Newsroom
As gatekeepers of the dominant app stores, Apple and Google decide which apps billions of people can download. Their decisions—often made behind closed doors—shape what people can access, use, and even imagine. They determine which apps are discoverable and which...
Continue reading
In the rush of the holiday season, our phones become more vital than ever—tickets, texts, navigation, photos, last minute gift shopping, and those emergency “Where’s the nearest coffee shop?” searches. UP Phone delivers privacy protections that go far beyond other...
Continue reading
A message from Joe Weil, CEO of Unplugged Dinner time in my house is never calm or quiet. With six kids ranging from 1 to 11, the moment the food hits the table and grace is said, you have a...
Continue reading
Most big tech devices quietly funnel user data into cloud ecosystems, UP Phone does something different: it gives you a choice. One of the most practical ways we do that is by offering a feature most smartphones abandoned years ago—a...
Continue reading
Our CEO, Joe Weil, sat down with Jan Jekielek on American Thought Leaders (EpochTV) to explain just how exposed we really are, and why he left Apple to build Unplugged. In the hour-long interview, the wide-ranging conversation covered the personal,...
Continue reading