Japan considers new 060 mobile number prefix as 070 runs low
Japan is running out of mobile phone numbers and may soon roll out a new prefix for the first time in more than a decade. Numbers starting with 060 could …
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This iPhone ‘Supercycle’ May Not Be So Super
Some of these features won’t be available until next year, but Apple’s push to add artificial intelligence to the iPhone is still likely to drive a boom in sales, optimistic …
How Laptop and Mobile Use is Affecting Your Bone Health? 5 Things to Know
Home Health How Laptop and Mobile Use is Affecting Your Bone Health? 5 Things to Know The rise in smartphone and laptop usage is leading to a growing number of …
Japan enacts revised My Number law enabling info on smartphones
Japan’s parliament on Friday enacted a law that enables personal information on My Number social security and taxation identification cards to be stored in smartphones. The revised My Number law, …
With Gemini on Android, Google Points to Mobile Computing’s Future—and Past
Nearly a decade ago, Google showed off a feature called Now on Tap in Android Marshmallow—tap and hold the home button and Google will surface helpful contextual information related to …
Rakuten logs 15th quarter of losses on mobile woes despite record financial unit profit
Rakuten on Tuesday logged its fifteenth consecutive quarter in the red as losses at its mobile service network unit outweighed a record performance from its financial unit. The internet conglomerate …
Japan enacts revised NTT law
Japan’s parliament enacted a bill on Wednesday to ease restrictions on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), partly to help the group become more competitive on the global stage. The bill …
Color Gamut in Smartphones: What You Should Know
Nothing to see here. You take photos on a smartphone to share them on social media, and that’s it. Only a tiny minority of phone users would ever ponder the …
Shares in DeNA soar on announcement of new Pokemon trading card game
Shares in DeNA have jumped by their daily limit after The Pokemon Co. announced a new mobile game featuring the beloved pocket monsters, attesting to the franchise’s strength. Tokyo-based DeNA …
Rakuten logs second-largest annual net loss
Rakuten Group on Wednesday reported a group net loss of ¥339.4 billion for the year through December, its second-largest annual loss ever, as its mobile phone operations continued to struggle. …