Cell phone tracking
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People find the location of their iPhone but…
Jun 3rd
Ever since Find My iPhone was launched, I have been collecting stories about people getting their iPhone back using Find My iPhone and I have introduced some of them in other posts. Although Find My iPhone/iPod/iPad (and Find My Mac? Probably) were intended for finding our misplaced phone, they did help people recover their lost/stolen [...]
Best free mobile security apps for Android
May 26th
Android is the most popular mobile OS in addition to iOS at the moment, but it’s one of the most insecure platform as well. A case in point is San Francisco based software vendor Coverity released a report last year saying that there were a huge number of bugs in Android kernel, among which 88 [...]
Plan B – Find my phone app for Android
May 19th
Plan B is an Android locating app released by the mobile security company Lookout to find your lost Android phone. It says it’s the only cell phone tracking app with which you do not need to download and install before you lose your phone. If you own an Android Smartphone and it goes missing without [...]
Apple says location data are used for better service
May 11th
Apple said on Tuesday at a Senate hearing that they are collecting location data of cell sites and WiFi access points to improve their location services, not tracking user location. Apple emphasized again that the data recorded and sent back to their server are all anonymous. This is the latest progress since Apple released iOS [...]
Apple is to launch Find My Mac?
May 9th
Rumors had it that Apple is to launch completely new MobileMe cloud service as iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion are to be released one after another. Users in the past have to pay $99 for using MobileMe, but this time Apple may provide users with free wireless sync and cloud-based Multimedia storage services. [...]
How to know if Google is spying on you
May 1st
A few days ago, two women from Oakland sued Google for tracking their location using Android Smartphone although Google said users can opt-out of “location services” when set up their Android phones. However, there is more than one way Google can spy on us. The question is however, as an individual, how do you know [...]
Track your BlackBerry phone using BlackBerry Protect
Apr 29th
Apple, the cell phone industry newcomer yet the most successful Smartphone maker launched its phone lost and found service and app Find My iPhone long ago. Microsoft also released its own data sync and location service My Phone for its not so successful Smartphone Windows Mobile. But RIM, the famous business brand has not announced [...]
