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Symantec Reveals Results of Honey Stick Project

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Symantec recently released details of the study it recently conducted called the Honey Stick Project. The project deals with smartphone loss. The company deliberately “lost” 50 smartphones, which contain a number of simulated personal and corporate data. These phones also contain the capability to remotely monitor what happens to these phones and also contain “data” about the owner of the smartphone that can be contacted by the person who found the phone if they want to return it. [Read more…]

Originally posted on March 12, 2012 @ 10:00 am

Google Gets Popularity Crown, Beating Apple, Facebook and Twitter

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There are times when you take survey results with a grain of salt – and for some, this new survey may be one instance you need to do it.

According to a survey conducted by ABC/Washington Post, Google is the most popular company compared to such heavyweights like Apple, Facebook, and Twitter. To make it more eyebrow raising, the poll was conducted during the period when people expressed outrage over Google’s new unified privacy policy (from Mar 28 to April 1). [Read more…]

Originally posted on April 11, 2012 @ 11:00 am

Lost Phones in the US in 2011 Pegged at $30B

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Losing a phone is something a lot of people have experienced. We’ve either gone through this experience or heard of others going losing their phones. Losing a phone is a very inconvenient thing to go through – most people don’t back up their phone details so the loss of data can be quite catastrophic.

According to new industry report by mobile security company Lookout, the average US mobile phone user loses a phone every year. The report was based on an analysis done on 15 million mobile phone users. About $30 billion worth of mobile phones were lost last year. [Read more…]

Originally posted on March 23, 2012 @ 9:19 pm

Boeing to Manufacture an Android Powered Smartphone

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Here’s some news that totally comes from left field.

Boeing, the world-renowned aeronautics giant, is going to enter the mobile industry. The company has announced that it will be launching its own smartphone soon.

The report about Boeing’s smartphone plans appeared in National Defense, a  trade magazine. Boeing hopes to release the Android powered smartphone later this year. Development of the device is still ongoing. [Read more…]

Originally posted on April 13, 2012 @ 9:53 pm