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More U.S. smartphone users turned to Android in the third quarter, accounting for nearly 44.8% of some 87 million users, ComScore reported Friday. What are your thoughts? Click here to view the original post.

A relative of the mother accused in the deaths of her three teenage daughters and another woman recounted disturbing phone conversations with the Shafia family leading up to the deaths and says he warned that the father might kill one of the girls. More...

In Washington today, someone got something done. If that was not shocking enough, it was the FCC. We can wait while you compose yourself. The FCC voted unanimously today to re-purpose the universal service program, which was used to get phone service to rural Americans. The fun will now be used...

Take Advantage Of The Opportunity For All Your Digital Publishing Needs On Android It can be difficult to keep up with the latest and greatest in Smartphone and tablet technology, with so many different applications and reading availability, but everyone has their lovers and haters. Some people...

How Can I Track a Cell Phone From My Computer If you're asking "How can I track a cell phone from my computer", I'm guessing that there's somebody in your life that you no longer trust. I suppose it's possible that you may be prone to losing your mobile phone but most people end up asking this...

An FBI cadaver dog searching the home of a missing Missouri baby has detected the scent of a human body, according to a police affidavit, which noted that investigators discovered soil in the backyard that had been "recently disturbed or overturned." The document, obtained by Fox News' "Justice...

Peer-to-peer software developer Frostwire has agreed to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that its software would likely cause users to unknowingly share sensitive personal files, including pictures, from their Android devices, the FTC said Tuesday. More...

3LM, the company founded by former Android developers and since acquired by Motorola, is making its enterprise security platform for Android phones available this week. More...

Researchers from browser security vendor Trusteer have identified a new variant of the SpyEye financial Trojan that tricks online banking users into changing the phone numbers associated with their accounts. More...

Security researchers say they've uncovered a flaw in several smartphone models produced by HTC that gives any application that has Internet access the keys to a trove of information on the phone, including e-mail addresses, GPS locations, phone numbers, and text message data. More...

Sensitive data including Social Security Numbers, names, addresses, phone numbers and personal health data belonging to about 4.9 million active and retired U.S. military personnel may have been compromised. More...

A Russian security company has upgraded a phone-password cracking suite with the ability to figure out the master device password for Research in Motion's BlackBerry devices. More...

Visa Europe introduced an Android application on Wednesday that lets users send money to other Visa cardholders over their mobile phone, with security measures in place to alert users of possible fraud. More...

Bowing to pressure from European privacy regulators, Google will soon allow owners of Wi-Fi access points to opt out of a Google service that allows smartphone owners to identify their location without using GPS (Global Positioning System), it said Tuesday. More...

App store vendors need to collaborate more closely to keep smartphone users safe, including putting together a system for grading application security, according to E.U. cybersecurity agency ENISA. More...

Browser makers have generally been quick to react to the computer compromise at digital certificate issuer DigiNotar, but that hasn't been the case for all mobile phone makers. More...

A Melbourne-based app developer has spoken about the security pitfalls of smartphone apps, saying that while certain mobile environments are more susceptible to malware, such risks can be eliminated through encryption and using common sense. More...

A Windows Phone 7 user has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, claiming that the software maker collects data from mobile phone users without their knowledge. More...

The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will begin hearing arguments on Wednesday on two related lawsuits involving the constitutionality and the legality of warrantless wiretaps of phone and email conversations of U.S. citizens by the government. More...

Digital rights groups ask the U.S. FCC to rule against BART's decision to shut down mobile phone service during a planned protest. More...