Use Their App, Keep Your Data
A modified version of Android feeds data-snooping apps fake bookmarks and empty contact lists.
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David Talbot
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I’m MIT Technology Review's chief correspondent, keeping an eye most often on the world of information and communication technologies—and asking my kids when I don’t understand what’s going on. Recent projects have taken me to Kenya to write about mobile-phone-based health initiatives, and Germany to explore how they’ll ramp up renewable power while closing down nuclear plants. My 2008 feature on the Obama campaign’s social-networking operation was selected for The Best Technology Writing 2009.
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How to Get Everyone To Secure Computers
Botnets are a huge problem—one that can't be solved without persuading recalcitrant owners of millions of infected private computers to take action.
New Apps for the Bottom Billion
Low-tech phone technology allows images to be sent as bitmaps in text messages, opening up applications for the world's poorest.
AT&T Wants to Put Your Voice in Charge of Apps
Cloud-based speech and translation technology could allow any app to be voice-controlled.
African Social Networks Thrive in a Mobile Culture
New and fast-growing mobile social networks could challenge Facebook's growth on the continent.
Another Flashback for Mac Owners
An old Microsoft Word vulnerability from 2009 can infect Macs with new malware.
Flawed Windows Phone Earns You $0.01
Glitch on much-hyped Nokia model will get you $100 back from your $99.99 investment.
Verizon Envisions 4G Wireless in Just about Anything
At an "innovation center," Verizon adds wireless to cars, ATMs, and jukeboxes.
AT&T Reinvents the Steering Wheel
Vibrating wheel tells you to when to turn—and is less distracting than visual and auditory cues, researchers say.
Android Ads Could Attack, Study Warns
Ad libraries, bundled with free apps, could sniff data and even install malicious software.
