At the Black Hat Security Conference in Las Vegas, John Hering, CEO of Lookout, and Kevin MaHaffey, the CTO, has told audience members that Jackeey Wallpaper, an application in the Android Market, steals your personal information and then transmits it to a server located somewhere in China. Jackeey Wallpaper has been download between 1 and…
Archives for 2010
Ultrabrief: Say hello to “Xi”, NTT DOCOMO’s name for their LTE service
Japanese operator NTT DOCOMO today unveiled “Xi”, the name for their LTE network due to launch in December of this year in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Speeds are supposed to hit 75 Mbps (9.375 megabytes per second!) on the downlink. Assuming Verizon launches their LTE network on November 15th, then Xi will be the 3rd…
Vodafone launches the VF 247 in India, $32 buys you a phone with built in solar charger
Vodafone has recently launched the VF 247 in India, which is due to go on sale this August for 1,500 Indian Rupees, or roughly $32. Vodafone says that the device only needs to be in the sun for 8 hours to get a full charge. Said full charge gives you roughly a week of standby…
Opera State of the Mobile Web June 2010: Africa loves to browse the internets
Opera has just published their latest issue of their “State of the Mobile Web” report that highlights browsing trends and behaviors using data collected from their nearly 60 million Opera Mini users. Since a web page rendered in Opera Mini first goes to a remote server, where it is then compressed by up to 90%…
Nokia N8 available for preorder in Italy for $610, shipping end of September
The Nokia N8, announced back in April, is starting to show signs that it’s finally going to hit the market. The N8 popped up on Nokia’s Italian site and is available for preorder for the low low price of only 470 EUR, or roughly $610. That’s your typical smartphone price here in Europe, no surprises.…
Motorola Rambler, Bali announced for Boost Mobile
Boost Mobile announced the addition of two new Motorola phones – Rambler and Bali, both rocking a clamshell form factor. The first of the two is a more interesting device as it doesn’t have the usual numeric keypad, but a full QWERTY keyboard making it ideal for chatting, texting and emailing. In that sense, the…
CVS Caremark Launches iPhone Application for Caremark.com
CVS Caremark is out with the Caremark.com iPhone application. Available as a free download, the app provides iPhone users with the access to the Drug Information Database to learn more about various prescription drugs. Moreover, CVS Caremark plan members can log-in and securely manage their prescriptions online. Users can research particular prescription medications, get information…
Imagine officially acquires Clearwire operations in Ireland while the U.S. company gets a share of Imagine
Few days ago we wrote that Imagine Communications has sold a piece of its company to Clearwire. Apparently, we didn’t know the whole story. Now we have the official press release from where we learn that it was actually Imagine who both Clearwire’s assets in Ireland in a move that turned the U.S. company into…
Samsung Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro hitting Russia in September as Wave 525 and Wave 533, respectively
Samsung is bringing two new Bada phones to Russia – Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro. However, in the world’s largest country, these two will be sold as Wave 525 and Wave 533, respectively. Don’t ask me why that’s the case – cause I don’t know. I do, however, know that Samsung’s naming scheme is…
Baidu to have its search box on mobile phones
If Google can do it, so can Baidu. The Chinese company wants to team up with handset makers and carriers to have its search box integrated on handsets sold in China. Google already has similar arrangements with several companies, as I’m sure you have noticed. When you think about it, it only makes sense for…