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  • Google Mobile Apps Get Security Controls

    Ubiquitous search giant Google announced the addition of mobile device management options for Google Apps administrators, including a requirement for devices to use data encryption, the ability to disable the phone’s camera and requiring passwords to be changed after a specified time interval. Currently available to all Google Apps Premier and Education customers, the admin…

  • iPhone 4 Consumer Reports Verdict: Can’t Recommend

    SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 (Reuters)—Consumer Reports said it cannot recommend Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone 4 to buyers after tests confirmed the device’s well-publicized reception glitches. It added that that AT&T Inc (NYSE:T), the exclusive mobile phone carrier for the iPhone 4, was not necessarily the main culprit. The influential nonprofit organization, which publishes guides on everything…

  • German Officials Take Aim at Facebook over Privacy Violations

    Don’t mess with the privacy of German citizens, is the message from the head of the Hamburg office for data protection. State official Johannes Caspar has reportedly initiated legal proceedings against the social networking behemoth Facebook, claiming the company illegally obtained data from German citizens not affiliated with the site, which boasts more than 500…

  • Google App Inventor for Android Opens App Development to Everyone

    Google is opening up Android development to the masses with App Inventor for Android, a new development environment beta program that does not require coding or knowledge of development languages. Google introduced the tool at the App Inventor for Android site, which includes a video demonstration, tutorials and a way for users to sign up…

  • Mobile Users at Home on the Web, Report Finds

    A report from Pew Research found as of May 2010, 59 percent of all adult Americans go online wirelessly, via a smartphone or on a notebook using a mobile broadband card. Roughly half of all adults (47 percent) use a notebook go online in this way, up from the 39 percent who did so at…

  • HP Confirms WebOS for Tablet Devices

    After months of rumors, HP officially announced it would be using the mobile operating system it acquired along with smartphone specialist Palm, webOS. The acquisition, completed this week for approximately $1.2 billion, puts HP in place to challenge operating systems such as Google Android or Microsoft’s Windows 7 mobile operating system. The decision could be…

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