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10 Time-Saving Features And Settings You Should Be Using on Your Android

SAN FRANCISCO - While you’re busy checking out the best time-saving features on iPhone, don’t leave your Android phone behind. After all, productivity features have been around on Android for a lot longer and over time, it’s only added more features that make common tasks much faster. If you use an Android, here are 10

By |2021-08-21T16:43:55-04:00August 21st, 2021|IoT|

Facebook Adds Hardware Security Key Option Dor iOS, Android

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook is expanding its support for hardware security keys to iOS and Android devices. The feature, available worldwide starting Thursday, lets you enable two-factor authentication to log into Facebook on a phone or other mobile device using a physical security key. Hardware security keys are a top authentication technique and particularly useful for two-factor authentication because you register them to work

By |2021-03-21T10:08:22-04:00March 21st, 2021|Cyber Defense|

Amazon Announces Upgraded Echo Frames Smart Glasses For Everyone

SEATTLE - Amazon has announced an upgraded model of its Echo Frames smart glasses, adding better sound quality, longer battery life, and new colors. Amazon also is offering Echo Frames to buy, as the company transitions the Alexa-equipped glasses from a “Day One Edition” invitation-only device to a full-fledged product. The second-generation Echo Frames will cost $249.99

By |2020-11-28T08:22:08-05:00November 28th, 2020|Featured, IoT, New Products / Contracts|

Older Android Phones Won’t Support Many Secure Websites By September 2021

SAN FRANCISCO - You might have to upgrade your Android phone before long if you want to visit large portions of the secure web. According to Android Police, Certificate Authority Let’s Encrypt is warning that phones running Android versions before 7.1.1 Nougat won’t trust its root certificate starting in 2021, locking them out of many secure websites. The organization will stop

By |2020-11-13T18:00:44-05:00November 13th, 2020|Mobility|

OnePlus Phones Can Be Hacked Through Testing Tool Called EngineerMode

SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers who get hold of some OnePlus phones can obtain virtually unlimited access to files and software through use of a testing tool called EngineerMode that the company evidently left on the devices. Robert Baptiste, a freelance security researcher who goes by the name Elliot Alderson on Twitter after the "Mr. Robot" TV show

By |2017-11-16T20:22:29-05:00November 16th, 2017|Cyber Defense|

Israeli Telecom Researchers Develop Firewall To Protect Against Android Hacks

BEER-SHEVA, Israel - Cyber security researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev developed an innovative firewall program that adds a missing layer of security in Android cellphones and monitors for malicious code.   Earlier this year, Dr. Yossi Oren and his team of researchers in the BGU Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering, discovered a

By |2017-10-10T17:38:17-04:00October 8th, 2017|Cyber Defense|

LeakerLocker Ransomware Attacks Android Phones From Apps Downloaded From Play Store

SAN FRANCISCO - Security firm McAfee discovered the latest attack, called LeakerLocker, which affects Android phones through apps downloaded from the Google Play store. Most ransomware locks up your files or hard drive, but LeakerLocker takes your private data and browsing history and threatens to share it with the friends and family on your contact

By |2017-07-13T21:46:40-04:00July 13th, 2017|Cyber Defense|

CopyCat Malware Infected 14 Million Outdated Android Services

SAN FRANCISCO - A new strain of a malware called CopyCat has infected more than 14 million Android devices around the world, rooting phones and hijacking apps to make millions in fraudulent ad revenue, researchers at Check Point said Thursday. While the majority of victims are in Asia, more than 280,000 Android devices in the US were

By |2017-07-07T11:46:55-04:00July 6th, 2017|Cyber Defense|

Global SmartPhones Sales Up In 2Q, But Apple iPhone Sales Down

EGHAM, United Kingdom  – Global sales of smartphones to consumers totaled 344 million units in the second quarter, a 4.3 percent increase over the same period a year ago, a new report contends. But bad news for Apple is the iPhone continued its downward slide in North America and Western Europe, and even worse in

By |2016-08-19T11:27:14-04:00August 19th, 2016|Connected Tech, Featured, Mobile MI|

WMMR’s Apple CarPlay Compatible Mobile App Is Now In The iTunes App Store

DETROIT - Mobile app developer jācapps and Greater Media's WMMR have launched the radio station's mobile app that is now part of the Apple CarPlay ecosystem. The release is part of jācapps' "App Everywhere" offerings for radio broadcasters. "It took a lot of collaboration with the Apple and WMMR teams, and we're excited that broadcast

By |2016-08-12T12:11:53-04:00August 12th, 2016|Connected Tech, New Products / Contracts|