Microsoft offers password-free smartphone authentication
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Azure Active Director certificate-based authentication 

Software king of the world Microsoft is now offering a public preview of Azure AD CBA on devices running Apple's iOS and Android that uses certificates on Yubico's YubiKey hardware security key.

Smartphone prices falling
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Thursday, 20 October 2022 10:43

Smartphone prices falling


Bad news for Apple 

Global smartphone shipments for calendar Q3 falling to their lowest quarterly rate in eight years, which is bad news for companies who have touted expensive flagship models.

Apple still claims to have invented the touchscreen smartphone
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Claims Samsung copied them

Fruity cargo cult Apple is still peddling the myth that it invented the touchscreen smartphone by claiming that Samsung copied them.

China benefiting from western smartphone sanctions in Russia
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Market share jumped

China's market share in the Russian smartphone market jumped significantly in May as Western manufacturers paused new sales in in Tsar Putin’s kingdom.

Foldable smartphones had a good quarter
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Thursday, 02 June 2022 13:03

Foldable smartphones had a good quarter


Galaxy Z Flip3 holds the crown

Foldable smartphones did well in Q1, according to DSCC, reaching 2.22 million shipments, up by 571 percent compared to the same quarter last year.

Smartphones should last longer than five years
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Comment: The one-year business model is a cruel industry joke

For years smartphone makers like Apple and Samsung have encouraged users to upgrade their phones to the latest model every year, however, the technology has not moved much in ages.

Smartphone sales plummet
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Wednesday, 24 November 2021 12:31

Smartphone sales plummet


Mobile revolution grinds to halt

Third quarter smartphone sales are stalling due to decelerated production schedules, Gartner beancounters reported.

China's smartphone shipments increase
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Thursday, 11 March 2021 11:15

China's smartphone shipments increase


Pandemic shrugged off


China's smartphone shipments increased more than threefold in February 2021 from a year ago, government data published on Thursday showed.

Gartner sees smartphone recovery
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Monday, 30 November 2020 10:07

Gartner sees smartphone recovery


5G is the cause

Beancounters at analyst outfit Gartner have been consulting their Tarot cards and rattling their collective bones to divine that there is a recovery underway for the smartphone market.

Smartphone users have the attention span of a goldfish
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Nothing to do with too many notifications


A study has poured cold water on the notion that smartphone users are distracted by too many notifications.