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EU Commission Updates Energy Labeling Requirements for Smartphones/Tablets

The Commission of the European Union (EU) has supplemented its energy labeling requirements to include smartphones and tablets. Published in the Official Journal of the European Union, the stated goal of Com... Read More...

India DoT Exempts Smartphones from Mandatory Testing

India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has withdrawn its requirement for mandatory testing and certification of smartphones and certain other consumer electronic products. According to recent reports in the Hin... Read More...

Smartphones with the Highest Levels of Electromagnetic Radiation

Recent research posted to a popular financial industry website shows that certain smartphone models may pose a higher potential safety risk due to the levels of electromagnetic radiation they produce. Data f... Read More...

Independent RF Testing of Smart Phones Reveals Potential Noncompliance with FCC Requirements

Independent testing of several popular smart phone models shows varying results regarding their compliance with the radio frequency (RF) requirements of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), includi... Read More...

Thieves Return Stolen Smartphone Because It Wasn’t Smart Enough

In another incident befitting the “Florida Man” meme, two Florida men were arrested in April after they returned a woman’s smartphone that they had previously stolen from her because it apparently wasn’t “smart... Read More...

Improving the Smartphone Through On-Chip Molecular Clocks

Scientists from MIT may have uncovered the key to improving smart phone navigation: a molecular clock on a chip.

FM Backscatter to Enable Connect Cities with Smart Objects

Backscatter radio waves unlock the key to a whole new type of smart technology.

Electronic Cooling with Graphene

New technology attempts to keep your cell phone from overheating no matter how small the devices.

Samsung Galaxy Note7 Smartphones Recall Update

The Samsung Galaxy Note7 recall continues to grow, now with 92 reports of the batteries overheating in the U.S., including 26 reports of burns and 55 reports of property damage, including fires in cars and a ga... Read More...

App Turns Smartphone into High-Energy Particle Detector

A physicist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison developed an app that allows a smartphone to capture light particles, called muons, when cosmic rays crash into the Earth’s atmosphere. The app uses the ... Read More...

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