Choosing the right size data plan will let you use your phone to its fullest, without overpaying for a plan you don’t use or expensive overages. Here’s how to size up your usage.

Turn on data compression in your Chrome browser Most Android smartphones come with a data usage section that also allows you to specify a limit to the amount of mobile data your smartphone can use.

Consumer Reports picks the best unlimited smartphone data plans for heavy data users, and points out plans' limitations. You can get an unlimited plan for as little as $60 per month—if you're ...

The debate between the FBI and Apple over a killer's iPhone raises the question: What personal data is on your phone, and nowhere else? Consumer Reports explains.

Cell phones have become prolific data engines. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Ed Yourdon Cell phones are so many things now–computer, map, clock, calculator, camera, shopping device, concierge ...

William Fry’s David Cullen explains the ramifications of the recent EU court ruling on how mobile phone metadata is retained.

A range of popular Android mobile phones engage in significant data collection and sharing with third parties such as Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Facebook with no opt-out available to users ...

Crowdsourced data probably won’t entirely replace dedicated sensors for monitoring bridges, Matarazzo agrees. But cell phones are unbeatable in a few ways, he says.

Mobile phone data was used prominently by the prosecution in Dwyer’s trial for the murder of childcare worker Elaine O’Hara in 2015. Photograph: Cyril Byrne ...