Phones

Samsung's Android phones affected by another lockscreen bypass, fix is in the ...
Engadget
Since lockscreen bypass methods are apparently what's hot in the streets, it's no surprise that yet another one has surfaced, this time targeting Samsung's Android phones. A variant of another, earlier uncovered method, this one does not fully unlock ...
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Mobile Phones Make You Go 'Blind' In Supermarkets Business Insider For years, magazine publishers (and the brands who buy ads inside their pages) have enjoyed heavy impulse sales from bored supermarket shoppers, trapped in checkout lines, who find themselves leafing through Vogue or Cosmo while waiting to pay for ... See all stories on this topic »

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Apple Has A Pretty Crazy Idea For Protecting Your iPhone When You Drop It Business Insider The idea is that an internal sensor would detect when a phone is in freefall before determining its distance from the ground and how quickly it's falling. Then the system reorients the phone in the air as it falls, positioning it in such a way to ... See all stories on this topic »

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Wireless users prefer discounted phones: Opposing view
USA TODAY
Wireless users who may be interested in an unlocked wireless phone have nearly 200 unique models to choose from — from the latest smartphones to feature phones. And while many users prefer the flexibility of unlocked phones, which can make it easy to ...
See all stories on this topic »Vulnerabilities Continue to Weigh Down Samsung Android Phones
Threatpost (blog)
Attackers have long had an affinity for having their way with Android phones, but the hammer seems to have really come down over the last few months when it comes to devices manufactured by Samsung. Independent Italian researcher Roberto Paleari ...
See all stories on this topic »Android, iOS bugs expose phones to voyeurs, data thieves
CSO
Bugs were discovered Wednesday in both Android and Apple smartphones. A bug discovered by Android researcher Terence Eden allows anyone to bypass the security measures in place at aphone's lock screen and gain total access to the contents of a ...
See all stories on this topic »ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Warrantless Searches of Cell Phones
American Civil Liberties Union News and Information (press release)
Today, the ACLU of Northern California filed suit against the City and County of San Francisco and San Francisco Police Chief Gregory Suhr on behalf of a civil rights activist, Bob Offer-Westort, whose cell phone was searched by the San Francisco ...
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Chameleon Launcher for Phones now available in Google Play Android Community On that note, those searching for Chameleon in the Google Play Store will be greeted with a few search results. The two that that you should focus on first and foremost are Chameleon Launcher and/or Chameleon Launcher for Phones. These apps are priced... See all stories on this topic »

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Dutch movie makes use of viewers cell phones TECH.BLORGE.com Dutch movie makes use of viewers cell phones A Dutch movie appropriately named “App” encourages movie goers to keep their mobile phones on during the movie. As a matter of fact there are additional aspects of the movie that you can only see using your ... See all stories on this topic »

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