Mobile Devices Prone To Greater Risks During Vacations

Vacations are the only period when parents get time to spend with their children. Now with good technology we can see people widely using cell phones for every necessity. We see them using Smartphone for various personal and professional purposes. During vacations there are lots of chances that you would misplace your phone or it would get lost and get affected by suspicious viruses. Though many people know that it is important to secure their mobile phones hardly few people find it necessary to do so.

People are hardly aware of the fact that losing a phone would cost them a lot than installing a security application which would block malware, locate the lost mobile and silently wipe-out all personal information.  Also the cost of device theft is lot more than the cost of device replacement. As we known mobile phones consist of important information they cannot be left unguarded. If left, would cause a lot of problems to the user after his long vacation.

To not let anything like this occur, people must secure their phones by first understanding the risks. First of all they must protect their machine in every possible way. Users should install a lightweight, high-performance anti-virus program. After that they must lock their phones with passwords and write their names behind their device for security reasons. Users must make sure their phone is always with them. 

As stated earlier physical security is important, do not connect your device to external networks, emails and websites. These rules apply to both basic as well as smartphone users. Best way to protect your phone while on a vacation would be to buy and install a reliable mobile securitysoftware. 

These tips would surely help you protect your device while you are busy enjoying your holiday with your family.

Touchscreen Phones Can Soon Automatically Send SMS

With technology reaching new levels with each passing day soon we can see touchscreen phones automatically sending SMS to people.  Researchers have developed a new prototype which will let touchscreen phone users send text messages even when their phones are inside their pockets. It would work in a way like whenever a fabric of cotton, silk or thick fleece touches the phone’s screen it would be able send sms.

This feature would indeed be very helpful for people who are always busy in meetings and conferences. The user can simply place his finger on the pocket holding the touchscreen phone and handle a call just by locating a message like “busy in a conference” on the fabric above the hidden screen. The touch screen mobile will then understand the message as it has a program to decode the handwriting after the scrawling sort.

This prototype uses sensors same as those used in touchscreens and is placed in the back of smartphones. This technology is a very innovative way of sending messages to people and hence can be used for various purposes. This application named PocketTouch will send messages secretly to people when users do not wish to reveal their phone out in public.

Most of the touchscreen phones are calibrated in a specific way by only responding to direct touch with finger and detaining other different signals. However this is totally a different application which will calibrate continuously by the touch of different fabrics. 

Now users can easily attend their meetings without getting disturbed and disturbing other with the help of PocketTouch.