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Monday, 14 November 2011

Verizon Expands FiOS TV's Suite of Mobile Applications to More Devices

NEW YORK – October 19, 2010 –

Verizon is bringing the FiOS experience inside and outside the fiber-optic-powered digital home to more customers, with FiOS TV's Mobile Remote application, an advanced capability, now available on more than forty devices.

The FiOS TV Mobile Remote app can be downloaded to Apple's iPhone and iPod devices and will soon be available for download on tablet devices. Mobile Remote - which launched in February, on DROID by Motorola - is also available on every device running Android software v.2.1 or above that supports Wi-Fi.

Verizon's suite of applications is available for download - at no additional cost - in the Verizon Wireless Media Store, the Android Market, Apple's App Store and BlackBerry App World. After just one year in the market, both Verizon's DVR Manager, which lets customers manage DVR settings via their smartphone, and Mobile Remote have been downloaded more than 500,000 times.

"Verizon continues to personalize and enhance FiOS TV by rapidly expanding our suite of mobile applications, delivering an entertainment experience far beyond what cable can offer," said Eric Bruno, vice president of product management for Verizon. "We offer choice and flexibility for our customers, with applications on multiple devices and platforms that provide a unique TV experience, available only with FiOS."

Mobile Remote lets FiOS TV high-definition subscribers use their mobile phones as a television remote control, dynamically changing the TV experience. FiOS TV subscribers can change channels, manage parental controls, pause, rewind and fast forward or record a TV show. The application - which automatically personalizes options based on the specific smartphone connected to the set-top box, enabling customized favorites and other preferences - has virtually the same functionality as the standard FiOS TV remote.

In addition, customers can use their mobile devices to flick stored photos from the mobile device to the TV, one photo at a time. Customers also can access FiOS TV Video on Demand (VOD) and return to live FiOS TV programming. Subscribers simply click on the VOD button and browse, search or purchase on-demand titles; or click on the FiOS TV button and jump to live TV when watching recorded programs, or respond to interactive prompts.

DVR Manager lets FiOS TV customers review, change or add recording requests; record an entire series; delete recorded programs; browse and search TV and VOD listings; set parental controls; check their DVR recorder status; and more - all through their mobile device, anytime, anywhere.

(For screen shots of the Mobile Remote application, visit http://newscenter.verizon.com/kit/mobile-remote/).

Verizon offers these applications across multiple carriers and mobile platforms. To see if an application is available on a particular mobile device, consumers can go to the mobile application store on the device and search "FiOS." Once set up, FiOS Mobile Remote offers features including My Photos, My Favorites, Tele-TV Mute and My Remote.

To register an Apple device, customers simply go to the FiOS TV Widget's main menu, click on Mobile Remote, find the mobile device in the list of supported phones and follow the instructions for pairing it to the HD set-top box. The customer will be prompted to install the Mobile Remote application through the Apple App Store.

FiOS provides next-generation interactive services including an advanced interactive media guide; social-networking, news and entertainment widgets; Internet videos on TV; streaming of personal videos, photos and music from home computers to the TV; and many others.

FiOS TV offers a broad collection of programming that includes more than 520 all-digital channels with up to 140 HD channels and 18,000 monthly video-on-demand titles. FiOS Internet offers the country's top-rated broadband service, with download speeds of up to 50 Mbps (megabits per second) and upload speeds of up to 35 Mbps.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 92 million customers nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers innovative, seamless business solutions to customers around the world. A Dow 30 company, Verizon last year generated consolidated revenues of more than $107 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

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Thursday, 14 July 2011

Security vulnerability found in iOS management of PDF files - at this time only jailbroken devices can be secured

Security vulnerability found in iOS management of PDF files - at this time only jailbroken devices can be secured -

Apple this week pledged to issue a fix for an iOS vulnerability that could let hackers remotely control iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches.

"Apple takes security very seriously, we're aware of this reported issue and developing a fix that will be available to customers in an upcoming software update," an Apple spokesman said in a statement.

The move comes after the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) issued a warning earlier this week about the possibility of attacks via PDF files.
In a translated version of the report, the agency said clicking on an infected PDF via Email or on the Web is enough to infect an iOS device with malicious software and give the attacker administrative privileges on the device.

The BSI said the vulnerability affects the iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, iPad, and iPod Touch running iOS up to version 4.3.3, though officials said they could not rule out the possibility that other versions of iOS were affected.

The warning said there have been no reported attacks, but anyone taking advantage of the vulnerability could potentially access things like passwords, online banking data, calendars, Emails, text, or contact information.
There could also be access to built-in cameras, the interception of telephone conversations, and the GPS localization of the user, BSI said.

Given that more and more professionals are using the iPad and iPhone in a business setting, BSI warned that the security hole could be used for "targeted attacks on leaders ... to get to confidential company information."

Until Apple issues its patch, therefore, BSI suggested that iOS users do not open unknown PDF files, whether they are received via Email or linked on Web sites.
Browser use and link clicking should also be restricted to trusted Web sites.

Apple did not release a timetable for its security update.
Its last update, 4.3.3, was released in early May and solved a controversial "bug" with Apple's location-based services.

The fix comes amidst the release of JailBreakMe, software that will jailbreak an iOS device using the PDF vulnerability.
The program quickly hit 1 million jailbreaks:

"Be sure to share a link with your friends while it's still available," Grant Paul, one of the creators, tweeted earlier this week.

JailBreakMe developer Comex said on its Web site:

"Along with the jailbreak, I am releasing a patch for the main vulnerability which anyone especially security conscious can install to render themselves immune; due to the nature of iOS, this patch can only be installed on a jailbroken device. Until Apple releases an update, jailbreaking will ironically be the best way to remain secure," .

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Monday, 11 July 2011

Cell phones, devices biggest driving distractions - Reuters

A driver checks his phone while sitting in his car in New York City, December 10, 2009.

Credit: Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi

By Molly O'Toole

WASHINGTON, July 7 | Fri Jul 8, 2011 5:07am EDT

WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters Life!) - Driving distractions, primarily by cell phones and other electronic devices, are associated with up to 25 percent of U.S. car crashes, according to a report released on Thursday.

The study by the Governors Highway Safety Association GHSA.L, a nonprofit group that works to improve traffic safety, assessed research from more than 350 scientific papers published since 2000.

It showed that drivers are distracted up to half the time and that crashes caused by distractions range from minor damage to fatal injury. Cell phone use raises the risk of crashing, but texting is likely to increase crash risk more than cell phone use.

"Despite all that has been written about driver distraction, there is still a lot that we do not know," GHSA executive director Barbara Harsha said in a statement.

"Clearly, more studies need to be done addressing both the scope of the problem and how to effectively address it."

Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that in 2009 alone, nearly 5,500 fatalities and about half a million injuries resulted from crashes involving a distracted driver.

Deaths due to distracted driving presented 16 percent of traffic fatalities in 2009, a rise from 10 percent in 2005.

"When it comes to distracted driving, one thing is clear: any activities that take extended focus away from the primary task of driving are both unsafe and unwise," Lynda Tran, spokeswoman for the NHTSA, said in a statement.

The GHSA suggested measures for states and organizations to reduce distracted driving.

The report said laws banning hand-held cell phones while driving reduced their use by roughly half since they were first implemented, but cell phone use increased subsequently.

There is no conclusive evidence on whether hands-free cell phone use is less risky than hand-held use, the report said. Evidence is also lacking on whether cell phone or texting bans have reduced crashes or injuries.

The GHSA suggested a complete ban on cell phone use, hands-free or not, for novice drivers, who are the highest-risk. It also recommended a texting ban for all drivers.

Thirty U.S. states and the District of Columbia have prohibited the use of all cell phones by novice drivers and 41 states and Washington, D.C. had prohibited texting by novice drivers. Thirty four states and the District of Columbia have enacted texting bans for all drivers. But the report said texting bans have proven difficult to enforce.

Because the research and data on these laws' effectiveness is not definitive, the report recommends the 41 states without handheld cell phone bans hold off and monitor existing laws before enacting their own.

The GHSA represents the state and territorial highway safety offices. Its members are appointed by their governors. (Reporting by Molly O'Toole; Editing by Jerry Norton and Patricia Reaney; For the latest Reuters lifestyle news see: www.reuters.com/news/lifestyle))

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Saturday, 2 July 2011

Over 500,000 Android Devices Activated Each Day

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Posted: 29-Jun-2011 [Source: NYTblog] [Google VP tweets that the company was now activating over 500,000 Android devices each day.]

By Nick Bilton (NYTblog) -- "Andy Rubin, a vice president for engineering at Google who leads the company’s Google Android platform, said in a Twitter message Tuesday that the company was now activating over 500,000 Android devices each day."

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