Google is testing a new Contacts Picker in Android 17 that stops apps from automatically pulling your entire address book.

A neat idea to back up your contacts from both your SIM card and cell phone memory in one fell swoop, the Back-Up Pal keeps safe all your contact info, whilst ignoring ringtones and SMS messages ...

Since many smartphones require you to use a touch screen to perform most functions, you might not be able to do much with the phone when the screen goes blank and stops working. It's even more of a ...

Wondering how to transfer contacts from one Android device to another? You're in luck, because the software developers at Google have made it incredibly easy to sync and transfer contacts between ...

I don’t know about you, but I am so tired of typing contact numbers into phones. Be it cell phone or landline, I’ve spent way too much time on such a mundane task. So, as if reading my mind, Panasonic ...

After years of neglect, Apple has finally begun to take the Contacts app seriously on iPhone. It’s strange to think that an app built around phone numbers would be so neglected by Apple's first phone.

A handful of Samsung smartphone owners say that their phones have sent their stored photos to their contacts completely on their own. The problem appears to stem from Samsung Messages, as first ...

Google and Apple just released software to let developers create contact-tracing apps and fight COVID-19. What does this do? We can explain. I'm that 5G guy. I've actually been here for every "G." ...

Make your business site's contact information a little easier to get to for your mobile users with Schmap's mobile optimization tool. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. You may not know this, but many phones let you add information about yourself that's accessible even when the phone is locked — ...