Smartphone Security Is Heading for ‘Apocalypse’
The meteoric rise in the smartphone market is creating a dangerous vulnerability in smartphone security – one that may not be patched until the problem expands into what has been dubbed an “apocalypse.” Dan Auerbach, a staff technologist at the Electronics Frontier Foundation, points to outdated encryption standards and the…
Google To Sell Android Phones Directly
Oct 20: Becoming a Security Detective – Gathering and Analyzing Security Intelligence in the Enterprise In this all-day virtual event, experts will offer detailed insight in how to collect security intelligence in the enterprise, and how to analyze and study it in order to efficiently identify new threats as well as…
LG upgrades flagship smartphone to revive fortunes
SEOUL, South KoreaSouth Korean handset maker LG Electronics Inc. has upgraded its flagship smartphone model with a faster chip and a longer battery life, hoping to regain ground lost to more nimble rivals. LG ELECTRONICS, AFP/Getty Images Models display the Optimus LTE II at an unveiling ceremony in Seoul.
Samsung Dominates Global Android Smartphone Sales
Approximately 40 percent of the Android-based smartphones sold during the first quarter were produced by Samsung, according to new stats from Gartner. No other vendor nabbed more than 10 percent of the global market. Overall, some 81 million Android-based smartphones were sold during the quarter for 56.1 percent of the market, up Symbian held…
Google shifting its Android strategy, seeks to fix fragmentation
A Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images / April 27, 2012) By Salvador Rodriguez May 16, 2012, 4:04 p.m. Google is changing the way it approaches the production of new Android smartphones, seeking to end fragmentation among phones running the many different versions of its OS. For its upcoming line of Nexus smartphones…
VRE to Discuss WiFi, Cameras at Burke Centre, Platform Extension at Lorton
The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Operations Board meets Friday to discuss several issues of specific interest to Burke area riders. WiFi VRE has considered adding WiFi to trains for some time, but dropped the plan in January due to cost and reliability of providing uninterrupted service. The board will begin…
Robot Puts Mind Over Matter
Two patients, completely paralyzed by stroke, were able to use a thought-controlled robotic arm to reach and grasp three-dimensional objects. Gautam Naik has details on The News Hub. Photo: braingate2.org Two paralyzed patients used their thoughts to direct a robotic arm to grasp objects, a striking advance in the…
Android 5.0 Will Launch this Fall with Five Nexus Devices: Report
When Android 5.0 “Jelly Bean” launches this fall, it will appear first on several new mobile devices sold by Google itself as part of the “Nexus” line. That’s according to a Tuesday story in the Wall Street Journal, which reports that Google is shifting its Android strategy so that it will…
Payment via BlackBerry coming within months
TYLER ANDERSON / POSTMEDIA NEWSA smartphone-enabled payment device is displayed at an announcement Tuesday. TORONTO — Within months, Canadian shoppers could have the option of paying for purchases with cash, credit or by BlackBerry. Whether they’ll do so is another matter. CIBC (TSX:CM) and Rogers Communications (TSX:RCI.B) announced a partnership Tuesday…
More details emerge about Ikea’s Uppleva HDTV
Summary: The Swedish furniture company is planning a TV built into a home entertainment system that includes a wireless subwoofer and support for online apps from YouTube and others. A few weeks ago, Ikea surprised the world by announcing it was going to sell a TV embedded into a furniture…
