Can't remember your password? No problem, banks say
Banks were the first to teach us that we couldn't live without passwords. Now they're showing us that we can.
Security
Jul 22, 2016
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News tagged with mobile data
Samsung to acquire US cloud service firm to boost software
Samsung Electronics has agreed to buy a U.S. cloud service startup to boost its software and internet services.
Business
Jun 16, 2016
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Walking and talking behaviors may help predict epidemics and trends
Mobile phone data may reveal an underlying mathematical connection between how we move and how we communicate that could make it easier to predict how diseases—and even ideas—spread through a population, according to ...
General Physics
Jun 6, 2016
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Using cellphone data to study the spread of cholera
While cholera has hardly changed over the past centuries, the tools used to study it have not ceased to evolve. Using mobile phone records of 150,000 users, an EPFL-led study has shown to what extent human mobility patterns ...
Computer Sciences
May 23, 2016
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Moving mobile communication onto the cloud
The EU MOBILE CLOUD NETWORKING project, which was officially completed at the end of April 2016, has effectively integrated domains, cloud computing services and mobile networks in order to provide the canvas upon which Europe's ...
Telecom
May 13, 2016
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Schumer: Probe billboards using phone data to track shoppers
An outdoor advertising company that owns thousands of billboards across the country, including in Times Square, and around the world, is using mobile phone data to learn about people who are passing their displays in order ...
Other
May 1, 2016
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Peak friendship—data reveals when you'll be most popular
Making friends can seem easy when you're young. You encounter more new people and have more free time when you're first venturing out into the world than when you're more likely to be settled down with a steady job, a long-term ...
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2016
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Cruz campaign updates smartphone app to fix security flaws
The campaign of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz updated its mobile app after an independent review found security flaws that could have allowed hackers to access personal data from users.
Software
Mar 11, 2016
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All eyes on Zuckerberg at Barcelona fair as security debate rages
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes to the stage Monday at the world's biggest mobile fair in Barcelona just as US tech giants clash with authorities in the latest debate pitting privacy against security.
Internet
Feb 22, 2016
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Mobile phone data helps ongoing quake relief effort in Nepal
Researchers from the University of Southampton are using mobile phone data to monitor the movement of people affected by the earthquake in Nepal and help with the continuing relief effort in the country.
Earth Sciences
Nov 10, 2015
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