Browsing is among the sneakiest ways your phone consumes mobile data. Google Chrome does a lot in the background by loading web pages before you tap them. However, you lose data if you never open any ...

1. Monitor your data usage: The first step to maximizing your mobile phone data usage is to monitor your data use. Most mobile phones provide built-in tools or apps that track data usage. By always ...

I have an AT&T iPhone 4 with the 200 MB/month data plan. Last month, I somehow managed to exceed my monthly cap by 7 MB, even though the myAT&T app showed that I had used 180 MB with 5 days left in my ...

Whether you own the latest iPhone or one of the Android smartphones, there's a good chance you use more than a few apps daily. From checking the weather to keeping yourself entertained with a game, ...

When it comes to smartphones, the common sentiment is that your Wi-Fi network will always take precedence over your mobile connection. In other words, those with data caps generally don’t have to ...

A Guernsey telecoms provider is launching a new data-free package to help parents control their children's access to the ...

NEW YORK — AT&T Inc. will stop letting new customers sign up for its unlimited Internet data plan for smart phones and iPads, hoping to ease congestion on its network by charging the people who use ...

Networks are struggling to keep up with smartphone data demand, <a href="http://www.actix.com/knowledge-centre/news/item/122-2013-s-smartphones-consumed-seven-times ...

Here are some best practices for safeguarding sensitive personal data. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is the lead consumer technology writer for The New York Times and author of Tech Fix, a weekly ...