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Mobile Phones Need Better Location Tech for Emergencies - CIO

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 05:59 AM PDT


Mobile Phones Need Better Location Tech for Emergencies
CIO
The relative inaccuracy of location technology for 911 calls made from wireless phones is troubling in an era when more and more people are ditching landlines. If the caller can speak to a 911 operator, there's usually no problem. If they can't — they ...

California's Embrace of Anti-Theft Technology in Smartphones Puts a Squeeze ... - New York Times

Posted: 26 Aug 2014 05:41 PM PDT


Top Tech News

California's Embrace of Anti-Theft Technology in Smartphones Puts a Squeeze ...
New York Times
Jerry Brown of California on Monday will require that all smartphones sold in the state after July 2015 include a so-called kill switch, which lets an owner remotely deactivate a phone after it has been stolen. If the history of security technology is ...
How Cops and Hackers Could Abuse California's New Phone Kill-Switch Law Wired
Smartphone 'kill switch' is mandatory in California Tech Times
Smartphone 'Kill Switch' Law in California; Will Other States Follow? Top Tech News
Mashable  - USA TODAY
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Hands-On With Hyperlapse, Instagram's New Video Creation App - TechCrunch

Posted: 26 Aug 2014 03:57 PM PDT


FT.com (blog)

Hands-On With Hyperlapse, Instagram's New Video Creation App
TechCrunch
Generally speaking, image stabilization tech is processing-intensive to the point where it really isn't feasible on mobile. However, by using the gyroscopes in the phone itself, the Instagram team used algorithms to calculate the movements of the phone ...
Instagram's Hyperlapse iPhone app rockets up the charts HITC
Instagram gets its very own multi-app strategy with Hyperlapse FT.com (blog)
Life Moving Too Slow For You? Try Instagram's Hyperlapse Video App Wall Street Journal (blog)
Tech Times  - Yahoo News
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It's not just the NSA: Phone surveillance tech lets any government track your ... - Gigaom

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 03:28 PM PDT


Gigaom

It's not just the NSA: Phone surveillance tech lets any government track your ...
Gigaom
The reason? Surveillance equipment makers are selling the technology across the globe, making it much easier for tin-pot governments – and even criminal gangs – to spy on anyone with a mobile phone, according to a new report in the Washington Post.

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