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Lookout Mobile launched a new mobile app for iPhone users, helping them feel safer while “doing their thing” on the web or using some web-connected app. The new Lookout Mobile Security application is free to download, offering an array of features, including:
- Missing Device – allows users to locate their lost or stolen phone on a map, or sound a loud alarm to find it nearby (i.e. if it’s stuck in the couch cushions).
- System Advisor – notifies users of their settings and/or out-of-date software that could put them and their privacy at risk.
- Wi-Fi Security – alerts users when they are connect to an unsecure Wi-Fi network to ensure they don’t expose their sensitive personal data like passwords or account information.
- Location Services – provides users with the ability to set which apps can access their location.
- Backup & Restore in the cloud – just because you haven’t backed up your contacts for some time, that doesn’t mean you don’t want them stored securely outside of your phone. Lookout will do this part for you automatically.
- Management – by using a web-based interface, users are able to keep tabs on multiple devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and even Android phones or tablets.
Sounds neat though not that needed if you know what you’re doing…
Lookout Mobile Security (FREE) [iTunes link]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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