Uber, facing public backlash, will rethink privacy
Silicon Valley-based ride-sharing company Uber is looking eastward to inject some wisdom into how it handles user data.
Zach Miners | 21 Nov | Read more
Silicon Valley-based ride-sharing company Uber is looking eastward to inject some wisdom into how it handles user data.
Zach Miners | 21 Nov | Read more
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks said they've discovered an impressive malware attack against Apple devices, which for now appears to be limited to users of a Chinese application store.
Jeremy Kirk | 06 Nov | Read more
The launch of Apple Pay on Monday has brought considerable publicity to a technology that's already embedded in millions of Android smartphones yet has so far failed to take off.
Martyn Williams | 21 Oct | Read more
Anonymous sharing app Whisper has come under a cloud after a newspaper report charged it with tracking the location of its users, including those who have asked not to be followed.
John Ribeiro | 17 Oct | Read more
Two very predictable traits drive cybercriminals: First, they tend to focus on targets with the highest odds of success. Second, they prefer attacks that generate profit. A new joint report from Kaspersky Lab and INTERPOL underscores how these two factors contribute to concerning trends in mobile threats.
Tony Bradley | 08 Oct | Read more
If you're looking to buy a used iPhone, iPad or iPod touch device, Apple is now offering an online tool to let you first check if it's been locked down by the previous owner, which could indicate that it was actually stolen or lost.
Lucian Constantin | 02 Oct | Read more
Remotely wiping mobile devices is proving to be a hugely popular feature for enterprises and IBM's Fiberlink division has some numbers to prove it. The firm's figures show that an average of 450 mobile devices are now being wiped every day by users of its MaaS360 cloud platform.
John E. Dunn | 28 Sep | Read more
Police in Russia have reportedly arrested two cybercriminals accused of being behind an Android malware campaign that lifted funds from bank accounts used to top up smartphones.
John E. Dunn | 24 Sep | Read more
Samsung on Thursday announced price reductions and updates for its Knox security and management software for IT shops and a free My Knox service that is directly available to professionals using ActiveSync.
Matt Hamblen | 19 Sep | Read more
Businesses in the UK need to plan for the onset of the Wear Your Own Device (WYOD) trend following the launch of the Apple Watch, a US networking company has said.
Security firm AVG has decided to splash $220 million (£135 million) on up-and-coming California-based mobile services firm Location Labs, the largest acquisition ever made by the European firm.
John E. Dunn | 04 Sep | Read more
As I stepped off the shuttle in Red Hook, Brooklyn and looked up at the blue-and-yellow behemoth on the waterfront that is my local Ikea store, my phone buzzed. "In Red Hook? Check out Ikea Brooklyn!" the notification read. Thanks for the tip, Foursquare.
Caitlin McGarry | 15 Aug | Read more
Apple has done well to insulate its iOS mobile operating system from many security issues, but a forthcoming demonstration shows it's far from perfect.
Jeremy Kirk | 14 Aug | Read more
BlackBerry's focus on strong security as a key differentiator for its devices does not mean that they're completely free of flaws. The company released security updates Tuesday for both the OS running on its smartphones and for its enterprise server software.
Lucian Constantin | 14 Aug | Read more
Global sales of Google's Chromebooks will rise 79 percent this year reach 5.2 million units and will reach to 14.2 million by 2017, Gartner has said. Not bad for a computer platform that still isn't sold in many countries.
John E Dunn | 12 Aug | Read more