Flashlight apps are a dying breed. Google began adding them to Android as early as Lollipop, and OEMs have included them on their OEM skins for far longer. The need for this dwindles as the market ...

If the flashlight won't work on your iPhone, you can usually troubleshoot the issue in a matter of minutes and get your trusty light shining again. A nearly exhausted battery can prevent an iPhone's ...

Flashlight apps are a testament to the power and simplicity of modern technology. Power outage because of a hurricane? There’s an app for that. Need to stealthily kill a mosquito without waking up ...

No one should be downloading a flashlight app in the Year of Our Lord 2019 -- that's why both Google and Apple have integrated the ability into their devices as part of the base operating system.

It turns out your smartphone flashlight app could be doing more than lighting up your surroundings. Security experts say some of the most popular flashlight apps for Android phones could be stealing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover cybersecurity and entrepreneurship. This article is more than 10 years old. A popular Android flashlight app has been ...

The flashlight function built in to every iPhone is a handy tool with lots of configuration options, including two hands-free ...

On 1 October 2014, cybersecurity company SnoopWall released a "threat assessment report" discussing flashlight apps for Android devices and security threats they may pose. Although the report was ...

It’s day 30 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and we now know the first of our two final players. With more than 71 percent of the vote, the people have ...

Handy Light, a new flashlight app by developer Nick Lee, brings unofficial SOCKS Proxy tethering to the iPhone hidden behind what appears to be a simple flashlight app that uses the screen for ...

The makers of a popular Android flashlight application have settled with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations that they covertly tracked the locations of the “Brightest Flashlight Free” users ...

It’s Day 22 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and we’re inching closer to the elite eight! Swiftkey was eliminated by Duolingo in yesterday’s ...