Privacy Settings You Need to Know for Location-Based Apps
There are roughly 792 mobile apps downloaded each second. As a result, more and more services are taking to mobile in an effort to capitalize on this trend. That also means location-based capabilities and features are being integrated into many apps, whether users know it or not. You may be someone who takes personal and digital privacy [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 3-1-2012
Android Gains on iOS According to Andy Rubin, Android is now seeing over 850,000 device activations per day. This is an improvement of 150k since January. There are currently more than 300 million device activations to date, with iOS showing around 315 million activations. The numbers seem to suggest that Android will eventually have more [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 2-20-2012
Chrome for Android Ice Cream Sandwich Many Android users have long wondered why Google Chrome doesn’t exist for mobile devices, but that is all about to change. Available immediately for Android Ice Cream Sandwich, Chrome for Android (Beta) brings the speed and simplicity you’re used to to the palm of your hand. Until now, users [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 1-27-2012
Foxconn Employee Says Next iPhone Coming 9to5 Mac reports that a source at Foxconn has information on the next iPhone. The device is not yet ready, but is likely to be launched this summer. There are a number of prototypes floating around and they all have slight differences, so it’s impossible to tell exactly what [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 12-2-2011
The Carrier IQ Privacy Debacle Carrier IQ is at the center of the latest privacy debacle in tech. There is a lot of outrage, misinformation, and pageview chasing surrounding the event. It started when a security researcher published a YouTube video of the Carrier IQ software accessing all types of personal information. This seems to [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 8-26-2011
Steve Jobs Steps Down. Tim Cook Steps Up. Yes, you read that right. Steve Jobs is no longer the CEO of Apple. Tim Cook, former COO, will step in to take wheel as Apple gets ready to launch the iPhone 5. In his resignation letter, Jobs says he would like to move to Chairman of [...]
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