Chinese smartphone vendors show sales gains as Apple, Samsung sales decline in Q3
Third-quarter smartphone sales showed strength by Chinese vendors but declines of 6% for Apple iPhones and 14% for Samsung smartphones over the same quarter last year.
Stories by Matt Hamblen
Cisco names 10 cities using its cloud-based smart service
Cisco, which has promoted its smart city technologies for more than two years, announced that 10 cities, including Paris and Copenhagen, are using its cloud-based service to connect to traffic, parking and environmental sensors in real time.
Los Angeles: Warm weather, movie stars -- and 100 million monthly cyber attacks
A $1.8 million Integrated Security Operations Center, opened in late 2015, consolidates threat intelligence from what previously was carried out in four different locations.
What about the personal data on those millions of recalled Note7s?
The users of millions of faulty Samsung Galaxy Note7s face a another potential dilemma: The fate of their personal data on the devices.
Mobile is now mission critical for e-business
Web traffic from smartphones will make up 43% of all web traffic next year and will reach 52% globally in 2019, according to research firm Forrester.
After DDOS attack, senator seeks industry-led security standards for IoT devices
Last week's massive distributed denial-of-service attack has prompted an urgent focus on the need for industry-led cybersecurity standards for internet of things devices.
Masterpass using IBM Watson coming to GM vehicles in 2017
Masterpass digital payment technology will run on many General Motors vehicles starting in 2017 with an assist from IBM's Watson.
DDoS attack shows dangers of IoT 'running rampant'
The DDoS attack launched Friday against Dyn should serve as a "wake-up call about security issues across IoT," said one cybersecurity expert.
Mobile content spurs AT&T's need for Time-Warner
The intrinsic value of AT&T's proposed $85 billion merger with Time Warner is based primarily on recent growth in mobile video consumption, especially among users under age 35.
Apple Pay at two years: Not much to celebrate (yet)
While Apple Pay supposedly helped spark a revolution for in-store mobile payments, there's not much celebrating by Apple or its rivals.
Esri and Waze join up to push road condition data in cities
Digital mapping company Esri has partnered with crowdsourcing traffic app maker Waze to help city governments and drivers communicate more efficiently about traffic conditions, including construction delays and accidents.
Some reports of faulty Note7s invalidated
Some of the early reports on faulty Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones that caused burns and property damage have been invalidated, significantly reducing the number of incidents.
Samsung’s Galaxy Note7 from hell
While production of the Note7 has stopped, it's imperative that Samsung figure out what went wrong and lay out the details publicly.
The Note 7 is dead: What Samsung must do now
There is a split opinion over whether the successor phone should be named the Note8 or adopt an entirely new moniker, to avoid reminding consumers of a device that can catch fire in their pants.
Galaxy Note7 may be headed for the dump as carriers cancel sales
Samsung's Galaxy Note7 smartphone may be headed for the trash bin, amid new reports that a handful of replacement units have overheated.