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Trace a Mobile Phone

Most of us have seen it in the movies. Somebody is on the run from the authorities and makes a phone call. The police force quickly jump to action, triangulating signals and whatnot in order to trace the mobile phone but the caller is too clever for that – he hangs up just a few seconds too...

The Need for Mobile Device Management is on the Rise

Last month, results were released of a Redshift Research survey taken by 1,500 IT managers and executives in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany and Spain which was created to assess attitudes, fears and hopes towards using mobile tablets in the workplace. The results show pretty much what...

Remote Wipe Mobile Devices via SMS

Whether you are using Mobile Device Management in the home or at the office, it’s more than likely that your Android device has passwords, photos or other personal and corporate data stored on it. At the very least, if you have a data plan or use WiFi, your email account is probably always...

Remote Lock Android with an SMS

We’ve often discussed the reasons why mobile phone security is important. With most of us keeping important personal or company information on our phones, we can’t afford to lose them. The confidential contact information of clients, our credit card details and our passwords are all at...

250 Million Android Devices in Use

Recently Google CEO Larry Page revealed that 250 million Android devices are currently in use worldwide. This is 50 million more than the number that was reported just over two months ago. 3.7 Million of those Android devices were activated over 2011’s Christmas weekend. Now, on average,...

Find My Android

I’ve gone and done it again, I’ve lost my Android phone! Stop what you’re doing and help me find my Android! Have you ever felt like that? I know Manish from the BBC has. He tweeted this yesterday “Everybody shut up and help me find my phone.” I know exactly how he...