Mobile Device Motion Sensors Open To Hackers

Mobile Device Motion Sensors Open To Hackers

You could be the most careful mobile user ever, but hackers can still steal your PINs and passwords simply by spying on your phone’s motion sensors. A team of cyber researchers from the UK’s Newcastle University have demonstrated how easy it is to steal a four-digit PIN by analyzing the …..

Can Speed Reading Apps Help You Read Fast & Remember?

Can Speed Reading Apps Help You Read Fast & Remember?

What if you could glance at a page of text and know everything it said just by running your eyes down the middle of the page? Recently, the attractions of speed reading have been revived and promoted mainly due to the fact that we are living in times of information …..

Using Mobile Apps To Make Dining Out A Digital Delight

Using Mobile Apps To Make Dining Out A Digital Delight

“App” is not shorthand for “appetite” — although, given the growing availability of digital technology designed to cater to people’s stomachs, don’t be surprised if two words soon start to blend in the public’s subconscious. More and more consumers are enjoying the enhanced foodservice options that come with living in …..

The Pokémon Go Phenomena

The Pokémon Go Phenomena

Is it just us, or is everyone playing Pokémon Go? Even if you’re somehow one of the few that isn’t, you’ve likely seen it all over you social media feeds, in the headlines, and maybe even mentioned on the nightly news. In short, the game is an absolute overnight phenomenon. …..

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VOCM TechTalk – Can Mobile Payment Cause Overspending?

Tech Talk on VOCM is a weekly tech spot highlighting the latest tech news and gadget reviews. On this episode we discuss how mobile devices are causing people to overspend.  

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VOCM TechTalk: Apps For The Digitally Dialed-in Family. (100th Episode)

Tech Talk on VOCM is a weekly tech spot highlighting the latest tech news and gadget reviews. On this episode we discuss THREE apps for the digitally-minded family.  

Apps To Keep Digital Families Connected and Coordinated

Apps To Keep Digital Families Connected and Coordinated

We hear a lot about families spending too much time distracted by digital devices and annoyed by the loss of quality family time together but sometimes our digital devices do have family-friendly benefits.  Below is a list of several apps that can help family members stay connected and coordinated. SLACK: Family …..

Secret Mobile Decoy Apps That Hide Their True Intention

Secret Mobile Decoy Apps That Hide Their True Intention

There’s a parenting alert currently trending where kids are keeping secrets on their mobile devices. A new trend these days with kids who are using mobile devices seems to have them installing so-called secret apps that hide media like texts and photos from their parents. So how do these cyber …..

Back-To-School Apps You Can’t Do Without

Back-To-School Apps You Can’t Do Without

Back to school doesn’t have to mean a return to the low-tech world of notebooks, textbooks and ballpoint pens. It is now commonplace for students to have either some type of high-tech device that can use to get a head start on the new school year. Wether a mobile phone, …..

Mobile Payments & In-App Purchasing

Mobile Payments & In-App Purchasing

Free doesn’t always mean free anymore when it comes to mobile apps – especially mobile games. And so, it looks like many developers of mobile games and apps on the Apple, Google, and Amazon devices have adopted a new type of business model called ‘Freemium’. The word “freemium” is a combination …..

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