The Really Smart Phone Apple and Google may be intensifying privacy concerns by tracking where and when people use their mobile phonesâbut the true future of consumer surveillance is taking shape inside the cellphones at a weather-stained apartment complex in Cambridge, Mass.
Boston Magazine Your iPad (and iPhone) is Covered in Bacteria We all know that iPads (or your favorite tablet of choice) are being used for more than personal reasons. Community tablets and other touchscreen devices have become commonplace, especially in doctor’s offices, where front desk personnel use them to check in patients. And most of us always have our iPhones or smartphones in our hands […]
MSN Hackers may hit home for the holidays Northeastern University researchers found some smartphone fitness apps can leak passwords and location information over public Wi-Fi networks. “Our devices really store everything about us on them: who our contacts are, our locations and enough information to identify us because each device has a unique identifier number built into it,” said computer science professor David […]
Who talks more, men or women? The answer isn’t as obvious as you think A study released Tuesday sought to answer the ages-old and oft-debated question, do women really talk more than men? This most recent answer seems to be: well, it depends. Northeastern University Professor David Lazer and his team studied 133 adult subjects in either professional or relaxed settings and gave them all “sociometers,” a device about […]
Boston.com NU student’s mobile app offers quick news fix When people were rioting on the streets of Egypt two years ago, Northeastern University senior David Muench was missing out on the action. “My brother called me one night and asked if I had heard about the protests going on in Egypt, but I had to tell him ‘no,’” said Muench, who was working on […]