mobile device

If computers themselves are relatively new in the grand scheme of things, then mobile devices are incredibly new. And likewise, just as we’ve spent the better part of the last

If there’s one group of people who love vacation more than the vacationers themselves, its thieves. Tourists and travelers have always made easy marks for criminals, but now that everyone

According to Kaspersky Labs research, 34 percent of worldwide Internet users were attacked by malicious programs in 2012. As always, the most popular entries for attackers were widely used programs

There’s been something of an uneasy consensus among experts that Apple’s iOS platform is the most secure option among mobile operating systems almost exclusively because of the closed-off nature of

The owners of smartphones running Android and iOS sometimes enter into heated discussions as to whether it’s worthwhile to perform the mysterious procedures known as rooting and jailbreaking their devices.

We’re increasingly conducting our online lives through our mobile devices, be they smartphones or tablets, and while that’s a good thing for convenience, it comes with a price. Mobile platforms

We all want the newest and best of everything. That’s why every time the latest device comes out we rush to upgrade our suddenly outdated version. Less than 6 percent

Protect your smartphone not just from malware but phishing sites and prying eyes. You also need to be able to secure your data if your phone’s lost or stolen! Check

Say you’re in a public space and you want to use your laptop to go online but there’s no WiFi available. Well, if you have your mobile device, you may

From its then-revolutionary touchscreen interface to the somewhat ill-fated Siri voice control, Apple’s iPhone has always set the standard for mobile devices since its first version hit the stores in

It’s that time of year when, in the afterglow of the holiday season we start to play with all of our new toys. For a lot of people that will

Everyone knows you should have antivirus applications running on your work and personal computers, but far fewer people take seriously the threat of malware attacks to their mobile devices –

Jailbreaking your mobile device – that is, freeing it from its locked-down status in order to run unauthorized software – used to be for hardcore techies. Not anymore. These days