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Global Mobile news round-up, November 16th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Africa’s Largest Mobile Network To Sell $20 ‘Smart Feature Phone’, SIM Cards That Force Your Mobile Data Through Tor, Police cyber kiosks ins Scotland ‘could be unlawful’ and much more. A new attempt at giving emerging markets…
Sam Hill
November 16, 2018
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Global Mobile news round-up, November 9th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Samsung unveils foldable phone, US voting using mobile blockchain app, Russia tightens control of anonymous messenger apps and much more. Samsung has unveiled its much-anticipated foldable phone and urged Android developers to start writing apps for the…
Sam Hill
November 9, 2018
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Global Mobile News round-up, November 2nd

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world.This week.. Android ad fraud scheme steals millions from advertisers, phone shop staff ‘enabling Sim swap scams’, WhatsApp found a place to show you ads and much more. While mobile ad fraud is nothing new, BuzzFeed’s deep reporting demonstrates the…
Sam Hill
November 2, 2018
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Global Mobile News Round-up, October 26th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Facebook fined £500,000 for Cambridge Analytica scandal, Google Lens comes to Google Images, data harvesting on Android apps is ‘out of control’ and much more… Facebook has been fined £500,000 by the UK’s data protection watchdog for…
Sam Hill
October 26, 2018
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Global Mobile News round-up, October 19th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Apple overhauls its privacy pages, mobile in Sub-Saharan Africa, what is ethical AI? and much more. Apple has refreshed and expanded its privacy website, a month after its most recent iPhone and Mac launches. You’re not going…
Sam Hill
October 19, 2018
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Global mobile news round-up, 12th October

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. stolen Apple IDs reportedly used for mobile payment theft in China, everything Google announced at its October 9 event, Facebook’s launch of Portal stymied by trust issues and much more. Users of two major mobile payment services…
Sam Hill
October 12, 2018
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Global Mobile News Roundup, October 5th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Facebook faces $1.6bn fine and formal investigation over massive data breach, Mobile Privacy and the Presidential Alert, Ofcom launch new rules to limit mobile bills, Japanese banks to offer instant money transfers using blockchain and much more……
Sam Hill
October 5, 2018
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Global Mobile news round up, September 28th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. US step up mobile data privacy efforts, Paytm test face recognition for payments, is 5G necessary for self-driving cars, exploring the new era in mobile and much more. The US is working on a new set of…
Sam Hill
September 28, 2018
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Global Mobile News September 21st

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world.This week.. EU warns Facebook it faces sanctions over ‘misleading’ T&Cs, Ghostery revamps its privacy-focused mobile browsers, blockchain; key to mobile phone privacy? and much more. Brussels has warned Facebook it will face sanctions unless it changes what the European…
Sam Hill
September 21, 2018
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Global Mobile News, 14th September

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week..  Apple unveils new iPhone XS, moves the iPhone away from physical SIMs, 10 critical points from Zuckerberg’s security manifesto, mobile fraud reaches new high in 2018, New Mexico sues mobile app makers over kid privacy concerns and much more. Apple…
Sam Hill
September 14, 2018
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