AP Technology Writer Anick Jesdanun went mobile-pay-only for a week and reports on her experience:
NEW YORK (AP) -- Attempt at your own risk: For an entire week, I left all my cash and credit cards at home to see how well wallet-free mobile services work in the real world.
Smart phone theft is a growing problem in New Jersey and throughout the world. To deter thieves and protect your personal information, a trio of Garden State lawmakers is co-sponsoring legislation (A3157) to require all new smartphones and tablets sold in New Jersey to come equipped with a "kill switch" so the owner could remotely disable the device if it is lost or stolen.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Google's Motorola Mobility handset unit announced Friday it will shutter its North Texas factory by the end of this year, barely a year after it opened with much fanfare as the first smartphone assembly plant in the U.S.
Here's a technology story that might make you want to throw your smart phone into a river. Companies know you'll almost never read the lengthy fine print written in annoying legalese. So they take advantage.
On a second attempt, California lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would require electronics manufacturers to install a shut-off function in all smartphones as a way to deter what one senator called a crime wave of thefts.
A new smartphone app being used by Atlantic County fire departments is making alerts, and subsequent response to fires and other emergencies, faster and more efficient.