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Why it's not just teenagers who are suffering from 'PhoMo'

Fear of missing out has left adults and teens glued to their phones, checking social media in the small hours, says Flic Everett.

Tablets become the modern bedtime story

Rising numbers of pre-school children are being allowed to play with tablet computers and watch TV in bed, research shows.

Has tech ended 'seeing eye-to-eye'?

Snakk plans $2m capital raising and NXT move

Mobile advertisement developer Snakk Media plans to tap investors for $2 million and shift over to the fledgling NXT market from the NZAX.

Security firm takes NZ Police app global

Intergraph is entering a commercial partnership with the NZ Police to develop and find global markets for a police-developed software application.

21,491 users download Kiwi's app

James Brown, an Auckland dad, built a free game to download called wOmp.

Preparing for the end of the iPhone

Apple knows it can't rely on the annual iPhone hype-release cycle forever, so where will future growth come from? The answer might be challenging Spotify and Netflix.

Why do you always check your phone?

Many of us think it's okay to blunder down the footpath with our eyes trained on our phones.

Uber hits big time in London

Uber's dramatic growth in London has seen the number of private hire vehicles on the capital's roads surge by 26 per cent over the past two years.

Texting and walking? You look drunk

People who send text messages on the move are just like drunks, researchers have claimed.

Ring ring: it's your brolly calling

Conservative estimates are that the average man will lose 12,547 umbrellas during his lifetime.

Juha Saarinen: Hacker, you can drive my car

Review: Huawei P8 smartphone

It's championed as having the best smartphone camera technology on the market - Dana Johannsen puts Huawei's new P8 through its paces on a trip to London.

Sim cards to be a thing of the past

Physical plastic sim cards could soon be a thing of the past in a move being discussed by industry heavyweights.

Warning over app that films sex consent

The app is designed to make sure there's no trouble between partners the morning after the night before, as they film themselves giving consent.

Emojis jack up phone bill

A glitch means some phones are automatically turning text messages that contain emoticons, or emojis, into a pricier multimedia text message.

Feeling glum? Phones can tell

Scientists are starting to mine cellphone data in the hope that it will help them pinpoint signs of a disease long before it can be diagnosed by a blood sample or MRI.

How app saved trapped woman

The family of a Northland driver trapped in a car 100m down a ravine believe she might not have been found if a smartphone app had not traced her location.