Samsung’s smartphones are famous for many things, one of them being their AMOLED (or, in recent years, Super AMOLED) displays. Almost all of Samsung’s high-end Android smartphones feature AMOLED screens, and, in fact, Samsung’s been using this technology even before launching its first Android handsets. However, the world’s first smartphone…
LG launches Hi-Fi music service for its premium smartphones
LG has announced a new Hi-Fi music service that will be available to the LG G4, G Flex 2, G3 and the G2. The service will offer high-fidelity tracks with 24bit/192kHz playback, and should you have a qualifying handset, you’ll receive two free Hi-Fi tracks a month, and additional discounts…
LG launches Hi-Fi music service for select Android smartphones
LG today announced its own music service for smartphones, which will debut later this month in 70 countries around the world (including the US, Brazil, the UK, France, Italy, Russia, China, and Australia). While the service doesn’t seem to have a name of its own yet, LG says that it’s…
6 of the best 6-inch smartphones (already available, or upcoming)
While phablet is a term that’s still widely used to describe extra-large handsets, most manufacturers have chosen to ignore it. That’s why, when new 6-inch (or even larger) handsets are announced, they’re usually presented as smartphones. We’re mentioning 6-inch smartphones in particular because there are quite a few of them…
These Motorola smartphones will get security patches to address the Stagefright vulnerability
In the wake of Stagefright (a recently discovered Android vulnerability that makes it possible for hackers to remotely access phones without owners consent), Google, Samsung, and others have already announced security updates that will be pushed regularly to select devices. Motorola is also doing something in this regard: the company…
Deutsche Telekom Calls Smartphones Weak Spot for Hacking
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Smartphones and tablet devices are the new weak spot in the battle against cyber-criminals, according to the head of computer security at Europe’s biggest phone company. Businesses and governments have already been struggling with a record number of so-called distributed denial…
Hackers turning smartphones into slave armies
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Mobile security firm Lookout on Wednesday warned that Android-powered smartphones or tablets are being targeted with malicious software that puts them at the mercy of hacker overlords. The persistence and sophistication of malware dubbed NotCompatible is […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Millions of Android smartphones ‘at risk’ of hacking in Middle East
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Dubai: Smartphone users in the UAE and the rest of the Middle East and Africa region are in danger of having their bank, email and social media accounts hacked, amid reports that some 178 million mobile devices are now potentially […]…
Over 2 Billion Smartphones Are Hacker-Friendly
In 2013, the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that, for the first time, most American adults own a smartphone. With 55 percent of the survey’s respondents using either an iPhone or an Android-enabled device, and with […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
According to a report, smartphones theft in US doubled in 2013
A report published showed that 3.1 million smartphones were stolen in the US last year, thats a big jump from the 1.6 million figure in 2012. Losing devices continues to be a serious problem too, with 1.4 smartphones going missing for good in 2013, compared to 1.2 million a year…
