Carphone Warehouse has been issued with one of the largest fines by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), after one of their computer systems was compromised as a result of a cyber-attack in 2015.
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Google has announced the merger of Android Pay and Google Wallet into a single brand, Google Pay. Google Wallet was first launched in 2011, and at one time supported NFC payments for goods and services. In 2015, the company launched a new service, Android Pay/
Start-up company, Intellibox looks set to change the way we sell our phones. A pioneering new way to instantly exchange your unwanted phones for cash, begun in a few selected locations across the UK has been hailed as a ‘great success’.
With Valentines Day coming up next month, manufacturers appear to be launching "romantic" colours in time for that special day. Earlier this week LG announced a beautiful Raspberry Rose edition of the LG V30 and Samsung has today announced the launch of the Rose Pink version of the Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphone in the UK.
IT security researchers at Symantec have discovered malware that secretly spies upon Uber’s Android app and extracts private, sensitive data such as users’ passwords. This allows attackers to hijack accounts owned by Uber users and has been dubbed Android.Fakeapp.
Telegram has rolled out a new update which brings support for multiple accounts on the same device and adds a quick reply shortcut. You can now add up to three accounts and switch between them using the left sidebar menu...
Eric Schmidt, the former chief executive of Google who played an integral role in Google’s rise to power, is stepping down as executive chairman at the search engine's parent company Alphabet.
Facebook has sealed a deal to allow copyrighted music videos to be used across its social media sites. The deal with Universal Music, thought to be worth several hundred million dollars, will allow users to share and listen to music without breaching copyright.
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In conjunction with OnePoll, Carphone surveyed mobile habits of 2000 smartphone users in the UK to find out what habits annoy us most, and which habits we’re guilty of ourselves, in a bid to bring back good old-fashioned phone etiquette.
Google today revealed two additions to the Google Home family today - Google Home Mini, a smaller, more affordable version of its Google Home voice activated assistant as well as Google Home Max, a higher-end version.
Google unveiled the new Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones today, and both follow closely to their predecessors in terms of dimensions and shape, with a 5-inch 16:9 display with stereo speakers.
