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In China, you can no longer buy a smartphone without a face scan

Posted in Business on 14th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller

Despite a outcry on Chinese social media, it seems unlikely that critics will prove successful in pushing against it/

Smartphone app can detect eye diseases in children with 80 percent accuracy

Posted in Hardware, Medicine, Software on 4th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller

An app designed to detect early signs of several eye diseases in children has surpassed an 80 percent accuracy threshold equaling the sensitivity of devices used by trained ophthalmologists.

Apple and Samsung Hardest Hit as Smartphone Production Falls But 5G Phones Could Save 2019

Posted in Hardware on 19th Jan, 2019
by Alex Muller

Smartphone production in the first quarter of this year is expected to drop 19 percent as China and world markets slow.

Apple chip maker TSMC plans 5-nanometer chips for 2020, 3-nanometer in 2022

Posted in Business on 28th Jan, 2018
by Alex Muller

The new processors mean future smartphones will offer superior performance and battery life to todays models.

Google Play hit 19 billion+ downloads in Q4 2017, highest quarter ever

Posted in Software on 25th Jan, 2018
by Alex Muller

Smartphone adoption in emerging markets just delivered the highest number of app downloads Google Play has ever seen in a quarter.