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Security app protects your Android device by switching its screen off
Tecca by Mariella Moon | Last updated 12:04PM EST on January 10, 2012 What's the best way to ensure nobody messes with your phone or tablet without your permission? The developer of a new Android app called Void Lock believes the answer lies in making people … |
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Carrier IQ: What Carriers, Device Makers Must Do Next
InformationWeek Take, for example, the case of Carrier IQ's tracking software, in which carriers' and handset manufacturers' secrecy about how they use the software has made it look like they have something to hide. Since news of the tracking practices broke several … Carrier IQ software raises mobile privacy concerns |
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Hold on to your pants: Microsoft ‘PocketTouch’ enables device input through fabric — Microsoft researchers have come up with a way to make devices sensitive to touch input through fabric — for silencing a phone or even entering text without taking the device out of a pocket or bag.
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Google’s Android Contains Legal Landmines for Developers and Device Manufacturers — Android-powered smartphones have been creating quite a stir among the tech crowd lately — and not necessarily the kind of buzz that Google was hoping for. Oracle sued Google for infringing several patents …