Networking World: BlackBerry Protect: Mobile Data Safety for the Masses

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Monday, July 12, 2010

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LATEST MOBILE AND WIRELESS NEWS
- BlackBerry Protect: Mobile Data Safety for the Masses
- Google App Inventor Simplifies Android Programming
- Sprint Adds 4G Wireless Markets
- AT&T, Verizon Receive Billions From FCC Phone Fund
- RIM, Apple Smartphone Leaders, Android Gaining
- Slideshow: Next Generation Defense Technologies
- Google Street View Cars Return Next Week
- Phishing, Spam Containing Malware Increase
- iPad, Tablet To Cannibalize Notebook, Netbook Sales

ANALYTIC REPORTS
- Customer Retention: The Power Of Insight
- Research: Choosing a Smartphone

WHITEPAPERS
- Avoid the Mobile Blind Spot: 5 Real World Tactics
- Achieve Reach, Reliability and Security in Mobile Messaging

TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES @ TECHWEB.COM
- White House Cybersecurity Czar Unveils National Strategy For Trusted Online Identity
- Hacker Unleashes BlackBerry Spyware Source Code
- The 6 Worst Cloud Security Mistakes
- 'Mafiaboy': Cloud Computing Will Cause Internet Security Meltdown
- University Research Exposes Potential Vulnerabilities In Cloud Computing

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LATEST MOBILE AND WIRELESS NEWS
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- BlackBerry Protect: Mobile Data Safety for the Masses
Research In Motion has announced an invite-only, limited beta for its new BlackBerry Protect, with a more general, open beta later this year. Protect lets end users manage their own device for safety -- it can help find a lost BlackBerry, protect its data, and perform backup and restore. Best of all, it's free!
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- Google App Inventor Simplifies Android Programming
A new Web-based visual development tool promises to let anyone create apps for Android devices.
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- Sprint Adds 4G Wireless Markets
Carrier launches in New York, California, and Oregon add to growing list of WiMax locations.
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- AT&T, Verizon Receive Billions From FCC Phone Fund
Figures released by a congressional committee as part of the FCC reform process for the Universal Service Fund, indicate the two carriers have collected more the $2.5 billion in the past three years.
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- RIM, Apple Smartphone Leaders, Android Gaining
Android had the biggest gain in May, while the other 4 smartphone platforms in the top 5 lost marketshare according to a comScore report.
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- Slideshow: Next Generation Defense Technologies
DARPA develops leading edge technologies for use in national security and defense from quadruped robots that trek through remote terrain to small satellite modules for use in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
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- Google Street View Cars Return Next Week
There will be no more WiFi data collection, but watch out for the lasers.
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- Phishing, Spam Containing Malware Increase
Spammers seeking to rebuild botnets after legal actions shut down several zombie networks are driving a surge in malware-containing spam according toe Symantec.
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- iPad, Tablet To Cannibalize Notebook, Netbook Sales
HP may emerge as the number two player behind Apple in the rapidly accelerating tablet computer market, according to Barclays Capital.
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ANALYTIC REPORTS
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- Customer Retention: The Power Of Insight
Insurers are discovering that retaining profitable customers can be even more valuable than acquiring new ones. Carriers that know their customers -- from their life stages and behavior to their profitability -- have the edge in today's marketplace. Key to gaining this advantage is leveraging insurers' reams of data to identify loyal customers and close the "expectation gap."
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- Research: Choosing a Smartphone
Apple iPhones are seeking business cred as RIM Blackberrys gain shiny consumer flash. Meanwhile, Microsoft is looking to extend its OS dominance to mobile devices. It’s an interesting time to be supporting smartphones.
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TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES @ TECHWEB.COM
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- White House Cybersecurity Czar Unveils National Strategy For Trusted Online Identity
Devil's in the details for Obama administration's draft plan for eliminating passwords and advancing authentication, security expert say
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- Hacker Unleashes BlackBerry Spyware Source Code
Proof-of-concept demonstrates ease at which mobile spyware can be created to pilfer text messages and email, eavesdrop, and track victim's physical location via smartphone's GPS
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- The 6 Worst Cloud Security Mistakes
A look at the most common missteps when choosing a cloud-based service -- and how to avoid them
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- 'Mafiaboy': Cloud Computing Will Cause Internet Security Meltdown
Notorious black-hat hacker warns that cloud-based computing will be "extremely dangerous," and explains how he got into hacking at age 15
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- University Research Exposes Potential Vulnerabilities In Cloud Computing
'Cross-VM attacks' could threaten sensitive data in shared environments, researchers say
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BlackBerry Protect: Mobile Data Safety for the Masses

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