Mobile Phone Services

CBI officials probing the financial scam at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have traced crucial clues of the "influential nexus" of its former and controversial Principal Sandip Ghosh from his two mobile phones and two laptops.

As mobile phones became the world's main communications tool, pagers, also known as beepers because of the sound they make to notify users about incoming messages, were largely rendered obsolete, with demand plunging from their 1990s heyday.

India's mobile phone manufacturing in value has risen to Rs 4.1 lakh crore in India in the last 10 years due to strategic government policy measures like product-linked initiative and phased-manufacturing programme schemes, a report showed.

iOS 18 was rolled out for iPhone users globally on Monday. It includes changes such as home and lock screen customisation, revamped apps, and more options in the Control Centre. The update also includes two features that are new to iOS but have been long-existent on Android: Rich Communication Services (RCS) Messaging and T9 Dialling.

India has overtaken the US to become the world's second-biggest 5G handset market for the first time, behind China, a report has mentioned.

Addiction to the mobile game Candy Crush cost a teacher in a government school his job.

In a 'shocking' incident in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri, a woman gave electric shocks to her husband who had taken away her mobile phone, claiming that she was spending too much screen time on it, the police said.

Xiaomi has announced that it is removing a popular feature which allows users to run YouTube videos in the background. YouTube Premium users, who pay for ad-free services, can play YouTube videos over other applications in a picture-in-picture (PiP) mode or just the audio in the background without the video. However, this Xiaomi feature would allow...

Deutsche Telekom on Monday showcased a futuristic smartphone concept that relies on artificial intelligence rather than applications (apps) to handle users' specific needs. Smartphones today typically use apps for everything from messaging and social media to video games and banking.

Counting was underway Thursday after millions of Pakistanis voted in an election marred by rigging allegations and a shutdown of mobile phone services, while the country's most popular politician Imran Khan languished in jail.

Pakistan suspended mobile phone services nationwide Thursday for election day, the interior ministry said, citing the need to "maintain law and order".

HMD Global which produced Nokia-branded smartphones for the past long seven years, will sell its own line of HMD-branded devices soon. The latest move by the Finnish company is expected to mark an end to Nokia-branded smartphones. HMD is currently teasing its upcoming product portfolio offering a few clues on what you can next expect from HMD phone...

Google is expanding support for eSIM transfers across Android smartphones, according a report. The setup process for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra prompts users to seamlessly transfer their SIM from their older smartphone. Previously, Google allowed Pixel 8 owners to transfer their eSIM from an older Pixel phone, and the feature is now available on ...

Google is developing a feature that will inspect app activity to check for phishing and deceptive behaviour, according to a report, The phishing app detection service is said to run locally on Android phones, but will reportedly send some detection-related details that the company will use to inform other users who are also facing a similar threat.

Apple is reportedly working towards improving the texting experience between iPhone and Android devices by adopting the RCS (Rich Communication Services) protocol in 2024. The new RCS standard will work alongside iMessage and bring several messaging features including read receipts, typing indicators, the ability to share high-quality images and vi...

CBI officials probing the financial scam at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have traced crucial clues of the "influential nexus" of its former and controversial Principal Sandip Ghosh from his two mobile phones and two laptops.

As mobile phones became the world's main communications tool, pagers, also known as beepers because of the sound they make to notify users about incoming messages, were largely rendered obsolete, with demand plunging from their 1990s heyday.

India's mobile phone manufacturing in value has risen to Rs 4.1 lakh crore in India in the last 10 years due to strategic government policy measures like product-linked initiative and phased-manufacturing programme schemes, a report showed.

iOS 18 was rolled out for iPhone users globally on Monday. It includes changes such as home and lock screen customisation, revamped apps, and more options in the Control Centre. The update also includes two features that are new to iOS but have been long-existent on Android: Rich Communication Services (RCS) Messaging and T9 Dialling.

India has overtaken the US to become the world's second-biggest 5G handset market for the first time, behind China, a report has mentioned.

Addiction to the mobile game Candy Crush cost a teacher in a government school his job.

In a 'shocking' incident in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri, a woman gave electric shocks to her husband who had taken away her mobile phone, claiming that she was spending too much screen time on it, the police said.

Xiaomi has announced that it is removing a popular feature which allows users to run YouTube videos in the background. YouTube Premium users, who pay for ad-free services, can play YouTube videos over other applications in a picture-in-picture (PiP) mode or just the audio in the background without the video. However, this Xiaomi feature would allow...

Deutsche Telekom on Monday showcased a futuristic smartphone concept that relies on artificial intelligence rather than applications (apps) to handle users' specific needs. Smartphones today typically use apps for everything from messaging and social media to video games and banking.

Counting was underway Thursday after millions of Pakistanis voted in an election marred by rigging allegations and a shutdown of mobile phone services, while the country's most popular politician Imran Khan languished in jail.

Pakistan suspended mobile phone services nationwide Thursday for election day, the interior ministry said, citing the need to "maintain law and order".

HMD Global which produced Nokia-branded smartphones for the past long seven years, will sell its own line of HMD-branded devices soon. The latest move by the Finnish company is expected to mark an end to Nokia-branded smartphones. HMD is currently teasing its upcoming product portfolio offering a few clues on what you can next expect from HMD phone...

Google is expanding support for eSIM transfers across Android smartphones, according a report. The setup process for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra prompts users to seamlessly transfer their SIM from their older smartphone. Previously, Google allowed Pixel 8 owners to transfer their eSIM from an older Pixel phone, and the feature is now available on ...

Google is developing a feature that will inspect app activity to check for phishing and deceptive behaviour, according to a report, The phishing app detection service is said to run locally on Android phones, but will reportedly send some detection-related details that the company will use to inform other users who are also facing a similar threat.

Apple is reportedly working towards improving the texting experience between iPhone and Android devices by adopting the RCS (Rich Communication Services) protocol in 2024. The new RCS standard will work alongside iMessage and bring several messaging features including read receipts, typing indicators, the ability to share high-quality images and vi...