Infoworld - Demonstrating increased independence, individual business units -- and not IT -- have been taking the lead in paying for mobile application projects, a new report reveals. Meanwhile, the march toward BYOD (bring your own device) ...
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Kaspersky Lab has outlined key security trends of 2012 and presented their views on the core threats of 2013. The most notable predictions for the next year include the continued rise of targeted attacks, cyber-espionage and nation-state ...
Tags: malware, Kaspersky, cyber espionage, cyber
Twitter is getting a new look and it's looking a lot like Facebook. Twitter CEO Dick Costolo on Tuesday showed the site's redesign on the Today Show and talked about putting a new focus on user photos and profiles. Users will be able to ...
High-risk and dangerous applications targeting users of Google’s Android platform increased from nearly 30,000 in June to almost 175,000 in September, according to Trend Micro’s security roundup report for the third quarter of ...
Tags: Android, cyber security, devices, malware, Trend Micro
Google responded to allegations it stopped the launch of a new Acer smartphone in China, by stating that the handset's Chinese-developed mobile OS was "apparently derived" from Android, but still not fully compatible with the Android ...
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BitDefender Labs has discovered Android malware that regularly broadcasts the location of the infected mobile device to a remote server. What the malware creators intend to do with the privacy-invading information is not clear. The app ...
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Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will meet with Samsung’s mobile executives — and likely discuss the latest patent clash with Apple — while in South Korea for the launch of the Nexus 7 Android tablet. At a press ...
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The moment FPS players have been waiting for: Cross-platform shooter Critical Missions: SWAT now available on the App Store Today, Critical Force Entertainment is pleased to announce Critical Missions: SWAT for iPod touch, iPhone and iPad ...
Google's new app scanner in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean moves the platform closer to Apple's model of vetting software before it is made available to mobile device users, a security expert says. Google isn't expected to copy Apple's model of ...
Tags: Android, app, Apple, application, Gartner, Google, Jelly Bean 4.2, smartphone
Taiwanese smartphone company HTC has posted a third quarter profit drop of 79 per cent,as the gap between the company and market leaders Samsung and Apple grows ever wider. HTC has reported a net profit of NT$3.9bn(£83m)from July to ...
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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has taken a swipe at rival Apple, claiming that its lead over Apple in the mobile operating system market compares with flocks of consumers opting for Microsoft's desktop software in the 1990s. Google's ...
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Oracle and Google both said they will appeal findings from the Java API infringement case which found Google not guilty of embedding unlicensed lines of code in its Android platform. Oracle filed the request on Thursday that it would ...
Computerworld-Apple's App Store generates four times the revenue of Google Play,but Google's sales of apps are growing fast in South Korea,Japan and India,according to a new monthly index released Thursday by analytics firm App Annie. The ...
Tags: Google, Asian countries, smartphones and tablets, App Store
Anyone who finds it hard to believe that the average U.S. mobile subscriber sent 696 text messages per month in the second quarter of this year may be relieved to know that this figure fell to 678 per month in the third quarter. It was ...
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Google's Android mobile operating system(OS)is under siege by attackers,with malware and information stealing adware targeting the platform up 483%in the last quarter. While Apple's relatively rigorous approach to vetting apps before ...
Tags: Google Android OS, Attackers, open platform, Android apps