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Thanks to a series of unfortunate fires, millions of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 owners need to return their phones immediately. In some cases, for the second time. Since the Galaxy Note 7 is officially out of circulation, never to return, you may be wondering what would...

Every day, and usually without organizations realizing it, their networks are being breached. With confidential information exposed to the wrong eyes, secrets can become commodities capable of ruining well held reputations. We live in a world where network incidents...

It seems to be the story of our lives that just as you learn how to use one form of technology, it changes. In the last ten years, I’ve texted, used Instant Messenger, Skype, FaceTime, Slack® and countless other forms of electronic communication. But the one...

Samsung is sweetening the deal for owners if they haven't got the message that the time to return your Note 7 is long overdue. On Thursday the company upped its return offer to $100 in credit if you trade in your Note 7 for a different Samsung device like the Galaxy...

Netgear is rounding out the features of its wireless security camera with a new model, called the Arlo Pro. It’s more or less the same product: a camera meant to be placed inside or outdoors that records video whenever it sees motion and can alert owners through a...

For most iPhone owners, it's an annual September ritual: update your iPhone to the latest version of iOS and take a few days to learn all the new features and capabilities of Apple's latest mobile operating system. And/or, maybe even get a new iPhone while you're at...

Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices are reported to be suffering from a significant touchscreen flaw. Phones affected by this so-named "touch disease" experience completely unresponsive touchscreens. Even though a class-action lawsuit regarding this issue has...

It’s far behind its Android competitors. Apple said at a press event last month that the iPhone 7 has the best battery life of any smartphone it’s ever launched. But that doesn’t mean it can top Android competitors, according to new data. The iPhone 7 lasted nearly 12...

450 million people already visit “buy and sell” Groups on Facebook each month, and now the company is launching a whole tab in its app dedicated to peer-to-peer shopping. Facebook Marketplace lets you browse a relevancy-sorted feed of things to buy from people who...

Comcast plans to launch a cellphone service roughly in the middle of next year, although it would be limited to areas of the country where it's a cable provider. That could potentially offer real competition to carriers like Verizon and AT&T for a subset of the...

In what could be the most face-palm-inducing report that you would read today, iPhone 7 owners have been said to be drilling holes into their new smartphones, thinking that doing so will reveal a hidden headphone jack. iPhone fans have previously expressed their...

The news feed feature on Facebook is now 10 years old. Since its inauspicious beginning as a hub for friends' Facebook activity, the page has gone through many major evolutions. Users have responded with widespread criticism, including a Facebook group to protest the...