CVS launches a pilot program in NYC allowing loyalty members to open locked product cabinets with their smartphones.

When it comes to tracking your heart rate, nothing beats using equipment designed for such a purpose, such as chest strap heart rate monitors or electrocardiograms. However, if you're looking for an easy way to get a potential measurement of your heart rate, there are smartphone apps out there that use your phone's camera to measure heart rate.

Phone maker Apple led the India smartphone market in supply value terms with 23 per cent share while Chinese smartphone brand Vivo led the market in volumes in 2024, a report by Counterpoint Research said on Thursday.

Spokeo reviewed academic research and survey data to answer important questions facing parents considering when to give their children a smartphone.

Apple lost the top spot in the Chinese smartphone market after a domestic brand replaced the iPhone as the country's top choice.

One of the biggest advantages of using a mirrorless camera over a smartphone is access to a range of impressive telephoto zoom lenses – but a Hong Kong company is aiming to give smartphones a massive 20x to 60x zoom with an add-on lens. The Apexel 20-60x is an add-on zoom lens that gives smartphones up to a 60x zoom, but it needs manual focusing.

Can’t remember the last time you turned your phone off? Is Bluetooth always on? The NSA says you’re playing a crapshoot with your privacy.

Three years after starting a club meant to fight social media’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.

In 2018, nearly 90% of rural households had simple mobile phones and 36% had smartphones. In 2022, over 74% of the households had smartphones.