Mobile
New iOS App Connects You to Xbox 360
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With My Xbox Live, you’ll now be able to connect with friends, customize your avatar, track achievements, and more, all from your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. You can then view your friends’ gamer cards, compare your achievements on games, and view recently played games.
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How To Use The iPhone Gmail App
When the iPhone was first launched, iPhone developers quickly learned Apple didn’t hesitate to enforce its application standards on application store developers. Luckily, over time, Apple loosened up on some of the applications that competed more directly with them, including mail. You can now install Google’s Gmail application directly on the iPhone and other iOS devices.
If you use Mail on your iOS device to mostly read and file email, versus responding and following up on email, the Gmail app has several advantages over the native Mail application. The screen offers instant filing of the message(s) from the inbox view; messages can be starred for follow up / sorting later; and if you use Google’s archive features, then those archived messages can be accessed with two simple clicks. It is also an easy way to share a device between two users and keep the each user’s email separate.
Gmail can be downloaded from the Apps store and at this link. After you install the application and start it, you will be prompted for your Gmail account username and password as shown here.
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It Looks Like That Microsoft Preparing iPad Office Version
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The iPad-based news outlet, citing “sources,” reported that Microsoft is working to adapt Office for Apple’s tablet. The app could arrive before the next version of Office for Mac, which is expected to debut late next year.
Microsoft didn’t comment directly on the report.
“We already deliver Office on multiple platforms and devices and are committed to expanding in the future, but have nothing further to share today,” the company said in a statement.
Microsoft already offers a handful of apps for both the iPad and the iPhone, including Bing and Windows Live Messenger, among others. Creating Office for the iPad could help the device’s prospects in work environments, a market where it’s already making inroads at the expense of Windows PCs.
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How To Protect Sensitive Information on Android and iOS
From Good Technology, Inc.:
Let’s face it: IT administrators in America’s top corporations have their hands full protecting company information in a world gone mobile. Smartphones, and the smart employees who use them, can often circumvent security procedures, forwarding confidential memos or attachments to other phones or alternate email accounts without consideration for the vulnerability of that information.
Rather than limit access to information, today’s IT departments are finding new ways to safeguard the behaviors of their mobile workforce regardless of the devices they choose and prevent data loss or leakage across their networks. Here’s how they do it:
1. They start by enforcing strong passwords
Successful IT departments seek mobile device management solutions that allow them to enforce password policies, disable sequential numbers in passwords, or specify password timeouts. Many institute a remote wipe of specific applications and their data or wipe of the entire device after a failed number of incorrect passwords has been entered.
2. They secure both the device and the applications
IT administrators must be allowed to set and manage security policies at the application level, as well as at the device level. For example, implementing complex password policies at the application level provides a less intrusive user experience while ensuring corporate security. Device-level encryption cannot address risky behavior that occurs within applications themselves when users inadvertently share corporate data through 3rd party apps and cloud services. Even when phones are provisioned through an MDM solution, administrators simply have no control of security at the app level. By providing security and control at both app and device levels, IT can further reduce the risk of data loss.
3. They use strong encryption on the device and OTA
Diligent administrators insist on the strongest encryption and enforce the toughest authentication policies over-the-air. Because not all mobile devices support encryption, email and attachments stored on the device can easily be viewed by anyone. Security-conscious IT professionals ensure that all data gets strong AES 192-bit encryption even data that’s in transit between a device and servers behind your firewall. All information is secured throughout a complete end-to-end system.
4. They quickly respond to lost or stolen devices
When a mobile device becomes misplaced, lost, or stolen, the most secure companies act swiftly to eliminate risk of lost data. Through the use of web-based controls, administrators use any nearby browser to access a universal dashboard to instantly view and manage all mobile devices in their workforce from virtually anywhere, anytime and remotely wipe information from within apps or across the entire device.
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How to Transfer Business Data to iPads and iPhones
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Delivering what users want
The information users need is often stored in SQL databases, Excel spreadsheets, and a variety of other data sources. Access to raw data can be helpful, but employees often want their data in easy to read reports and charts. IT organizations are especially…
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Google Offers Now Application Search Option
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With Google being such a beast, that hides behind one of the most minimal facades on the planet, it sometimes takes a while for people to realise significant changes have been implemented at the search giant.
New search option arrives without any Fanfair:
For instance the news that “Applications” is now a filter choice next to “Blogs” “News” “Images” “Videos” on the left hand side of your google search results comes as a surprise to me. I can however confirm that this feature is not currently working for google.co.uk search options but does work when I switch to .com and there is indeed an “Application” filter in the google result options on the left.
Google offers “Application” search choice
This feature does make a lot of sense as finding “apps” is often a nightmare, though this move does potentially hit GetJar and such like where it hurts.
I say potentially, as it could be a possibility that the sheer rank weight of a site like GetJar may end up giving favourable results for them, its all gravy in the end for Google really.
I have not fully tested how the algorithm might work,
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Nokia Delivers Two Lumia 800 Updates to Enhance Battery Life Charging
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From Vlad Savov: The Lumia 800, much like the Galaxy Nexus, has had a bit of a bumpy ride in its first few days on sale. A seven-page thread on the Nokia Support forum details battery life issues that many have had with the new Windows Phone handset, which has prompted Nokia into action. The company has today announced it’ll deliver two software updates, one in early December and one in early January, both of which will aim to improve power efficiency and battery life. Nokia’s statement in full:
“A software update in early December will include improvements to power efficiency, while a second update in early January introduces further enhancements to battery life and battery charging. Both are planned updates and will be made available via Zune.”
We haven’t had any such problems on our Lumia 800 review devices…
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Android OS Are The Main Target of Mobile Maleware Attacks
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At the end of 2010, McAfee predicted that malware would reach the 70 million unique samples by the end of 2011 but has increased this prediction to 75 million unique malware samples reached by year’s end, which is the busiest in malware history, says McAfee. More at Techcrunch:http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/20/mcafee-nearly-all-new-mobile-malware-in-q3-targeted-at-android-phones-up-37-percent/
Tracking Alzheimer Patients or Rebel Teens with GPS Shoe
Unlike watches or bracelets, it’s less likely that an individual will forget and leave the house without his or her shoes. In addition, shoe manufacturer Aetrex’s specialty lies in comfort, meaning the GPS Shoe will offer a comfortable design that is sure to please the elderly. With a specially designed miniature GPS chip and cellular device embedded in the sole, caretakers will be able to pinpoint the wearer’s location using a secure internet website or smartphone app.
With polycarbonate material protecting the…..read more at: http://goo.gl/VIFRX
The Greatest Atari Hits Lands on Android
By TechnologyBlogged: If you have been in need of an official Atari app which will let you play Star Raiders, Pong and Fatal Run on your Android powered device, then you’ve been out of luck for quite a while but today, Atari has announced their greatest hits app, featuring multiple game packs which will surely keep you enthralled for hours. Now, Android smartphone and tablet owners will get the Missile Command game pack for free when they download the app, and a catalog with 30 years of retro gaming history to sift through.