Thanks to an intentional “slip-up” by Samsung, four versions of their upcoming Galaxy S10 phone have leaked. And consumers are pretty impressed so far. Seeing as how this is the South Korean tech giant’s 10th anniversary device, many were expecting a pretty radical redesign but it seems Samsung is going to deck out the anniversary…
As we’ve all have probably heard, Facebook and Cambridge Analytica are under fire for allowing user data to be collected and used in ways it shouldn’t have been, namely to track and target user’s political opinions without their knowledge. For its part, Facebook has called the incident “a breach of trust” and says it has…
Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent reverse logistics, cyber security, and IT news that HOBI’s blog reported on during the week 4/09-4/13. HOBI Blog Recap: Reverse Logistics Thriving in an ‘Age of Entitlement’ The term ‘reverse’ may still be lumped together with synonyms like “backwards,” “return,” or “retreat,” however, in today’s era of…
Last week, security firm Armis revealed that as many as 15 billion Amazon Echo devices and five billion Google Home speakers may be subject to external attack due to BlueBorne vulnerabilities. Since these devices are unmanaged and closed sources, users are unaware of the fact that their Bluetooth implementation is based on potentially vulnerable code…
Here is a recap of the HOBI blog for the week of 4/3-4/7 Three benefits of backing up a smartphone to the cloud More people are using smartphones as their primary computing device than ever. Smartphones’ small size and advanced computing abilities allow the devices to store many apps and other information typically stored on…
Research firm Statcounter reports Android has surpassed Windows as the OS used to access the Internet the most frequently. This month, Android users accounted for 37.93 percent of Statcounter network activity, followed closely behind by Microsoft users with 37.91 percent. Statcounter also reports Apple users access the Internet through mobile (iOS) than desktop program (OSX),…