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July 2011 |
Letting mobile devices "nap" while waiting for access to public Wi-Fi could help extend battery life, according to researchers.
When smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices access Wi-Fi, they often have to wait for other gadgets to finish downloading before they start, sapping battery life.
Letting them rest while queuing could as much as double battery life, claims researcher Justin Manweiler, of Duke University in North Carolina.
While queueing for data, his software SleepWell will switch o... |
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July 2011 |
Apple has contracted with Pegatron Technology to build 15 million iPhone 5 smartphones, according to DigiTimes.
The Taiwanese publication sourced unnamed "upstream component makers" for the information, as Pegatron itself apparently refused to comment. "The sources pointed out that as the iPhone 5, which does not seem to have any major update from iPhone 4, is already set for shipment in September," read the July 5 report, "they are already started supplying components to Pegatron with Pegatron's plants ... |
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July 2011 |
Google SVP Andy Rubin revealed today that there are now over half a million Android devices activated every single day.
In a tweet, the Android boss noted, "There are now over 500,000 Android devices activated every day, and it's growing at 4.4 percent week-over-week."
This figure is up 100,000 from last month, when Google announced that 400,000 Android devices were being activated each day. It's also approaching double the number of devices that were being activated each day back in December.
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June 2011 |
Mobile devices now surpass computers in Wi-Fi network usage, as more people access the Internet with smartphones and tablets than traditional PCs.
According to a survey by Meraki, nearly 60 percent of people now access the web through mobile phones, compared to a mere one-third last year. IPhones and iPads still take the largest chunk of Wi-Fi usage, but the Android devices are catching up fast from its measly one percent a year ago.
Google's Android platform is gaining ground quickly in the mobile ma... |
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June 2011 |
Cisco has predicted that the number of connected devices will swell to over 15 billion by 2015, double the number of people in the world and global internet traffic will quadruple to 966 exabytes per year in 2015.
These predictions were made in the fifth annual Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast (2010-2015) released this week.
Cisco has said that between 2014 and 2015 internet traffic will increase by 200 exabytes which is greater than the total amount of Internet Protocol traffic that was g... |
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June 2011 |
One of the major drawbacks of Apples iOS platform, fans of GoogleҒs Android will tell you, is the lack of ability to play Flash videos on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
For a while, many websites on the Internet included some kind of interaction with Flash technology, and so it seemed crazy that Apple was denying users access to all that content by not making nice with Adobe and finding a way to support the software. Apple CEO Steve Jobs claimed Flash was too battery intensive, and that supporting... |
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June 2011 |
The cancer agency of the World Health Organization says using cell phones and other wireless devices may put people at greater risk of brain cancer, but more study is needed to be certain.
A group of 31 scientists including two Canadians ח with the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer met in France for a week to study whether exposure to the type of electromagnetic radiation emitted by wireless devices could cause cancer.
On Tuesday, the group classified radio frequency electromagn... |
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May 2011 |
Google on Wednesday began distributing a patch to address a security flaw in all but the latest versions of its Android mobile operating system.
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to snoop on phones used on unencrypted Wi-Fi networks to gain access to calendar and contacts information.
"This fix requires no action from users and will roll out globally over the next few days," Google said in a statement sent to SCMagazineUS.com on Thursday
The search giant's update forces an HTTPS connection ... |
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May 2011 |
Google is launching a new range of electrical products that will include light bulbs, dishwashers and thermostats as part of an innovative move into home automation.
Google made the announcement at the annual developers conference in San Francisco this week, the offering coming within an "Android@Home" software platform.
It has been seen as a controversial move by the giant brand, not content with already dominating cyberspace but keen to control physical spaces.
Wireless technology will allow thes... |
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May 2011 |
The U.S. Department of Justice today called for new laws requiring mobile providers to collect and store information about their customers, a proposal that pits it against privacy advocates and even other federal agencies.
Jason Weinstein, the deputy assistant attorney general for the criminal division, picked an odd place to describe the department's proposal: a U.S. Senate hearing that arose out of revelations about iPhones recording information about owners' locations, and, in some cases, transmitting... |
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May 2011 |
The UK government has warned that climate change is threatening the country's entire Wi-Fi infrastructure.
According to a report released by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), high temperatures caused due to the change in climate will have a negative impact on the quality and strength of Wi-Fi.
The report studied the impact of climate change on the country's wired and wireless infrastructure and came up with ways to make changes that could lessen the impact.
The DEFRA re... |
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May 2011 |
The luxury of wi-fi wherever you go will be available on the Ford Focus family hatchback from next year.
Signalling what Ford calls "a new era of in-car technology", the system will then be rolled out to other vehicles in its range.
Owners will be able to use their existing USB modems or Smartphones to make use of the secure wireless connection, broadcast throughout the vehicle. Passengers with any wi-fi-enabled device will be able to connect and access the internet on the move. Called SYNC, it will b... |
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May 2011 |
Microsoft was in advanced discussions on Monday night about purchasing Skype, the internet telephone company, in what would be one of the US software companys largest deals so far as it seeks to boost its online operations.
A deal between the two companies could be announced as early as Tuesday, one person familiar with the matter said. The details were still being finalised on Monday night, which could yet derail an announcement, but a deal could value Skype at about USD8.5bn, including debt, this perso... |
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May 2011 |
VOICE OVER IP (VoIP) and chat Skype for Mac users will get an update this week closing a dangerous security hole that can allow a hacker to take over a Mac computer simply by sending a message.
Gordon Maddern of security firm Pure Hacking first discovered the vulnerability and created a proof of concept exploit using the Metasploit tool. He said, "The long and the short of it is that an attacker needs only to send a victim a message and they can gain remote control of the victim's Mac. It is extremely wo... |
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May 2011 |
Apples iPhone has been an unbridled success since its launch in 2007. Apple announced earlier this year that it has sold over 100 million iPhones since that launch. Now that the device is available to Verizon customers and the long-awaited white iPhone is finally on store shelves, AppleҒs star only continues to soar.
Android-based devices, on the other hand, arent necessarily as successful in relation to the iPhone as the sales figures would suggest. As a whole, Android-based smartphones are easily... |
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