smartphones

As the holiday shopping season kicks into full gear around the world, industry analysts predict low prices, discounts and promotions will entice shoppers to buy the latest …

With Windows 10, Microsoft is slowly moving towards removing passwords as the main authentication method for users to log in to their (locked) computers. Windows Hello, the …

The release of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 sparked something positive – iris scanning. ABI Research forecasts global shipments of smartphones equipped with iris scanners …

Check Point researchers have announced four new vulnerabilities that affect over 900 million Android smartphones and tablets at DEF CON in Las Vegas. QuadRooter is a set of …

I’ve been using 1Password for years – both their desktop and mobile products. Altough it works fine, I was curious to see what are the alternatives I can use on my …

After integrating Open Whisper Systems’ Signal Protocol into WhatsApp earlier this year, Facebook has done the same to the Facebook Messenger app, and called the feature …

Over the past few years, we have seen a spike in major data breaches from noteworthy businesses such as Target, Home Depot, and Sony (to just name a few). While data breaches …

Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have become indispensable in our daily lives. In fact, in Q4 2015, smartphones accounted for around 75 percent of all mobile …

Half a dozen (and possibly even more) Samsung Galaxy phones can be made to place phone calls or send text messages even when they are locked, thanks to exposed USB modems. …

Over 1 billion users will get end-to-end encryption by default once they update to the latest version of the software. WhatsApp, the most popular messaging app in the world, …

Francis Bacon, First Viscount St. Alban (1561 – 1626), wrote, “As the births of living creatures, at first are ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of …

A group of researchers has proved that it is possible to break the encryption used by many mobile payment apps by simply measuring and analysing the electromagnetic radiation …