Consumer Reports News

Facebook is keeping tabs on users beyond what they may expect, Consumer Reports discovered, highlighting how people like insurers and burglars can exploit the activity feed.

The new iPad received the highest ranking from Consumer Reports, even after acknowledging its overheating issue, highlighting Apple's dominant position in the tablet market.

Apple's new iPad sold well despite a few glitches while Google dealt with privacy lawsuits and fickle app developers. Meanwhile, Twitter turned six years-old and social networking got less private.

Smartphone users are angry as carriers do away with unlimited data plans, but a new study shows many customers don't need to spend as much as they do on data.

AT&T ranked dead last in customer satisfaction for the second year in a row, according to Consumer Reports, signaling the company may have work to do if it wants to stay successful.

Consumer Reports Tuesday said it officially recommends the iPhone 4S, finally granting Apple's newest device its highly coveted approval.

Google entered the social networking space dominated by Facebook, while several groups fought AT&T's proposed merger with T-Mobile.

T-Mobile's G2x has the best camera for a smartphone, according to Consumer Reports, but convenience rather than quality remains the top advantage of mobile devices.

Some of the biggest U.S companies found themselves at odds with U.S. regulators this week, AT&T and Verizon squared off against each other, and a massive leak of personal information raised questions about how companies handle user data.

Consumer Reports gave the iPad 2 its top rank, over tablets from Motorola, Dell and Samsung, suggesting Apple's dominance in the sector it pioneered is far from over.

Verizon's iPhone is beset by the same reception problems suffered by AT&T's model last year, according to the highly-influential watchdog Consumer Reports, who also left the device out of its list of recommended smartphones.

AT&T responded to a recent negative review of its network in Consumer Reports, insisting that there was a gap between perception of its service and its reality.

AT&T has been ranked as the nation's worst cellular service provider, in a report released recently by watchdog publication Consumer Reports, giving a major blow to the carrier as it tries to rehabilitate its reputation.

Consumer Reports today said it still won't recommend Apple's iPhone 4, in the wake of a free case giveaway to solve problems with the device's wraparound antenna, which causes it to drop calls when held a certain way.

Consumer Reports today said it has found a hardware defect in the antenna design of the iPhone 4, which causes the device to lose reception when held a certain way, challenging Apple's claims that the issue is rooted in the software and can be easily fixed.