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Apple launches a whole lot of not much, again

The speculation is finally over and once more the big annual iPhone event fell hopelessly short of the hype, as usual.

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• 08 Sep 2016

HSBC introduces facial tracking authentication for the selfie generation

UK bank HSBC is allowing new business banking customers to open an account entirely through its smartphone app, allowing it so make constant references to selfies.

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• 05 Sep 2016

Samsung stops sales of all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones

Following widespread reports of exploding batteries tech giant Samsung has announced it is stopping all global sales of its new Galaxy Note 7 flagship device while it tries to get to the bottom of the issue.

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• 02 Sep 2016

As rivals launch smartphones at IFA Samsung faces Galaxy Note 7 crisis

So far 2016 has been a year of smartphone recovery for Samsung but with reports of exploding batteries in the new Galaxy Note 7 phablet, not everything is going according to plan.

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• 01 Sep 2016

iOS performance falls behind Android as app failure rates double

Research from mobile device diagnostic firm Blancco Technology has revealed Apple has lost out to Android in the battle for smartphone performance, as app failure rates more than doubled across Q2.

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• 25 Aug 2016

As Google begins Android Nougat roll out, Samsung launches Tizen smartphone in India

In spite of Android’s apparently relentless march to global dominance, its biggest vendor Samsung continues to invest in its own smartphone platform.

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• 23 Aug 2016

Rural China kick starts global smartphone growth – GfK

After a stagnant start to the year the global smartphone market has stuttered back into growth, thanks mainly to demand from rural China, according to market tracker GfK.

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• 19 Aug 2016

Samsung rides the Galaxy S7 wave in Q2 2016

The global smartphone market just about dragged itself back to growth on the second quarter, according to Strategy Analytics, and now that the dust has settled here are the full collated vendor numbers.

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• 09 Aug 2016

Apple reportedly bags machine learning start-up Turi for $200 million

Apple has continued its journey into the world of artificial intelligence through the $200 million acquisition of machine learning start-up Turi.

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• 08 Aug 2016

Smartphone market takes another swipe at HTC but VR offers glimmer of hope

HTC has delivered another quarter of negative performance as the company reported a y-o-y decline of roughly 44% on quarterly revenues of $598 million, though virtual reality is making a positive impact in its early days.

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• 03 Aug 2016

Sony backs off smartphones and posts a profit

Sony has released its quarterly results reporting a profit of $205 million on revenues of $15.6 billion, in a quarter which proved to be of mixed fortunes.

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• 29 Jul 2016

Microsoft to cut a further 2,850 as it continues to distance itself from Nokia

Microsoft has announced it will reduce its headcount by a further 2,850 by the end of 2017, as it continues to distance itself from the less-than-successful Nokia acquisition.

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• 29 Jul 2016

Smartphone shipment numbers flip back into the positive for Q2, only just

According to research from Strategy Analytics the global smartphone market is showing early and tenuous signs of a turnaround, with shipments increasing 1% over the second quarter of the year.

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• 28 Jul 2016

Huawei posts 40% revenue growth for H1 as smartphone biz gathers momentum

Huawei has released financials for the first half of 2016 demonstrating a 40% revenue boost to $37 billion, partly owing to a healthy performance in the consumer business unit.

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• 25 Jul 2016

BT continues to gain fixed-line share at TalkTalk’s expense

Market researcher Kantar Worldpanel has revealed that BT has been the biggest beneficiary of TalkTalk’s struggles, increasing its share of the UK home services market.

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• 15 Jul 2016

End of an era as BlackBerry pulls the plug on its hard keyboard Classic

Canadian mobile device company BlackBerry seems to have signalled the end of the smartphone physical keyboard by announcing it will no longer manufacture its Classic handset.

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• 06 Jul 2016

Huawei said to be working on new mobile OS – good luck with that

A recent report suggesting Chinese networks and smartphone giant Huawei is developing a mobile OS as an alternative to Android has caused excitement, but such a thing is unlikely to succeed.

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• 27 Jun 2016

OnePlus goes one better with new affordable flagship smartphone

Chinese smartphone startup Oneplus has launched its latest device designed to offer flagship smartphone specs at a lower price than the current market leaders.

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• 15 Jun 2016

Android adds new LBS feature as first Project Tango smartphone is launched

Google’s Android smartphone OS has introduced a new location-based facility to the Play Store, while Lenovo has launched the first smartphone based on Google’s Tango AR technology.

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• 10 Jun 2016

Indian smartphone giant Micromax set for international expansion

Micromax, the second largest smartphone vendor in India, has announced plans to expand to China and possibly fund its international expansion via an IPO, according to the WSJ.

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• 03 Jun 2016