Tag: Smartphones

Angry Birds maker Rovio to cut jobs

Angry Birds maker Rovio to cut jobs

Washington Examiner · October 2, 2014 12:23 pm

From 2009 to 2012, the number of Marylanders signed up for Lifeline grew to twice as many as Maryland's eligible residents. (iStock)

Obamaphone use grew 100-fold in 3 years in Md. to twice the number eligible

Luke Rosiak · September 29, 2014 9:00 am

This product image provided by Samsung shows the Samsung Alpha Phone. The Alpha will be available in the U.S. starting Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, through AT&T. (AP Photo/Samsung)

Review: Samsung Alpha big on design, short on tech

Anick Jesdanun · September 24, 2014 8:21 pm

Messaging app seeks to bring voices back to phones

Michael Liedtke · September 23, 2014 6:00 pm

Hackers can potentially access privileged user information like passwords, internet history and keyboard input. (John Irons/Washington Examiner)

Security flaw leaves Android users vulnerable to hackers

Paul Gonzalez · September 18, 2014 12:03 am

Sony Corp. President Kazuo Hirai bows at the end of a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Sony expects its annual loss to swell to $2 billion and has canceled dividends for the first time in more than half a century after writing down the value of its troubled smartphone business. Citing intense competition, especially from Chinese rivals, Sony said it anticipates a net loss of 230 billion yen ($2.15 billion) for the fiscal year that ends March 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Toru Takahashi)

Sony forecasts $2B loss as smartphones lag

Elaine Kurtenbach · September 17, 2014 11:22 am

Dinorah De Cruz drives through Queens on her way to the SheRide livery office, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, in New York. De Cruz is one of 100 women currently signed up to drive for SheRides, a car service by women drivers for women riders in New York City, Westchester County and Long Island. Less than 3 percent of the city's 115,000 licensed taxi, livery and limousine drivers are women, and that can be a problem for women who are reluctant to get into a cab alone with a male driver because of safety concerns or religious and social mores. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Taxi! Seeking women to drive for female passengers

Deepti Hajela · September 15, 2014 10:57 pm

FILE - This Sept. 9, 2014 file photo shows the iPhone 6, at left, and iPhone 6 plus during a new product release in Cupertino, Calif. Selling your old phone online or to companies that buy back used models can often offer a better return than your wireless provider. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Options abound for selling used mobile phones

Alex Veiga · September 12, 2014 6:25 pm

Civilian technology has gone "small" -- nanotechnology, genetic engineering, custom-engineered materials, "mass customization" through 3-D printing. If the Rouge plant looming over Dearborn was the iconic symbol of the industrial age, the iconic symbol of our information age is the smartphone in your pocket.ÃÂ (Compassionate Eye Foundation/Justin Pumfrey/Getty)

Large government out of place in a society based on small technology

Michael Barone · September 11, 2014 9:00 am

Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new Apple Watch on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Apple unveils smartwatch, bets on wearable devices

MICHAEL LIEDTKEANICK JESDANUN · September 10, 2014 12:25 am

Multiple news outlets, including the Washington Examiner, have unsuccessfully pressed IRS officials for answers on Lerner's Blackberry. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

We still don’t know why Lois Lerner’s Blackberry was wiped clean

Becket Adams · September 5, 2014 10:36 pm

Chris Weber, CVP, Mobile Devices Sales of Microsoft, presents the new Lumia Selfie App for their smart phones during his keynote speech during a Microsoft Nokia presentation event at the consumer electronic fair IFA in Berlin, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Season’s new phones are all about selfie image

FRANK JORDANSANICK JESDANUN · September 4, 2014 8:27 pm