Tag - smartphones

 
 

SMARTPHONES

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 14, 2017
Gotta find a toilet now? There's an app for that
A bathroom emergency can quickly turn into an embarrassing experience.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 13, 2017
Apple bets on augmented reality to sell iPhone X — its most expensive handset yet
Apple Inc. has packed its new-model, top of the line iPhone with augmented reality (AR) features, betting the nascent technology will persuade consumers to pay premium prices for its products even as cheaper alternatives abound.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2017
Uber in the crosshairs as Japan's SoftBank helps rivals raise $9 billion
Uber Technologies Inc. is at risk of losing out on another big chunk of the global market.
EDITORIALS
Jul 6, 2017
Apple's iPhone turns 10
The iPhone has changed the world, transforming the lives of billions of people around the world and facilitating a social and economic transition that is still underway.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 3, 2017
Researchers develop app that boosts memory in people with cognitive decline
A brain training computer game developed by British neuroscientists has been shown to improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages of dementia, and could help such patients avert some symptoms of cognitive decline.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 18, 2017
Hackers exploit Japan's army of mobile gamers with fake rewards
Gamers beware: hackers offering free virtual trinkets don't care about your passwords or personal data — they are after your employer's most closely guarded secrets.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 29, 2017
For long-distance lovers, apps that make the heart grow fonder
Thanks to technology, your loved one can always be with you, in your pocket — or under your thumb.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 29, 2017
Canon buys U.K. photo startup in bid for smartphone relevance
Canon Inc., the Tokyo-based consumer electronics firm, is buying U.K. startup Kite, a company that helps people order photo albums, mugs or phone cases customized with images from their smartphone cameras.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2017
Cabin or hold? Tech ban latest step in bomb detection battle
A ban on large carry-on electronics on some international flights lays bare a high-stakes scientific battle between militant groups and security chiefs that has already dramatically altered airline travel, especially since the September 2001 attacks in the United States.
WORLD
Mar 9, 2017
Contractors likely behind CIA leak: U.S. officials
Contractors likely breached security and handed over documents describing the Central Intelligence Agency's use of hacking tools to anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

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