Apple’s Newest Courtroom Foe Is Patent-Savvy University

As a veteran of the global smart phone wars, Apple is used to courtroom battles with fierce competitors such as Samsung and Nokia. This week, however, a federal jury returned a verdict against Apple in a lawsuit brought by a different kind of adversary: a public university. The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensing arm, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, convinced a

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Addicted to Your Cellphone? These Photos May Make You Uncomfortable

This is the world under the influence of electronic devices. It is an eerie place, filled with people who seemingly look past each other and into empty space. In reality, they are staring into their cellphones, tablets and other screens. In a series of images for a project called “Removed,” photographer Eric Pickersgill captured that imaginary world, in which the

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Smartphones Lend New Dynamic to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Surrounded by Israeli police, Israa Abed holds a knife in one hand and a cellphone in the other before shots ring out and she falls to the ground. The incident, filmed by passersby on their smartphones, has been viewed thousands of times since it was posted online last Friday, one of dozens of such videos encapsulating a new dynamic in

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Moto X Style vs. Moto X Play: Six Key Differences

Motorola India on Thursday launched its new Moto X Style in India, priced at Rs. 29,999 for the 16GB model. The company has smartly priced its new Moto X Style to compete against the likes of upcoming LG Google Nexus 5X, which will be available at Rs. 31,900 for the 16GB internal storage variant. Motorola has lately been expanding its

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Microsoft Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL – 7 New Features

Microsoft unveiled the Lumia 950 and the Lumia 950 XL at its Windows 10 devices event in New York on Tuesday. Not only are these two smartphones the most powerful and top-of-the-line Windows Phone handsets we’ve seen so far, they also come with several new features that cannot be found elsewhere. It’s been a while since Microsoft released a flagship

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