[TechRepublic] Beware of the phone hacking scandal

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Smartphone security and the phone hacking scandal The "phone hacking" scandal unfolding in the UK has demonstrated how trivial it is to gain unauthorized access to voicemail and other information stored on smartphones. Ignoring basic security steps only makes it easier. Read more Resource of the day BlackBerry Users: Never Leave Your Professional Network Behind Discover how BlackBerry smartphone users can take their professional networks with them. Get an overview of the BlackBerry clients for IBM Lotus Connections and IBM Lotus Quickr and the technical details of how they work on BlackBerry. Five ways that smartphones enhance your business Scott Lowe explains five ways that smartphones can shape your business communications strategy and interaction opportunities. Read more Keeping it clean: Protect your iPad or iPhone with VirusBarrier Now that he uses an iPad almost daily, Derek Schauland looked into some virus-scanning protection for it. Here's his take on the reasonably-priced VirusBarrier app for iOS devices. Read more The strength of Google Android Honeycomb is also its major weakness Google Honeycomb has the potential to be a replacement lightweight, portable personal computer operating system for content consumption and creation. This potential strength is also where Honeycomb falls down. Read more Five password reset options for online apps Programmer Justin James presents five common ways to reset passwords for online applications and explains which two of the options provide the most security. Read more Set the Scenes on your HTC device and make your mobile life easier Jack Wallen takes a look at Scenes, which are a part of HTC's Sense UI. Find out how Scenes can help you become a much more efficient, task-oriented mobile device user. Read more The tools and features still missing from Google Apps Google Apps has come a long way, but the apps still have a few kinks to be worked out. Kevin Purdy lists some of the drawbacks to Google Apps. Read more The economics of Apple's App Store Apple's App Store average paid app price is $1.44, of which it's reported the company gets an average of 26 cents per download. Larry Dignan offers more details. Read more Mobile developer tips on location requests and Android Proximity Alerts Kyle Miller provides sample code for fetching location on mobile web, and highlights potential issues you might face when setting up Proximity Alerts in Android. Read more Windows Phone 7 developer tips about OData, IronRuby, and MVVM Justin James provides WP7 development tricks and details on submitting apps to App Hub, customizing keyboard layouts with InputScope, and using tombstoning. Read more Q&A on Verizon's new tiered data plans Michelle Gilbert from Verizon Wireless provides some answers to questions about Verizon's new tiered data usage plans. Read more Geek toolbelt: App monitors vulnerabilities on iOS Derek Schauland reviews an app that helps you monitor iOS vulnerabilities from your iPhone or other iOS device. Read more Featured multimedia   Smartphone OSes compared (photos) Shopping for a new smartphone and confused by all the different operating systems? CNET offers a comparison of the various platforms to help you decide. View on site Upcoming smartphones: Summer edition (photos) A number of companies have promised new smartphones for the summer. We've rounded up all the announced models in one place to help you keep track of what's coming and where they're headed. See them here. View on site Seven great sources for free iOS apps (screenshots) A lot of apps are already a bargain at a buck or two, but nothing beats free. These sites, apps, and services help you find free and newly free downloads for your iDevice. View on site Google+ coverage on TechRepublic Why Google Plus is about to change the Web as we know it Four ways Google+ will end up in your workplace Google+: It's friending, with benefits (images) 7 Google+ essentials (photos) Today's recommended downloads Dispelling the Vapor Around Cloud Computing (IBM) Recommendations for Implementing Cloud Security (IBM) Cloud Computing Implementation: Learning From Others Mistakes (IBM) New Storage Options to Tame the Information Explosion (IBM) Take Your Business Relationships to the Next Level (IBM) Perennial favorites   Lesser-known Android tips and tricks Smartphones with the lowest and the highest radiation levels Ways to improve your mobile computing experience Stainless steel wallet review: Two years later A stainless steel wallet seems like it would be pretty durable. How is it after two years of use? TechRepublic newsletters   Get Mac tips, the latest IT news updates, product reviews, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Macs in Business Tech Sanity Check Five Tips 10 Things

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