smartphones

Almost every new smartphone now lets you unlock it with your face — and that’s really bad for security.

Android users have the largest selection of mobile apps, but that means they are also exposed to the most threats. Avoid mobile malware by following some basic security rules.

We’ve written about insecure fingerprint sensors and other biometric technologies a lot. We were not alone, of course. It looks like the fuss did some good. At Mobile World Congress

What are app permissions in Android, and should you grant them?

In the face of malware, Android has a very good defense mechanism — the app permissions system. This system defines a set of actions an app is allowed (or not

We are pretty sure you have a smartphone. Right now, while you are reading this article, it’s on your table, or in your pocket, or, maybe, in your hand. You

We truly hope that you keep in mind the risks of public charging spots. But what about users who are always on the road or spend a lot of time

Would you say you love your smartphone? Nothing unusual about that — I’m sure many people would say the same. Sometimes we hate our smartphones, too; every good relationship has

Chances are that each of us has found ourselves in a situation where our phone is dying and we have no charger on hand, but at the same time we

The annual Google I/O conference traditionally gathers developers to give them the sense of direction for the upcoming year. This year was no exception: The audience got some insights on

Modern men and women can hardly imagine themselves without their mobile devices, similarly experienced Internet users won’t surf web without an ad blocker. Their popularity has risen fast: as early

Today a smartphone has become an integral part of our life. We constantly use phones for work, study, travel, and they are increasingly starting to know more about us than

Each year the number of people “addicted to Internet” grows rapidly. We can read news, communicate with friends, look through photos and videos right from our smartphones. It’s only logical,

British scientists proved that Android devices are highly dangerous when it comes to you and your data. It’s no joke — researchers at the University of Cambridge did serious research

Are you growing concerned about where exactly your children hang around after school? Or how much time they spend on their mobile phones? Or are you worried who they message

What if you could be sure that your kids use Internet safely while their smartphones are protected from fraud, unwanted calls and SMS? Moreover, what if you could find your

A worm was found in the safe garden of Apple. About 40 iOS apps are now being cleaned out of the App Store because they turned out to be infected

The new trend on IFA 2015 — a trade show for consumer electronics — is all about innovations in technological integrity. Developers chase after hardware superiority no more; instead they

While iOS is notorious for being innately secure, headlines over the past three days have challenged that. The noise was brought upon by a ‘terrible’ KeyRaider hack, which compromised more

We all know that cybercriminals would love to infect your PC or Laptop with a virus or trick you to install a malware. What you might not know is that

Recently Ericsson and Qualcomm have begun promoting their state-of-art technology, LTE-U. Is it any better that LTE-A, which is increasingly available all over the world, including US, Europe, Russia, China