Mobile Ransomware Attacks Have ‘Skyrocketed’, Says Kaspersky

Software security organization Kaspersky Lab’s contemporary record on ransomware shows that the hackers are increasingly more focused on Cell customers and the quantity of Mobile users laid low with ransomware “skyrocketed” throughout January-March 2016. “Ransomware is a type of malware that, upon infecting a device, blocks get entry to to it or to some or all of the information stored on it. As a way to unencumber either the device or the information, the user is required to pay a ransom, typically in Bitcoins or another broadly used e-foreign money,”…

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Panic Button: Telecom Minister to talk about Pricing problems With mobile Makers

Amid worries that government’s move to make panic button obligatory will increase cost of cell handsets, telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Thursday said he’s going to absorb the problem up with the industry. “i’m able to communicate to them. India is a big marketplace. for your data, i have mentioned this with all people. Manufactures who apprehend this have given their aid. My expectation is that they will render their aid in social justice and ladies protection,” Prasad told newshounds Thursday. government has mandated that each one mobile telephones to…

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Microsoft to support home windows 10 mobile for ‘many years’, launch New gadgets

Microsoft has asserted that it is committed to the windows 10 mobile platform and is presently running on the subsequent-generation products. The company’s stance become discovered via executive vp of home windows and devices group Terry Myerson in an e-mail to several people including Microsoft executives and partners. the email from Myerson guidelines that Microsoft desires to placed aside any uncertainty about its upcoming variety of merchandise powered by using windows 10 mobile. the email from Myerson touched upon the business enterprise’s approach closer to the platform. home windows valuable…

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China’s Huawei Evaluating Mobile Phone Manufacturing in India

China-based Huawei is evaluating ways to start production of mobile phones in India through contract manufacturing in association with Foxconn and is currently studying the business models and tax incentives. A delegation of Huawei, led by its India CEO Jay Chen, met Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday and apprised him of its expansion plans for the country. “We had a very elaborate talk and they have said that till now they have invested $2 billion (roughly Rs. 13,309 crores) in India in the last 16 years,” Prasad said.…

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Microsoft Lumia 650 Dual SIM With Windows 10 Mobile Launched at Rs. 15,299

Microsoft’s Lumia 650 Dual SIM smartphone has been launched in India at Rs. 15,299, and is now available to buy in the country. To recall, the smartphone had gone on sale in the country via a third-party seller earlier this week. Initially unveiled in February and listed on the company’s India site soon after, Microsoft stresses that the Microsoft Lumia 650 will offer consumers the “perfect balance between work and personal needs.” It’s worth noting that only the dual-SIM model of the Lumia 650 will be available in India. Much…

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Mobile Chat Apps Line, Kakao Flourishing Among Young Asians

Forget Facebook and Twitter. Two of Asia’s biggest social media players, Kakao Talk and Line, are growing by making mobile messaging apps an integral part of the lives of young Asians who prefer to communicate more privately instead of shouting out in virtual arenas and risking troubles with trolls – or disclosing aspects of their lives to their parents they’d rather not share. Kakao Talk is the top messenger app in South Korea, with more users than Facebook or Twitter. People use it to hail cabs and transfer money, advancing…

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