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The increasing number of apps and games comes with a risk. Loss, theft, spam, Trojans, spyware, data breach and aggressive advertising are some of the few threats facing vulnerable devices. According to ABI Research, between Q1 2011 and Q2 2012, unique malware variants grew by 2180% reaching 17,439.
All this presents a fertile ground for the rise of mobile security solutions. In fact, ABI says that this market will be worth $398 million by the end of this year, with the figure including revenues for paid apps, partnerships with manufacturers and operators, white label deals, and dataset sales. To date, there have been over 130 billion downloads of mobile security apps.
A number of companies are standing out among the hoards of mobile security vendors, including AVG Technologies, Lookout and Avast Software. Then there are Dr.Web, and TrustGo, as well as McAfee, Kaspersky Lab and Ikarus, which have excelled in deploying viable long-term strategies…
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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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