read complete news →

(Adds CTIA president in fourth paragraph.) Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Mobile applications for smartphones and tablet computers may carry new ratings for violence and sexual content under a wireless industry-sponsored system awaiting backing from Apple Inc. and Google Inc. Under the policy unveiled t... read complete news →

PORT BARRINGTON, Ill., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- In the Digital Age, we are inundated with so much information, many people wish they had a personal assistant to help them keep up with it all. Today, Tronton LLC hopes to make that dream a reality for the average person with the laun... read complete news →

Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Mobile applications for smartphones and tablet computers may carry new ratings for violence and sexual content under a wireless industry-sponsored system awaiting backing from Apple Inc. and Google Inc. Under the policy to be unveiled today by CTIA-The Wireless Association,... read complete news →

NEW YORK, Nov 28, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- U.S. lawyers have eagerly embraced mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet computers to help them perform work-related tasks while on the move, but are doing so without the necessary support to help them use these technologies to their full poten... read complete news →