Police don't need a warrant to obtain mobile phone location data for a criminal investigation, a US appeals court ruled Tuesday in a case closely watched for digital-era privacy implications.
Security
May 31, 2016
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What do irritable, squished riders on a crowded subway train do? According to a forthcoming study in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science, they often immerse themselves in their mobile phones to escape the crowd, and that ...
Economics & Business
Feb 18, 2016
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Facebook on Monday followed in Google's footsteps and began warning users when it appears they are targeted by state-sponsored cyber attacks.
Internet
Oct 19, 2015
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More than 80 percent of the 120 million Africans using Facebook access the site through their mobile phones, the social media group said Thursday.
Internet
Sep 10, 2015
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Google is retiring its Photo Sphere Camera app on iOS and the Street View feature from the Google Maps app on Android in favor of a new app for both operating systems: the Street View app.
Software
Sep 4, 2015
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Malicious software targeting smartphones with the Android operating system is becoming more common, with some handsets already infected when they're bought.
Security
Sep 2, 2015
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Climbers who reach the summit of Mount Fuji will now be able to share their achievement via free Wi-Fi.
Telecom
Jul 10, 2015
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A lot of users are using outdated mobile devices that fail to reach adequate speeds on mobile networks. This is shown by measurements shared by the users of Netradar, a free mobile application that measures mobile connections ...
Telecom
Jun 2, 2015
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Microsoft's Cortana virtual assistant will be released later this year for users of Google and Apple smartphones.
Software
May 28, 2015
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Microsoft said Thursday its Bing search engine would be reconfigured to give more prominence to "mobile-friendly" websites, an acknowledgment of the growing importance of smartphones and other mobile devices.
Internet
May 14, 2015
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