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Silent Circle, the firm who developed and released Blackphone, an Android powered handset focused on privacy and security, is going through some tough circumstances right now. It has been forced to let go of 20 members of its workforce (which has reduced its staff to about 85 percent) in the last half year. Now it is mulling whether it has the ability to build future models of Blackphone at all. On top of that, the company is trying to recoup the millions of dollars it spent in launching its smartphone, which until now has yet to meet sales expectations.
Last week, researcher Gal Beniamini uncovered a flaw in the full disk encryption scheme of Google’s Android mobile operating system. Basically, such flaw made Android powered devices vulnerable to decryption. When news of this flaw broke out, it appeared to be some sort of a groundbreaking discovery. But it turned out that Qualcomm had told Google about the vulnerabilities back in November of 2014 and February of 2015.
According to Bank of America’s latest Trends in Consumer Mobility Report, 40 percent of millennials, i.e. people who came of age right around the year 2000, make full use of their smartphones in trying to avoid talking to other people, especially relatives on holiday get togethers like Thanksgiving, for instance.
In an effort to try and help more people, Apple has updated its Health app to include a simpler process for organ donation. As announced by the company on Tuesday, the Health app will make it easy for its users to sign up to be an organ donor. The app currently has a Medical ID feature that keeps track of a user's health and medical information. With the update, this feature will be able to include whether or not the individual is a donor of his eyes, tissues, and other organs.
According to report published by Neowin, hackers can use break into tens of millions of Android powered mobile devices by way of full disk encryption, thanks to a series of security flaws associated with Android kernel issues and Qualcomm chips.
Qualcomm has just revealed that it is optimizing its Snapdragon lineup of chips in order to be able to run Google’s Project Tango augmented reality technology. Indeed, the largest builder of processors in the world has stated that its Snapdragon 652 and Snapdragon 820 processors both have support for Tango, a type of technology that grants mobile users the ability to use any smartphone or tablet device with animated information overlaid on the real world.
Mobile users worldwide are demanding more advanced messaging services from carriers, according to a report released by the Groupe Spéciale Mobile Association (GSMA). A research conducted by Context Consulting (and commissioned by the GSMA) polled more than 4,000 mobile users from the United States, China, India, and Spain, and basically surveyed them regarding their use of standard mobile operator voice and SMS services, plus web based messaging services.
A total of 72 new emoji are on their way to Apple’s smartphones and tablet devices very soon, likely coming with the roll out of iOS 10, the newest version of the company’s iOS mobile operating system.
Millennials have hope after all. According to a recent study conducted by Intel Security, it turns out that members of Generation Y are more willing to leave their mobile devices when going on a trip, compared to members of Generation X (ages between 40 to 50 years old). In collecting its data, Intel Security polled almost 14,000 mobile users across the globe, asking them how often they stay unglued to their smartphones while enjoying their vacation.
Wearable devices are really showing signs of improvement, especially in terms of global sales. According to a report published by market research firm IDC, the shipments of wearables around the world will hit 101.9 million units by the end of this year. That number represents an increase of 29 percent compared to last year’s figures. Also, the worldwide market for wearable devices is projected to remain consistent at about 20 percent for the next two years.
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