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When U.S. Magistrate Sheri Pym ruled that Apple must help the FBI break into an iPhone belonging to one of the killers in the San Bernardino, CA, shootings, the tech world shuddered. Apple's CEO doesn't want to create a "backdoor" to let the FBI in.
Read More →Months after the tragic shooting at a health clinic in San Bernardino, FBI agents are still unable to unlock the phone used by one of the attackers, according to new statements by FBI director James Comey.
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The NYPD smartphones that every officer is set to be issued by next year will become an invaluable resource in fighting crime in real time, officials said Sunday.
Read More →The Justice Department announced a policy Thursday that will require its law enforcement agencies to obtain a warrant to deploy cellphone-tracking devices in criminal investigations and inform judges when they plan to use them.
Read More →A federal judge is set to decide whether Chicago police officers should have received overtime pay for answering work-related calls and emails after hours, a case that could help clarify what it means for an employee to be off the clock in the age of smartphones.
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Pelican Products, Inc., known for its design and manufacture of high-performance rugged cases, today announced its leading line of smartphone cases for the Samsung Galaxy S 6 and Galaxy S 6 Edge. The new Pelican ProGear Protector and Voyager models designed for the latest Samsung devices are available exclusively at AT&T retail stores and att.com/pelican.
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Sonim Technologies, maker of tough mobile phones for public safety applications and use in extreme environments, announced that its ultra-rugged XP7 LTE Android smartphones will be used in a demonstration of emergency communications during the International Ski Federation's Alpine World Ski Championships beginning this week in and around Vail, Colo.
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For any incident you likely use different methods to record interviews, take notes, transcribe them, write reports, take pictures and video, and then upload everything to your agency's server. QueTel's Mobile Traq lets you do all this via an app on the smartphone you already use.
Read More →Cellebrite, developer and provider of mobile data forensic solutions, has released the latest version of its award-winning mobile forensics tool -- UFED 4.0. The new version introduces new, time-saving workflow capabilities, including language translation, automated data carving, image capturing, and more.
Read More →“There will come a day when it will matter a great deal to the lives of people . . . that we will be able to gain access” to such devices, Comey told reporters in a briefing. “I want to have that conversation [with companies responsible] before that day comes.”
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