If you’ve long dreamed of a day when Nintendo brought out its very own gaming-focused smartphone, then a new concept created by German design firm CURVED/labs may seem torturous. With a 4.5-inch display, 64 GB of on-board storage and running on Google’s Android, the ‘WiiPhone’ isn’t particularly striking at first…
In the future, your smartphone could be taking photos and videos without reflections, obstructions getting in the way
A team of Google and MIT researches have devised an ingenious computational approach to what they’re calling ‘obstruction-free’ photography, and will be presenting the fruits of their labor at SIGGRAPH 2015. Luckily for us, the team behind the algorithm — including Tianfan Xue, Michael Rubinstein, Ce Liu, and William T….
Yahoo ‘On-Demand’ Password System: What Happens When You Lose Your Smartphone?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Yahoo has introduced quite an ingenious way to help all those who are constantly forgetting their passwords. The company has just announced a new ‘on-demand’ phone-incorporated password service at the SXSW festival that, almost entirely, eliminates the need to remember passwords….
Smartphone Kill Switch Stopping Phone Thieves From Making A Killing
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It’s getting harder for smartphone thieves to make a living these days as kill switch technology is proving to be a viable, and valuable, anti-theft mechanism. It seems the feature is paying off for consumers using Apple, Samsung and Google, with…
Visa hopes to track smartphone locations to prevent credit card fraud for travellers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Currently most of us have to inform our bank by phone when we’re travelling to avoid purchases in other countries appearing as red flags for fraud and being declined. That could soon change as Visa looks to track smartphones with a service…
Schneiderman, London Mayor Johnson, D.A. Gascón welcome dramatic drop in smartphone thefts following introduction of ‘kill switch’
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Powered by Max Banner Ads Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, London Mayor Boris Johnson and San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón have released new crime data showing smartphone thefts and robberies declined dramatically in New York City, London and San Francisco since…
North Korea denies role in smartphone hacking in South
North Korea’s state media yesterday blasted South Korea’s spy agency for alleging Pyongyang hacked tens of thousands of smartphones in the South using malware disguised in mobile gaming apps. The South’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a report to […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Cash boost for crime fighting via Smartphone technology
A project to develop digital methods for the public to contact police, is being developed by Hampshire and the Thames Valley forces. Two million pounds of funding has come from a UK government innovation fund. The forces will use the […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Chinese police arrest smartphone Trojan hacker
Smartphones running the Android operating system. (Photo/Xinhua) China’s police have arrested a suspect who allegedly spread the XXshenqi, a Trojan horse that has infected smartphones in several regions of the country. A Trojan horse is a malware program that contains […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Smartphone pictures pose privacy risks
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