Mobile Device

Mobile device use rises in emergency situations Carroll County Times According to a 2012 study by the Pew Research Center, nearly 20 percent of cellphone users have used their mobile devices to get help in emergency situations, which companies are beginning to take note of. Following two major storm-related outages in ... See all stories on this topic »

Hackers are ready to pounce on mobile devices in 2013 KKCO-TV Technology is advancing and hackers are keeping tabs. Technology security firms such as Mcafee have developed software to arm your computers and lap tops, but what about your mobile devices? Dave Britton of Dave's Computer Repair said scammers ... See all stories on this topic »

Mobile device activations hit record high on Christmas KKCO-TV Nearly 17.4 million Android and Apple smartphones and tablets were activated on Christmas Day, the highest amount of activations in history. To put that number in perspective, activations last Christmas were just 6.8 million, marking a 2.5 times ... See all stories on this topic »

Move for mobile phone payment systems Gold Coast Bulletin News AUSTRALIAN telcos are ramping up plans to enable customers to pay for goods by swiping theirmobile phones or tablets at the checkout. The move, which may eventually render credit cards obsolete, has been mooted for several years and the technology to ... See all stories on this topic »

The real buzz on Christmas belonged to mobile devices Albuquerque Business First If one thing was heard more often than an old Bing Crosby song on Christmas Day, it was the sound of mobile devices being activated. According to Flurry Analytics, a company that tracks data usage for app developers, more iPhones, iPads, Galaxy's ... See all stories on this topic »