QWERTY Phones Are Really Trying to Make a Comeback This Year

After dying a painful death at the hand of the iPhone’s revolutionary capacitive touchscreen, the QWERTY smartphone is rising ...

Own an Android phone? I changed these 12 settings to greatly improve the battery life

How to: Go to Settings > Display on your Android phone. There, you'll find the option to switch between a light and dark theme and to have dark mode turn on automatically at a certain time of day. I ...
SlashGear

Here's How To Store Your Car Keys On An iPhone

NFC, or Near Field Communication, is an incredibly underrated technology. It has existed on smartphones and other consumer electronics for years, and you might even be using it daily without realizing ...
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Iowa City School Board discusses possible shift to full cell phone ban policy

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa City Community School District students might soon face a full cell phone ban during the school day. Right now they can still check their phones in between classes and ...
GeekWire

The kids have spoken: Teens’ holistic approach to school phone policies rivals adult rules

What happens if you let teens craft the rules that dictate their use of phones at school? You get policy ideas with a nuanced, holistic perspective that rival those being officially issued by the ...
SlashGear

Here's How To Store Your Car Keys On An Android Phone

There are many helpful ways you can use your Android phone beyond just calls and communication. NFC, or Near Field Communication, is a feature that doesn't get talked about or highlighted as much, but ...
Android Police

I didn’t realize phone zoom was stuck in the past — this 1x–9x concept shows why

Andy is a seasoned technology journalist with more than 15 years experience in the mobile industry, writing for Digital Trends, Wired, and more. During that time he has reviewed hundreds of ...
The Nation Newspaper

TECNO Launches World’s Slimmest 3D-Curved Phone SPARK Slim, debuting Beyond-class Ultra-Slim Experience

AI-driven innovative technology brand TECNO today officially announced the launch of TECNO SPARK Slim, the world’s slimmest curved-screen smartphone, measuring just 5.93mm. Defying conventional ...
Liliputing

Zinwa Q27 prototype brings classic BlackBerry style to a modern Android phone

The Zinwa Q27 is an upcoming smartphone that’s designed to look like a classic BlackBerry device, complete with a QWERTY keyboard. Made by a small team that got its start by replacing the insides of ...
CNN

How White suburban moms are standing up to Border Patrol with whistles and phones

They’ve been showing up all over Evanston, a leafy suburb north of Chicago: suburban moms fresh from the school run and out to protect their community from what they see as unwelcome visitors. The ...
TechCrunch

AccessGrid raises $4.4M to help turn phones into key fobs

Auston Bunsen had a lot of free time after his company QuickNode reached a certain size. That company, a blockchain developer platform, was founded in 2017 and subsequently raised more than $100 ...