iPhones could be persona non grata in Iran unless Apple takes measures to comply with the country’s anti-smuggling requirements. The Iranian government has kicked off a new project to ban potentially smuggled mobile phones, The Japan Times said on Tuesday, citing a report from Iran’s Tasnim News Agency. Scheduled to start this week, the plan …

A video of an alleged dummy iPhone 7 reveals only a few enhancements over its predecessor. Published on French website Nowhereelse.fr, Chinese blog site Weibo and YouTube, the video offers a tour of a purported Apple iPhone 7 dummy unit and an iPhone 6S. The video shows off some much-rumored features for this year’s model, including dual speakers and a …

The Nokia name may get to live on with at least a couple of high-end phones reportedly set to debut in late 2016 or early 2017. HMD Global, which purchased the Nokia brand from Microsoft this past May, is said to be developing two Android smartphones with a metal design and the “famous Nokia feel,” Nokia fan blog NokiaPowerUser said …

Twitter reacted to the truck attack in France last week by quickly deleting pro-attack tweets. The attack, in which a truck rammed a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, killed 84 people and injured another 200. In the first hour following the attack, at least 50 accounts appeared on Twitter using #Nice in Arabic to praise the violence, according to watchdog …

Samsung’s next Galaxy Note phablet has apparently undergone benchmark testing, revealing some of its core features. A seemingly leaked imgae of the Galaxy Note 7’s specs from the An Tu Tu benchmarking site show the device’s name and model number (SM-N930V), as revealed in a tweet by known leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer. The base number of SM-N930 is a tipoff that …

Facebook will be testing a new feature in which users can download videos from the site and view them at any time, whether online or offline. Starting July 11, the testing will occur among a small group of people in India, according to a Facebook email received by blog site TechCrunch. The company targeted that country because of feedback that …

Now playing: Watch this: Ways to use Android Marshmallow’s Now on Tap 1:04 Enlarge Image Google has beefed up its Now on Tap feature to translate more than just webpages. Google Google’s Now on Tap feature has expanded its language translation skills. Now on Tap, which can translate certain languages to and from your native tongue, now supports any mobile …

Samsung has cooked up a new smartphone, at least for South Korean consumers. The Galaxy Wide smartphone, launched on Monday, is similar to Samsung’s Galaxy On7 with such specs as a 5.5-inch, 1,280×720-pixel display, a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and a 13-megapixel rear camera. And that’s no coincidence. “The Galaxy Wide is a Korean exclusive version of Galaxy On7, and there …

Those of you looking to try out a free version of Skype aimed at small businesses now have your chance. Skype parent Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out Skype Meetings, a new variant of its audio- and video-conferencing software. Aimed at small businesses, Skype Meetings offers such features as the ability to share your screen, to collaborate on PowerPoint presentations and …

Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10 update makes it easy to become an organ donor 1:15 Apple is trying to make organ donation a simpler process. The company said on Tuesday that its updated Health app, which will be available as part of iOS 10, will offer a new option that lets people sign up to be organ donors. The …