IDG News Service - Five years after its inception, Android is more dominant than ever in the smartphone OS market, despite facing a number of challenges along the way. Android has endured legal battles, platform fragmentation, security ...
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One-quarter of more than 400,000 Android apps examined in the Google Play store pose security risks to mobile-device users,according to new research. SECURITY:Android malware market exploding,says Trend Micro Security vendor Bit9 ...
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One-quarter of more than 400,000 Android apps examined in the Google Play store pose security risks to mobile-device users,according to new research. SECURITY:Android malware market exploding,says Trend Micro Security vendor Bit9 ...
Tags: Google, android apps, android malware market, Bit9
Disconnecting Microsoft heritage Low cost iPhones Deploying MobileIron London Borough of Brent is planning to provide staff with up to 3,000 iPads and iPhones as it phases out Blackberry smartphones. London Borough of Brent will use ...
Tags: London Borough of Brent, iPads and iPhones, Blackberry smartphones
Some Web browsers can be tricked into using so-called malicious extensions that can give hackers the ability to hijack the user's session,spy on webcams,upload and download files,and in the newer mobile-device area,hack into Google Android ...
Tags: zombie browsers, malicious extensions, advanced persistent threat, Chrome
Using non-secured public Wi-Fi hotspots can leave you vulnerable to identity theft,data theft,snooping,impersonation and malware infection.That's why so many people rely on public virtual private network services,but VPNs are no ...
Tags: Computer, VPN, public Wi-Fi hotspot, security
CIO-The smell of the perfume,the drape of the fabric,the grain of the leather--these sensory experiences are about the only advantage that brick-and-mortar retailers have over online stores when trying to sell merchandise. Unfortunately ...
Tags: Omnichannel, Online Shopping, Offline Shopping, smartphone
Computerworld-Intel researchers are working on a 48-core processor for smartphones and tablets,but it could be five to 10 years before it hits the market. "If we're going to have this technology in five to 10 years,we could finally do ...
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IDG News Service-Modifying Apple's iPhone software to install applications not approved by Apple will still be legal under new exemptions to take effect on Sunday in the U.S.,but illegal for an iPad and other tablets. The seemingly ...
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First came the heavy adoption of Apple's mobile platform by consumers whose heavy use of the devices for business tasks forced the IT operations at their companies to support them. Android was the next mobile platform pushed onto IT and ...
Tags: Apple, mobile platform, IT operations, Android, Gartner, tech trends
IDG News Service - Almost half of IT managers in a survey last month said that they plan to standardize their company's mobile platform on devices running Microsoft operating systems, including smartphone OSes Windows Phone 7.5 and Windows ...
Tags: mobile platform, IT managers, investment
Security is still the primary barrier to adopting mobile business applications, a study has found. More than three-quarters of the 300 UK firms polled said they planned to adopt mobile business applications in the next 12 months. But ...
Tags: Security, potential loss of data, risk, personal information
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has told shareholders that the world's largest software firm is a software firm no longer–but instead,a"devices and services company". In his annual letter to investors,Ballmer said there is ...
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Computerworld - A new survey of 753 mobile device users and IT professionals in U.S. small businesses revealed that most are unfamiliar with mobile device management (MDM) technology, even though 79% have deployed smartphones to at least ...
Tags: Mobile, Device, Small Businesses
New Generation Computing Inc (NGC Software) announced that it is extending the power of its PLM and ERP software to fashion sales representatives, through a strategic relationship with Threadvine Apparel & Footwear Solutions. Threadvine is ...
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