‘Unhackable’ Android phone can be hacked
Tim Greene, Network World, 7/29/2010 Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010. Not only has suspect software cloaked in a wallpaper application gathered personal information from infected phones and sent it to a Web site in China, but researchers from Lookout Mobile Security [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: 4G, GPS, Linux, Malware, SMS, Sprint, Verizon
How HTML5 will change the Web
Peter Wayner, InfoWorld, 6/28/2010 Many folks who are just tuning into the HTML5 saga because of the battle between Adobe and Apple are surprised to learn that the push to create a fifth official version of the HTML specification began six years ago. And that’s just the first half of the story because the latest [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, GPS, HTML5, WiFi
McAfee offers online protection for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
Brian Osborne Geek.com, 6/28/2010 With the invention of Internet-capable devices, such as mobile phones and tablets, there is a need to provide the same level of web content filtering and online protection offered to PC users. Especially as many of these devices are used by children and teenagers. McAfee originally answered this need for PC [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: GPS, Malware
RIM launches new BlackBerrys, voice-over-Wi-Fi service
Ginny Mies, PC World, 4/27/2010 At RIM’s annual Wireless Enterprise Symposium, the company revealed two new BlackBerry smartphones, the BlackBerry Pearl 3G and the BlackBerry Bold 9650. The Bold 9650 is headed to Sprint on May 23 while the Pearl 3G will be available on multiple carriers in May. RIM also announced BlackBerry Mobile Voice [...]
In: Blackberry, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, GPS, HSPA, Sprint, WiFi
Multitasking comes to iPhone OS 4.0 — but not to the iPhone 3G
Nilay Patel, Engadget, 4/8/2010 You heard that right, people — iPhone OS 4 just brought multitasking to the platform! Apple says they’ve figured out how to implement third party multitasking without hurting performance or battery life, and they’re demoing it now — you just double click the home button and see a list of your [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: GPS, IM, Push, VoIP
FCC’s New Mobile Apps Could Shape Federal Policy
Alexander B. Howard, ReadWriteWeb, 3/17/2010 Last week, the Federal Communications Commission built upon its growing new media prowess with the launch of its own iPhone and Android applications. The FCC’s new apps allow users to test the speed of mobile broadband services and report deadzones where mobile broadband is not available. The FCC iPhone app [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Clearwire, FCC, GPS, WiFi
The Challenge for Network Operators in Mobile Web 2.0
Colin Gibbs, GigaOM, 3/16/2010 Presence-enabled communities will be the “primary market driver” behind mobile demand for Web 2.0 applications and services that will generate $18.9 billion in 2014, according to figures released this morning from Juniper Research. Carriers will have a chance to tap into that market if they can effectively evolve beyond their traditional [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, GPS, IM, Skype
Mozilla Launches Firefox Mobile Add-On Challenge
Nathan Willis, Linux.com, 3/16/2010 Mozilla has launched a contest to spur on development of add-ons for its recently-released Firefox for Mobile browser. Between now and April 12, developers are encouraged to create extensions or other add-ons tailored for the mobile browser. The top ten submissions (as judged by Mozilla’s Add-ons and Mobile teams) will each [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: API, Chrome, GPS, HTML5, Linux, Nokia, SMS, WinMo
Vodafone axes paid GPS following Nokia, Google apps
Electronista Staff, Electronista, 3/12/2010 Nokia Maps and Google Maps kill Wayfinder Vodafone today said it has shut down Wayfinder, the company providing its subscription GPS service. The move has cost 90 jobs and is characterized as a direct reaction to the availability of free Ovi Maps on Nokia phones and, to a lesser degree, Google [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: AT&T, GPS, Nokia, Vodafone
Here comes Linux’s iPad clones
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, ComputerWorld, 3/12/2010 You can pre-order an Apple iPad starting today, Mar. 12 — but do you really want to? I get why you’d want an iPad. I’d like one, too. But when I consider that there are soon going to be literally dozens of cheaper, Linux-powered iPad-like devices on the market, I [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPad · Tagged with: Flash, GPS, Linux, Nokia