There are several different methods for unlocking a touchscreen device, ranging from the simple swipe across the screen to entering a numerical code in order to access the system’s apps. Regardless ...

With two-year contracts slowly but surely going the way of the dodo, more Americans than ever are looking at new ways to buy smartphones. And that trend seems now to have spilled into the unlocked ...

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Visit any public space from coffee shops to the library and you will come across multiple people wearing earbuds or earphones. This inspired computer scientist Zhanpeng Jim, from the University at ...

LG introduced a brand new way to unlock smartphones with its latest G8 smartphone. The LG G8 uses its front cameras to detect the veins and other characteristics on your palms. It's a little awkward ...

Switching to a new cell phone service provider can save you hundreds of dollars per year—and there’s no need to ditch your current phone to do so. To make the move, though, you may have to first ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Unlocking smartphones with facial recognition became more difficult once health officials began urging ...

Unlocked cell phones and smartphones are pretty commonplace in most parts of the world. In many ways, the U.S. market is an exception with phones that are locked to a given carrier (regardless of ...

Academics from universities in Sweden and the UK have come up with a new technique that turns a smartphone's built-in speaker and microphone into a crude sonar system to steal phone unlock patterns ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Visit a public space. Chances are you’ll see people wearing earbuds or earphones. The pervasiveness of this old-meets-new technology, especially on college campuses, intrigued ...

A research team is developing EarEcho, a biometric tool that uses modified wireless earbuds to authenticate smartphone users via the unique geometry of their ear canal. A prototype of the system ...