January 2015 cell phone news

News Feds Aim to End DUIs with This New App

Maryland's federally funded ENDUI app estimates blood alcohol from your weight, drinks and time, then offers to call you a cab if you are over.

Phones Smartphones Are the 4th Most Important Tool for Online Workers

Pew found only 24% of working adults call their phone very important to the job, behind email at 61%, the internet at 54% and even the landline at 35%.

News How Secure is Apple Pay?

Three months into Apple Pay, security questions centered on fingerprint spoofing and card-provisioning fraud rather than the payment system itself.

News WhiteAlbum App Brings Back Nostalgic Feel of Disposable Cameras

WhiteAlbum hid your phone photos until the next day, recreating the wait that came with a roll of disposable-camera film.

News 80% of Adult Internet Users Now Own a Smartphone

GlobalWebIndex surveyed 42,000 adults in 32 markets: 80% of internet users own a smartphone and use it 1.85 hours a day, up 40 minutes since 2012.

News Smartphone Driver’s Licenses Could Soon Become a Reality

Iowa planned free digital driver's licenses in a PIN-protected app, one of the first states to try replacing the plastic card with a phone.