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Is the 911 emergency system ready to transition to the mobile platform?
The 911 emergency system is getting old at an age of mobile technology, where all forms of communication rely on everything “smart”, from mobile apps to connected devices. That is why the very own emergency infrastructure of the United States is badly in need of help for its own.
China’s answer to US surveillance: building a secure phone at home
In an effort to skirt any chance by the United States government at widespread public surveillance, China is looking to develop a native secure mobile device that will isolate Chinese devices from third-party prying eyes.
Microsoft gets more serious about your security
Software giant Microsoft had been notorious in the past as an easy mark for attackers, what with the many bugs and security flaws in its products and services at every turn. Microsoft made a considerable progress from there after co-founded Bill Gates implemented a month-long fixing of software and security vulnerabilities for existing products.
You can now set up campaigns on Facebook with its Fundraiser
Individuals and organizations who want to fund a certain project or cause and fulfill that goal by creating a campaign online now have the option to do so with Facebook’s newly launched Fundraiser tool, a move seen to be in direct clash with Kickstarter and other crowdfunding services.
Microsoft, too, wants to connect 4 billion offline people
Facebook and Google may not be alone in their pivotal plans to beam the Internet to the rest of the offline world, because Microsoft has just announced a new initiative meant to pump huge cash into startups to develop services that will connect the more than four billion people who are still disconnected.
