During April's Boston Marathon, police in Brookline, Mass., piloted a wireless system that let undercover police and supervisors to use ordinary iPhones and Android devices to communicate with rugged Land Mobile Radios over LTE and other commercial cellular networks.
Matt Hamblen | 25 Jun | Read more
Targeted advertisements are headed to smart fridges, smart thermostats and other Internet-connected devices, raising potentially new privacy issues for consumers who use those products.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 23 May | Read more
A federal appeals court this week ruled that a woman's Fourth Amendment rights may have been violated when San Francisco police arrested her after an automated license plate reader mistakenly identified her car as stolen.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 15 May | Read more
As the world still reels over reports of U.S. government surveillance of privately owned smartphones, a spyware industry is growing that's focused on helping employers monitor the ways smartphones and tablets are used by their workers. Parents are also interested in the service to track their children's smartphone use.
Matt Hamblen | 13 Mar | Read more
Aruba Networks announced a package of software upgrades designed to better accommodate all-wireless workplaces, including sites where it's common to see employees using three different mobile devices with multiple applications.
Matt Hamblen | 12 Mar | Read more
Both Google's and Apple's mobile platforms have security drawbacks and advantages. Is there a clear winner?
Kenneth van Wyk | 30 Oct | Read more