There is no need to spend more than $1000 for a premium smartphone, with one manufacturer offering high-end specs for just a fraction of the cost.

Samsung has officially ended the investigation into its exploding phones, but which company benefited from the global recall? It wasn't Apple.

Carrying a wallet full of credit and debit cards may soon be a thing of the past as more consumers sign up to pay-by-phone technology.

The son of a Hamilton woman, who was texting and driving before she was killed in a crash, is pleading with drivers to put their mobile phones away.

More Kiwis are being fined for mobile phone offences than for drink driving, according to the latest data from NZ Police.

It may still be months away, but speculations about Apple's iPhone 8 are sweeping the internet.

The ride-hailing giant Uber is extending an olive branch to cities - in the form of data that drivers have coveted for years.

Ten years ago, Steve Jobs held up a pocket-sized slab of glass and metal and declared: "Apple is reinventing the phone".

After a study finding kids understanding very little about Instagram's terms a lawyer rewrites them in "plain English" with outstanding results.

Someone has modified an Apple iPhone with some clever technology. The question is if it is worth the hefty price tag.

Brenda Wheatley knows the heartache caused by a driver's decision to use a cell phone while behind the wheel.

Kiwi anglers will be able to log their catch this summer - and contribute to data around our fish stocks - thanks to a free app.

Nokia said Apple agreed to license patented inventions in 2011 but has refused to extend those agreements that are now expiring.

If you don't check your mobile when behind the wheel, you're part of a shrinking group, but a driving mode could help us stay safe.

Facebook risks a multimillion-euro fine for allegedly misleading EU merger watchdogs when it won approval to buy the WhatsApp messaging service.

Technology is fickle beast and the pressure to release constantly innovative products in within restrictive time frames can sometimes backfire

At a time when online use will undoubtedly rise, parents are worried about the content their kids can access.

Innovation doesn't always go to plan, here are some of the biggest blunders the tech world gave us in 2016.

A virtual health system set up by Waikato District Health Board will compete with another one designed by GPs and patients.

An Australian teen watched in horror as Bali security delivered brutal street justice to the boy who allegedly tried to steal her mobile.

Irate customer told she had to buy more items to get her iPhone for the advertised price.

Android users are more honest than iPhone users, researchers have found, in a study revealing what our choice of smartphones say about us.

Pushpay Holdings, the mobile payments app developer, says it will acquire a church app business from Bluebridge Digital for US$3.1 million.

Is your iPhone 6S randomly shutting down? Apple may owe you a new battery.

The short life of smartphone batteries can be frustrating but new super charging technology promises to have the answer.

A setting on Apple smartphones has users alarmed their personal mobile data is being used when they're supposed to be connected to a Wi-Fi network.

A sample swab from the surface of a phone can accurately predict a person's lifestyle choices, a study suggests.

COMMENT: Your cellphone is packed with pictures, apps and words of your choice but dirt on the outside could let slip your secrets.

Tinder is adding the option to chose and identify between 37 different genders.

A pregnant Western Sydney mother has suffered second degree burns from her iPhone 7. Melanie Tan Pelaez had her iPhone 7 plugged