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Herald on Sunday editorial: Car phone fools are a danger to everyone
None of us needs convincing that to answer a phone while driving is highly dangerous.
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Is a three-sided smartphone coming?
Samsung Electronics is reportedly planning to release two new versions of its top-tier Galaxy smartphone next month, including a model with a display covering three sides.
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Welcome to the internet of everything
Parallel to the exponential growth in technology is the growth of the internet of everything, or put simply, the connectivity of all devices to the internet.
![Heather du Plessis-Allan: The case for spying on your mates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Heather du Plessis-Allan: The case for spying on your mates
The age of information-sharing is brilliant, as long as you have no secrets, writes Heather du Plessis-Allan.
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Would you want a stranger waking you up each day?
A new app aims to replace your conventional alarm clock with a friendly phone call that could come from anywhere in the world. Sarah Rainey puts it to the test.
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640 stung in police blitz
More than 640 drivers were stung with fines during a 24-hour, 84-checkpoint police road safety blitz in central Auckland yesterday.
![Juha Saarinen: Roaming overseas](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Juha Saarinen: Roaming overseas
As I wrote last year, it’s been great to have a simple way to travel overseas and use your voice and data plan there for an added $5 a day on Vodafone in many countries.
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Cops fear drivers missing the message
Police are concerned drivers are getting complacent about using mobile phones after the number caught using them has doubled since 2010.
![How cellphones ruin your kids' sleep](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How cellphones ruin your kids' sleep
Gave your kids smartphones for the holidays? You might want to reconsider their bedtime.
![Apps to watch in 2015](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Apps to watch in 2015
From ride-hailing to photo sharing, here are a few up-and-coming apps and startups to watch in 2015. Which will be the breakout hit of the new year?
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Do smartphones alter brains?
Have smartphones become so integral to modern life that they've altered the shape and function of the human brain?
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Telcos bury hatchet for cable
Vodafone and Spark chiefs Russell Stanners and Simon Moutter have put aside competition to partner up and build the transtasman telecommunications cable along with Telstra.
![Business never sleeps](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Business never sleeps
If you're lying on the beach this summer and spot the person on the towel next to you staring intently at their smartphone, they may be running an international business, not just Facebooking.
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Mobile phone pricing competitive: report
New Zealand's mobile phone sector is performing well on an international basis, with competitive pricing and good mobile coverage, according to a report by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.
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Apps use taking over from calls, texts
Mobile phone users are increasingly turning to messaging apps and shunning traditional calling and texting.
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App inspires people to make fitness their mission
The New Zealand Defence Force has released a free "Force Fit" mobile app, which delivers training expertise it has amassed over many years.
![Flipping 'ell! These are back in fashion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Flipping 'ell! These are back in fashion
Just as vinyl sales are booming in the age of Spotify, so the iPhone 6 must now compete with the flip-phone, its unlikely rival for the title of 2014's coolest handset.
![How to be safe on Instagram](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How to be safe on Instagram
The rise of mobile devices means keeping children safe online has become more difficult, experts say.
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Biometrics: the future of payments
Finger print identification, a standard feature on new iPhones will soon be common place, a visiting biometrics expert says.
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Contactless card payments soar
People are becoming more comfortable with the new way of paying for small items, with a trebling in the use of contactless card transactions over the past year.
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Jill Goldson: Is Tinder safe?
Tinder: tacky, or just a super-efficient way to meet a match in this new age of need-it-now-ness? wonders relationship expert Jill Goldson.
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A day buying things with Apple Pay
Apple has promised that its Pay service can revolutionise the way we shop, replacing a credit card swipe with a tap of the phone.