As growth in the smartphone market slows, Apple, Meta, and others see a new product opportunity in smart glasses — and Apple is reportedly preparing to enter the face race. It’s important to set expectations for new products. The smart glasses Apple is working on now won’t be augmented reality glasses in the same sense as…
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Where Does Our Free Time Go in Retirement? Too Often, It’s Social Media
We’re trying to fight our smartphone addiction. But with so much time on our hands, and no job calling us, it isn’t easy.
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How android work profiles reduce data leakage on BYOD devices
GUEST OPINION: Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs give employees the freedom to carry a single smartphone, but they also open the door to unintentional data spills. When business email, files, and chat histories intermingle with vacation photos and social apps, the boundary between corporate and personal information blurs.
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Amazon is aiming for a comeback in the smartphone market
Amazon plans to release a new smartphone, according to Reuters; the so-called “Transformer” project is being developed in-house and will focus on AI, personalization, and integration with Alexa. The idea is for the phone to serve as a central hub for a user’s daily life — from shopping and streaming to voice-controlled services — and…
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Motorola turns to GrapheneOS for smartphone security upgrade
Motorola is strengthening smartphone security through a long-term partnership with the GrapheneOS Foundation, a mobile security nonprofit that develops a hardened operating system based on the Android Open Source Project. GrapheneOS includes protections designed to reduce entire classes of vulnerabilities, strengthen app sandboxing and system boundaries, and limit the impact of common exploits while maintaining…
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Memory shortage batters PC market; double-digit sales drop coming, say analysts
Global PC and smartphone sales are expected to fall by more than 10% this year, according to analysts, as hyperscaler investment in AI data centers fuels a memory shortage. PC shipments will fall 10.4% during 2026 compared to 2025, as the constrained memory supply leads to higher prices, according to Gartner. IDC predicts a slightly…