Did T-Mobile’s no-holds barred advertising campaign cross the line of ethical business practices? Three labor unions think so and are using their consumer advocacy group to accuse the carrier of deceptive advertising as well as placing customers on services they never asked for, such as device insurance plans. On Wednesday the group, called Change to …

Remember Google Glass? Well, Google would apparently rather you didn’t. The tech titan last weekend erased all the social-media channels dedicated to its $1,500 smart specs, which it stopped selling in January 2015. Google Glass wearers, or Explorers as they are known, are left with only a support page bearing a phone number and email address. At the heart of …

We’ve seen a lot of pictures lately of charred, smoldering hoverboard innards. Now, thanks to the repair gurus at iFixit, you can peek inside a hoverboard that doesn’t have fire damage. The iFixit site, which regularly cracks open high-profile gadgets, in collaboration with The Wirecutter took apart a Swagway and its charger. It’s verdict is that “barring a couple of …

It’s Showtime for Stan after the streaming service announced it has landed a major licensing deal with US-based TV network, bringing first run exclusives on TV shows and access to a massive back catalogue of content for Stan subscribers. The deal is a big win for the local streaming service, which will get a raft of exclusive Showtime content to …

Now playing: Watch this: An easy way to fix a sluggish iPhone or iPad 1:00 iPhone acting sluggish or strange? When my iPhone feels like it’s a step slow, a poor network connection is usually to blame. And in instances where a weak signal isn’t the culprit, I usually power down my iPhone, give it a minute to catch its …

For most people I suppose it’s a mix — there’s no single location — but I do 80 to 90 percent of my listening at home, with stereo speakers or headphones. Most of the time when I’m at my computer, I’m writing or doing research for writing and don’t have music on; it would be too distracting. Location, location, location …

The Pebble Time is a resilient little smartwatch. It’s got good battery life, water resistance, and can track steps and sleep automatically with Pebble Health. But it’s not so good at deeper fitness tracking. Tylt, the manufacturer of wireless charging stands and other mobile accessories, has just launched an ambitious Kickstarter campaign to change that. Called Tylt Vü Pulse, it’s …

Samsung could join its archrival Apple in offering consumers a way to upgrade to a new phone every year. The South Korean mobile phone maker plans to launch a smartphone upgrade program, the Electronic Times said on Wednesday, citing anonymous sources. The program would allow consumers to pay a monthly installment fee to lease a phone and then exchange it …

Facebook and Apple’s offices are separated by just 15 miles of highway, a 22-minute drive. But they might as well be worlds apart. Where Apple on Tuesday told investors that iPhone sales growth has stalled, Facebook Wednesday reported booming business selling the ads that run on those phones and other mobile devices. In fact, David Wehner, Facebook’s CFO, said the …

If your Twitter timeline is too overwhelming, then I have three apps that can help you slice and dice your feed into something more digestible. First up, Little Voices. I wrote about the Little Voices app last week, which filters out replies, links and images from your feed, leaving you with a timeline of only plain-text tweets. The app is …

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Apple may create a version of the iPhone 7 Plus with two rear-facing camera lenses to offer and combine wide-angle and telephoto shots, according to an analyst. The dual-camera scenario comes from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Both lenses would offer 12 megapixels of resolution, Kuo said Wednesday in an investors note seen by AppleInsider. One lens would be a …

The same technology that scans through your clothes at the airport can bring you Internet service. A new company hopes to shake up the way you get Internet at home with Starry. Watch Update below for a quick overview on how it’ll work, and what makes the Starry Station Wi-Fi hub so interesting. Any Internet service should work with the …

Adobe Systems updated its Lightroom software on Wednesday so people stitching multiple photos into one panorama can preserve more of the scene. Panoramic stitching is a popular way to turn a lot of smaller shots into a sweeping vista, handy for landscape photographers and others who want to offer an immersive view of a scene. But even with carefully photographed …

Chrome for Android offers the touch to search feature, which lets you perform search queries without heading to Google’s homepage. This works by pressing and holding on a word or phrase until an overlay pops up at the bottom of the screen, which you can then tap on to complete a search and display results. If this feature sounds useful, …