The biggest smartphone maker you've never heard ofBy Kate DavidsonOctober 30, 2014(Wang Zhao/Getty Images)Xiaomi is outselling Samsung and Apple in China.POSTED IN: Xiaomi smartphone China consumer electronics Southeast Asia ListenreadDownloadDownload
A better battery is hard to inventBy Scott TongOctober 17, 2014Alex Wong/Getty ImagesBetter batteries are the key to better consumer electronics and electric cars.POSTED IN: batteries electric cars smartphone ListenreadDownloadDownload
Cell carriers are getting creative with phone plansBy Tony WagnerSeptember 10, 2014Oli Scarff/Getty ImagesThey're clamoring to buy your old iPhone and sell you a new one at a deep discount.POSTED IN: smartphone Sprint T-Mobile read
A new and faster way of buying concert ticketsBy Kai RyssdalJuly 22, 2014(C. Maher/Evening Standard/Getty Images)Marketplace tests out the speed of ticket apps with a One Direction concertPOSTED IN: concerts ticketmaster smartphone ListenreadDownloadDownload
Train-hopping in the digital age By Ben JohnsonJuly 02, 2014Fox Photos/Getty ImagesA father-son duo recount how technology changed clandestine freight train travel.POSTED IN: railroad gps smartphone ListenreadDownloadDownload
A smartphone with two screens? Sure, why not?By Dan WeissmannDecember 02, 2013Yota DevicesReally, is a second screen on the phone's back a useful innovation -- or a gimmick?POSTED IN: smartphone innovation ListenreadDownloadDownload
Our smart phone addictionBy Molly WoodOctober 30, 2013JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty ImagesWe buy (and throw away) our mobile phones at an alarming rate.POSTED IN: smartphone sustainability ListenreadDownloadDownload
A Lego smartphone?By Ben JohnsonSeptember 11, 2013JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty ImagesA customizable smartphone made of LegosPOSTED IN: smartphone Tech lego read
North Korea's very own smartphoneBy Dave LeeAugust 16, 2013Ed Jones/AFP/Getty ImagesThe closed dictatorship just released its very own smartphone with an Android operating system. Now all they need is some internet access.POSTED IN: North Korea smartphone ListenreadDownloadDownload
