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'Whistleblower' app wants Poles to report local nuisances, petty crime

'Whistleblower' allows users to easily report or document evidence of fly-tipping, illegal parking or animal abuse.

USA

Galaxy Note 10: Five takeaways from Samsung's new smartphone launch

Samsung unveiled its new smartphone on Wednesday, but what can we expect to see from it?

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I-React is an app that could save lives during natural disasters

In partnership with The European Commission

With an increase in danger from natural disasters over the last decade - and indications that this will only get worse - a team of developers have created an app that gathers huge amounts of data in emergency situations.

World News

Is your Huawei smartphone useless without Google?

Huawei had planned for the possibility of a US ban: the company has been developing its own operating system, it has said.

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Tel Aviv installs 'zombie lights' for pedestrians addicted to mobiles

Tel Aviv is trying to catch the attention of people distracted by their smartphones using LED stoplights embedded in its pedestrian crossings.

World News

How much does mobile data cost across Europe?

The cost of 1GB of mobile data across Europe has been revealed, with Greeks paying by far the most, and Ukrainians the least.

World News

Disability-themed emojis coming to platforms this year

Disability-themed emojis coming to platforms this year.

Smart Regions

In Naples, students look to the future in the world’s oldest public university

In partnership with the European Commission

The Federico II University in Naples is the world’s oldest public university. It also hosts the Developer Academy where students learn to develop apps for iphones.

World News

Euroviews. Have millennials killed phone calls? | View

About a century after Americans commandeered the phone for personal chit-chat, what is left? Personal chit-chat — very personal chit-chat.

World News

Apple sees clouds on horizon despite record results

The tech giant has posted record-breaking results, but warnings over sales sent shares tumbling.

Italy

Italy watchdog fines Apple and Samsung over software updates

Italy's anti-trust watchdog has said it is fining Apple and Samsung over software updates.

USA

Apple unveils bigger and pricier Iphone

Analysts say the company is hoping to get customers to upgrade to pricier devices in the face of stagnant global demand for smartphones

Switzerland

Smart phones could damage our memory side of the brain

That's according to a study with 700 adolescents at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute who believe that memory is more vulnerable to waves when the phone is stuck to the right ear as that side is related to memory

France

Mobile phone ban in France

The new law states primary and junior high students have to keep their phones in backpacks or otherwise out of sight

Focus

EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel calls for a "humans in command" approach to digital transformation

At he Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society outlined her vision for a of successful evolution.

Spain

The new Samsung Galaxy S9: a round-up of the reviews

Experts say the latest addition to Samsung’s flagship smartphone is strikingly-similar to the S8, but it does offer some design improvements and new features to rival Apple’s iPhone X.

Business Planet

Business opportunities from outer space

A Slovenian company is creating new business opportunities by optimizing data mined by the EU's Copernicus programme from outer space.

China

Inside a mobile phone test lab

Euronews takes you on a 360 visit to a mobile phone test lab

USA

Apple investors urge action on iPhone addiction among kids

Snapchat, YouTube, Instagram: is all this time on smartphones bad for children?

USA

Tech giants scramble to fend off chip security flaws

Hundreds of millions of iPhone and iPad users could be at risk of hacking until Apple releases a patch to its Safari web browser that protects them from "Spectre", one of the two major vulnerabilities discovered this week.