The iPhone game of the moment is so addictive that it's impossible to even talk about how addictive it is to play the color-coded connect-the-dots game without stopping to play another round — or 25.
While everybody is busy flipping out about the Carrier IQ smartphone spying controversy, more and more data security experts are raising their hands with a calming comment: It's not necessarily a good thing, but it's not that bad.
Since Apple has come out and said that Siri's abortion non-answers are a glitch and thus not a conspiracy, it's time to dig into technical explanations for the seemingly political bot.
It only took a scolding letter from a Senator, a class action lawsuit and a few thousand news stories, but smartphone software makers Carrier IQ finally responded to allegations of logging keystrokes and spying on users on Thursday night.
An Apple hacker has discovered that Carrier IQ, the shady smartphone software recently found to be logging keystrokes on Android, BlackBerry and Nokia devices, is also installed on the iPhone. Don't worry, fanboys. It's off by default -- probably.
After the Internet freaked out over Siri's apparent pro-life bias, Apple has responded, but not apologized or fixed, the personal assistant's abortion "glitch."
An iPhone 4 mysteriously, spontaneously combusted on an airplane in Australia on Monday, less than a 24 hours after The New York Times published an attention-getting article suggesting the Federal Aviation Administration might be going overboard in their fear of gadgets on planes.
You no longer have to wonder what gadget to get the tikes on your holiday gift list this year: the far-and-away most popular electronics product the kids are clamoring for in 2011 is the iPad.
Amazon is giving Apple a run for its money on the rumor mill with budding speculation over the possibility of a Kindle Phone.
Replacing everything we used to carry around with us, smartphones are making purses obsolete.
Apple's software update for the iPhone 4S battery drain doesn't seem to fix the issue for all affected phones, meaning this might require more than a quick-fix from Apple.
Without a doubt, Siri is the biggest draw to upgrade to the newest iPhone, so it's no wonder that Apple now admits that they have no plans to offer it on older devices.
Republic Wireless is unveiling a super-duper cheap, $19-a-month, no-contract, unlimited-talk, data-and-text cell phone plan meant to "disrupt" the mobile market. Good luck with that.
Apple's famously "malware proof" iPhone has a bug.
Alongside Google's Reader and Gmail renovations, Google has finally introduced a native iPhone App.
Earlier this week, Apple published a fan-made memorial to Steve Jobs, where Apple customers were invited to e-mail their thoughts and feelings on the company's founder so that they could be shared with the world (presumably after being vetted by the company, of course).
Apple underwhelmed analysts' predictions with their fourth quarter earnings, sending the company's stock tumbling, but some numbers suggest that the iPhone rumor mill is at least partly to blame.
Stores are attracting cheapskates jealous of the iPhone 4S
Upgraders are encountering issues from slow updates to bricked phones
Nothing says "I'm superior" like kicking an opponent when he's down
A garbage man camping out to buy the iPhone 4S may set the record at 240 hours
Two thirds of Americans don't own smartphones
Let's see whose whispers were worth believing
After a summer of hardship, some good news for Research in Motion
The first new thing from Apple today looks a lot like their old iPhone
The event will not be livestreamed, but the rush of fast-typing tech bloggers is almost as good
Tomorrow Apple will announce a new iPhone that might not be your iDream product
A series of securities measures ensures nobody blabs about the latest iProduct
The Cupertino giant sends out invitations
The mp3 players are becoming increasingly irrelevant to Apple
For the sixth consecutive year, J.D. Power ranked Apple #1 in customer satisfaction for smartphones
The makers of the location based dating app for gays launched a straight version today
Accuses company of lying to Congress about how customers are tracked
For the second year in a row, an Apple employee misplaces his precious device
In an ironic stroke of genius, Apple has hired Nicholas Allegra as an intern
Research In Motion announced a new line of their low-end models
Two Amazon executives want to fix the shattered screen problem
For different regions of the country, all smartphones are not created equal
A pretty simple iPhone application is meant to help you report missing kids
The Chinese electronics giant plans to commission 1 million factory robots by 2014
Most Android users say they'll switch to another phone
Wrapping up battlefield testing, the Army has some familiar issues with iPhones and Androids
Apple's suppliers are leaking details in advance of the phone's debut later this year
With new apps and advanced features, we've surpassed Starfleet capabilities
A prepaid iPhone model would target new markets, say Apple-loving analysts
The latest on the phone's expected software and hardware features
The Georgia senator is hardly the first lawmaker to launch a personal app
Thieves have good odds on guessing your code
Apple is selling iPhones without wireless contracts.
Few believed the tiny startup would be such a breakout success
The Apple CEO introduced the iCloud service for cross-device snycing
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