Google leverages the massive scale of Android to do phone-based earthquake tracking.
Source: Android is now the world’s largest earthquake detection network | Ars Technica
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During epidemics, access to GPS data from smartphones can be crucial – EPFL
A new EPFL and MIT study into the interplay between mobility and the 2013 and 2014 dengue outbreaks in Singapore has uncovered a legal void around access to mobile phone data – information that can prove vital in preventing the spread of infectious diseases.
Source: During epidemics, access to GPS data from smartphones can be crucial – EPFL
This new tool for developers can help preserve app users’ privacy
This new tool for developers can help preserve app users’ privacy – CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Source: This new tool for developers can help preserve app users’ privacy
Scientists use phone movement to predict personality types
It turns out the patterns in the way your mobile phone moves around say a lot about your personality.
Source: Scientists use phone movement to predict personality types
Apple Cracks Down on Apps That Fight iPhone Addiction – The New York Times
Last year, with much fanfare, the tech giant unveiled a screen-time tracker of its own. Then it quietly began purging competitors from its store.
Source: Apple Cracks Down on Apps That Fight iPhone Addiction – The New York Times
These Android apps have been tracking you, even when you say stop – CNET
Exclusive: Advertisers are collecting info that can help them skirt an Android privacy feature, according to new research.
Source: These Android apps have been tracking you, even when you say stop – CNET
Apple VA deal: Putting patients in control of their health info
Apple’s work with the VA is important, and not just for veterans. The barriers that have prevented people from accessing their health data are now coming down.
Source: Apple VA deal: Putting patients in control of their health info
After Facebook, Apple bans Google from running internal iOS apps | BGR India
Apple has blocked Google’s ability to distribute its internal iOS apps, before Google could voluntarily shut it down.
Source: After Facebook, Apple bans Google from running internal iOS apps | BGR India
Facebook reportedly paying teens to install VPN app that spies on them | BGR India
Facebook reportedly asserted that it was working on a research program to learn about users smartphone habits and usage to help serve better.
Source: Facebook reportedly paying teens to install VPN app that spies on them | BGR India
