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Keyword: smartphones

NSA To Open Large Data Storage Facility In Utah

Make your calls NSA proof

Emerging phone applications offer protection against snooping, from the NSA and otherwise

Posted in National, Tech
Tagged app, communications, mobile technology, NSA, Silent Circle, smartphones, snooping, untraceable, voice encryption | Reply
Google apps are shown on an Apple iphone 5 in this photo illustration in Encinitas, California, April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Phone apps help track pets’ activity, nutrition

Dog and cat lovers have a new way to make sure their pets get plenty of exercise and nourishment: phone apps that track how much an animal plays, runs, sleeps and eats.

Posted in National, News
Tagged applications, Bluetooth, cats, dogs, iphone, pets, phone apps, smartphones, technology, Wi-fi
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - DECEMBER 09:  The Zynga logo is displayed on the front of the company's former headquarters on December 9, 2011 in San Francisco, California.  San Francisco based social games company Zynga is preparing for its initial public offering and hopes to raise as much as $1.15 billion. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Booming mobile gaming industry lacks sustainability

The $66 billion video game industry is scrambling to devise games and experimenting with ways to appeal to a generation of players that spends more time on mobile devices than on computers or consoles.

Posted in National, News, Tech
Tagged Android, Angry Birds, Apple, Clash of Clans, computers, consoles, Draw Something, EA Games, Electronic Arts, Even Rovio, Facebook, Farmville, gaming, Google, GungHo Online Entertainment, mobile gaming, Nintendo, OMGPOP, smartphones, Softbank Corp, Supercell, sustainable, Video Games, Zynga
iphone theft

France to tax smartphones to protect culture

France is now planning a tax on smartphones and tablets in order to fund the production of French art, film and music.

Posted in International, News
Tagged culture, France, International, smartphones, tax | Reply
iphone theft

A.G. asks smartphone companies to help stop ‘Apple picking’

More cell phone thefts are becoming violent, the Attorney General said.

Posted in Local, News, Tech
Tagged Android, Apple, eric schneiderman, Google, iphone, iphones, Microsoft, NYC, Samsung, smartphones, tech, Tim Cook | Reply
social decision making

Choozum: Philly app developer goes all in on ‘social decision making’

The Philadelphia developer of survey making and taking smartphone app Choozum has trademarked the term “social decision making.”

Posted in Local, News
Tagged apps, choozum, Philadelphia, smartphones, social decision making, technology | Reply
The miracle chip.
Credit: MIT

Miracle chip for smartphones, tablets ‘makes any photo perfect’

Forget Instagram, US scientists take image enhancement to the next level.

Posted in Tech
Tagged Chip, MIT, perfect photos, photo enhancement, smartphones, tablets | Reply
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