Pokémon Go may be taking the world by storm, but that doesn't mean it's resting on its laurels.

COMMENT: The rise of sports gambling means more money for sporting bodies -- and more scope for match-fixing.

Spark has reported a 10 per cent surge in mobile data use in the past two weeks - all thanks to smartphone game.

The mastermind behind the most popular illegal file-sharing site in the world, KickassTorrents, has distributed billion of dollars of pirated movies and music.

Behind the Great Firewall, Chinese apps have been flourishing.

COMMENT: Apple is releasing a new version of its mobile operating system this fall and I would not recommend that most people download this beta.

Pokemon Go has raised security concerns after the app accessed users' personal information.

Why we can't have nice things: while the gaming industry rushes to compete with Pokemon Go, will quality take a back seat?

Pokémon GO might be the biggest internet craze we've seen in a long time - but when it comes to data usage it's just another drop in the online ocean.

It's the next big thing after drone- and laser-based Internet, says Mark Zuckerberg.

Rumours of no audio port on the iPhone 7 have Karl Puschmann worried.

Businesses around Wellington experienced a loss of phone services today.

Infringement lawsuit will be dropped if the company recompenses with US$10 billion - plus 1.5 per cent of worldwide sales of the iPhone, iPad and iPod

Mel Wells took to Instagram this week to slam Samsung after discovering that her mobile phone's camera automatically airbrushes her.

Like every iteration of a new Apple product, the tech community has been rife with conjecture and speculation

COMMENT: Rumour has it that Apple's going to seriously shake up the way it updates the iPhone - and you probably won't like it that much.

What's the first thing you would do if you lost your smartphone?

Francis Cook talks with Samsung Head of Product (Mobile) Todd Selwyn about growth in this new technology frontier.

Kiwi scientists have unveiled wearable technology that can be powered by your own body motion - and it may be possible to self-charge your smartphone.

Ahead of Privacy Week, science reporter Jamie Morton finds many Kiwis now accept their personal data doesn't just belong to them.

We seldom stop to think about the personal information we are constantly transmitting to the world from the phone in our pocket.

Flirty text messages cannot beat old-fashioned romance when it comes to a strong relationship, a study suggests.

Late-model mobile phones are a hot demand item for thieves on the prowl in Auckland's central city, police say.

Many of us are guilty of it: texting or using Facebook while crossing the road, but should we slap those that do with a fine or possible jail time?

I decided to try a little experiment to see what would happen if I asked my cell phone provider if it would tell me if any government agencies had request access to my phone records, writes Felix Marwick.

Pushpay holdings sold Run The Red to Modica Group $4.5m, making Modica the biggest NZ owned messaging service.

COMMENT: Study of more than 3 million mobile records tracks how interaction across the generations and genders changes through life.

The US government dropped their demand to Apple to unlock a terrorist's phone, but now they want a different phone.

Even ignoring terrible PIN combinations such as "1234", or "7777", four-digit PIN codes are still incredibly weak, since there are only 10,000 unique possible PINs, writes Clinton Carpene.