iPhone

Can playing Dots on your iPhone make you smarter?

Not quite, but new research reveals that the game and others like it can sharpen a few specific cognitive skills

Jared Keller, Pacific Standard Saturday, May 18, 2013 4:00 PM UTC
Technology Pacific Standard, games

Taxing technology to save the arts

French officials are considering a new levy on internet-connected devices to help fund cultural initiatives

Mostafa Heddaya, Hyperallergic Thursday, May 16, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
Social Hyperallergic, Apple, Art, Culture

Google rolls out brand-new features

Online games, maps and a music-streaming service are among its latest offerings

Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:42 PM UTC
Technology Associated Press, Google, Apple

RIM unveils affordable BlackBerry

The low-cost Q5 is the company's third smartphone to run the new BlackBerry 10 system

Kyle Hightower and Rob Gillies, Associated Press Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:32 PM UTC
Technology Associated Press, blackberry, RIM

We are all addicts now

Even cupcakes and iPhones control us -- social and technological advances stimulate desires and foster addiction

Damian Thompson Saturday, May 11, 2013 11:00 PM UTC 21
Life Books, Editor's Picks, iPhone

The Department of iPhone Security

Claiming issues of "public safety" are involved, ICE agents help Apple bust South Florida smartphone repair shops

Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 6:03 PM UTC
Technology Apple, iPhone, Smartphone

Google’s new answer to Siri

Google Now, a free iPhone and iPad app, performs many of the same functions as the Apple software

Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Monday, Apr 29, 2013 10:30 PM UTC
Technology Associated Press, Siri, Google

When maps are art

Artists' takes on what maps mean now

Laura Mallonee, Hyperallergic Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 4:40 PM UTC
Entertainment Hyperallergic, Maps, Art, Dallas

Facebook incorporates “chat heads” feature into iPhone app

The update will enable users to chat with friends on their mobile phones

Associated Press Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013 8:15 PM UTC
Technology Associated Press, Facebook

The Internet blew my mind

When I went to prison in the '80s, the web didn't exist. Nothing could have prepared me for what it had to offer VIDEO

Michael Santos, The Daily Dot Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 5:08 PM UTC 28
Technology Video, the daily dot

Dark days for Apple

Accounts of fanboy malaise are proliferating. Too bad Steve Jobs isn't around to mock the misery VIDEO

Andrew Leonard Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 7:39 PM UTC 30
Technology Video, Apple, Steve Jobs, fanboys

Don’t believe Apple

The company got great PR when its Chinese supplier unveiled a new worker policy. The full story's more complicated

Josh Eidelson Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 12:30 PM UTC
Working Ahead iPhone, Editor's Picks

High school smartphone do’s and dont’s

An Albany principal's decision to search a student's confiscated iPhone raises sticky constitutional questions

Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 5:30 PM UTC 26
Technology Privacy, smartphones, iPhone

Former Wired editor’s perverse defense for outsourcing jobs

Chris Anderson argues offshoring is good for our workers and our education system. He's wrong on both accounts

David Sirota Monday, Jan 28, 2013 7:46 PM UTC 23
Politics Mexico, Tijuana, Foxconn

Dancing with the iPhone 5

How smart phones, tablets and laptops have led to the development of a whole new kind of body language

Kyle Chayka, Hyperallergic Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 8:00 PM UTC
Technology Hyperallergic, Art, Design

Mommy, can you put down your iPhone?

When I had a child, I swore I wouldn't be a distracted parent. Then I discovered: Babies are really boring

Toni Nagy Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 9:00 PM UTC 37
Life New Mom Confessions, Motherhood

Apple audit finds child workers in China

The tech giant drops a manufacturer after dozens of underage workers discovered VIDEO

Natasha Lennard Friday, Jan 25, 2013 5:13 PM UTC
Technology Video, aol_on, child labor, Apple

This may be the last watch you ever buy

Thanks to a $10 million+ Kickstarter campaign, Pebble's e-paper smartwatch is coming soon

Jacob Sugarman Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 9:42 PM UTC
Technology Pebble, Watches, E-Paper, iPhone, Mac

Apple posts disappointing fourth quarter

The electronics giant fell short of expectations on holiday season results

Alex Halperin Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 10:11 PM UTC
Technology Apple, iPhone, iPad, Samsung

Fewer people annoyed by cellphone yapping

Probably because fewer people talk on them

Alex Halperin Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 1:43 PM UTC
Technology iPhone, Android, smartphones

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