Goodbye Windows Phone. It’s almost too painful to watch you go. Last year Microsoft admitted that it was no longer releasing new hardware and features for its Windows Phone OS. With that death sentence, Microsoft has been slowly leading Windows Phone to its demise. On Monday, Microsoft announced that it’ll stop accepting new app submissions for …
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This audio show is just the first part of a marathon podcast we put together to celebrate our 359th episode. Instead of our typical 3 minutes and 59 seconds of tech headlines, we went live for 3 hours and 59 minutes. Plus, we partnered with the tech education nonprofit Mouse for the show. Watch the super-long podcast here. On this podcast, …
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Trading in or selling your old mobile device? Wipe it the right way to reduce the risk of personal data falling into the wrong hands. Remember that no method apart from physically destroying the device and its storage is 100 percent foolproof — data may still be recoverable with the right tools. These tips are for the three main mobile …
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RIP Windows Phone 8.1. Microsoft said Tuesday that it was ending support for Windows Phone 8.1, one of the more notable updates to its troubled mobile operating system. The writing has been on the wall for a while for Windows Phone, which hasn’t gotten a meaningful update or any new products in two years. While Microsoft continues to support the …
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Across New York City, more cops are staring at their phones. On a single day last week, 5,500 NYPD officers logged in and clicked on 39,000 notifications. They’re not distracted from work, though. Those notifications were 911 calls. Enlarge Image Inspector Anthony Tasso, the commanding officer of the NYPD’s Strategic Technology division, logs into his phone using his police ID. …
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