Modern smartphones are voracious consumers of internet data.
It’s easy to assume that locking your smartphone turns it off and prevents data transfers from taking place.
In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.
Even while they’...
In an age when even a mid-range smartphone contains four separate camera lenses, it’s no wonder we’ve all become amateur photographers.
And while phone cameras certainly aren’t suitable for professional assignments like property photo...
When it comes to marketing new handsets, it’s easy to get lost in the sea of jargon surrounding smartphone camera megapixels, picture quality and lens types.
The pixel is one of the most misunderstood aspects of photography, with manufact...
It can be hard to keep up with changing social media trends.
If you’re just starting to acknowledge the incredible power of Instagram, it might surprise (and depress) you to learn of a newer generation of social media platforms.
The likes...
Before we begin, here’s a quick question. How much data do you have on your smartphone?
It’s bound to be more than you expected.
Smartphone operating systems tend to occupy several gigabytes of storage, while pre-installed bloatware lik...
It’s often said there’s nothing new under the sun, and the current excitement about folding phones is a case in point.
Folding phones were ubiquitous twenty years ago, with iconic models like the Samsung A800 and Motorola Razr proving h...
The word ‘notspot’ traces its origins back to the late 1990s, when wireless internet access was first rising to prominence through the GPRS and EDGE mobile data networks.
While most of the country had some degree of 2G connectivity, spa...
Back in the dial-up days of the new millennium, a mobile phone was something you phoned and texted people from. If you owned a Nokia, you also got to play Snake.
That was about as far as it went, and most consumers accepted the limitations ...
There’s a common misapprehension that mobile phones were only able to access the internet following the launch of 3G, back in 2001.
In fact, the technology for sending and receiving data wirelessly had existed since 1991 – the same year...
There aren’t many modern technologies which trace their origins directly back to the Victorian age, but the 3.5mm headphone jack certainly can.
The quarter-inch jack plug familiar to switchboard operators (and latterly musicians) around t...
