A look at the Mobile Landscape in May 2013

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Todays’ mobile landscape is filled with a vast number of options to the uninitiated. But careful examination can easily whittle down the number of options to just a few phones. But here’s the brutal truth; now is just not a good time to buy a phone. In a few months it will be different, but that [...]

Why everyone is making a Smartwatch

Smartwatches are nothing new. The true nerds remember the calculator watches of the 80s and 90s, and their place in nerd culture. As we have miniaturized computing, we are moving more and more computing to our bodies (smartphones, Google Glass, and yes, smartwatches). As an avid user of the Motorola MOTOACTV, I’ve been using a [...]

Big Samsung News Today: Must-have security features you will want on your device

Samsung KNOX is the kind of comprehensive game changing security and mobile risk management solution the community has been calling out for. It was one of the features announced at today’s rollout of the Samsung Galaxy S4. There are several sources of information on the capabilities of this system, including: A press release by Fixmo: [...]

Google reveals some Glass apps, HTC is delaying One shipments and more

Here are the top mobile news and stories of the day. Testing shows voice-over-LTE power drain is improving, but it’s still no 2G – “Mobile network tester Spirent found that VoLTE 4G calling technology has made some big improvements in power efficiency since its last round of tests, but it still has far to go [...]

Fixmo Puts Mobile Security, Data Security and Privacy into the Hands of Users – Literally

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Fixmo, a provider of mobile security and data protection solutions, is putting mobile security into the hands of users — literally. Fixmo SafeWatch, now in beta testing, is a personal mobile security product to help consumers and business users protect their personal information and ensure privacy for their Android mobile devices. Fixmo, a provider of [...]

White House on unlocking smartphones, iWatch details and more

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Here are the top mobile news and stories of the day. The White House responds: phones and tablets should be unlockable – After the Library of Congress stated that (carrier) unlocking your smartphone would be illegal, a petition to the White House was heard, and the FCC will be investigating the legality of cellphone unlocking. [...]