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For #security, #Android #phones will now auto-reboot after three days
#Google updated Play services, a core part that provides functionalities for apps and OS Listed under “Security & Privacy” is a new security feature that “will automatically restart your device if locked for 3 consecutive days.”
Thinking behind adding an automatic reboot after a certain period of inactivity is to make life more difficult for someone who is trying to unlock or extract data from a phone.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/for-security-android-phones-will-now-auto-reboot-after-three-days/
In a first, the Japan Fair Trade Commission has issued a cease-and-desist order against Google, accusing it of violating the country's anti-monopoly law by forcing manufacturers to preinstall its apps in smartphones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/15/companies/google-anti-monopoly-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #google #phones #bigtech #search #ftc #tech #apps
Visitors to U.S. Take Extreme Precautions as #Trump Continues March of #Fascism
The #EuropeanCommission has started issuing #burner #phones and stripped-down #laptops to staff visiting the U.S. over concerns that the treatment of visitors to the country has become a #security risk, according to a new report from the Financial Times.
#privacy #surveillance #burnerphones #TravelAdvice #us #usa
Today I realized how low the volume of my phone is, even on maximum volume and that even good headphones aren't able to do something against it.
On occasion I just need music loud, the bass beating against my own pulse and well my phone wasn't able to do that.
Thankfully I found a simple app solution even if the app is add financed but it's at least only overlay pop ups and no sound.
Now I'm able to drive the volume up to 200% but 125% is already enough to finally feel the music again. But I have to test around with some Equilizers to get the right mix otherwise my phone, Bluetooth speaker and my wired headset just sound like braking apart.
But damn the volume is impressive.
https://www.europesays.com/uk/10528/ Average Person Starts to Panic When Phone Battery Life Drops to 38% #Health #MentalHealth #Phones #smartphones #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.europesays.com/uk/8397/ Apple flew 1,500,000 iPhones to the USA to beat Donald Trump’s tariffs | News Tech #Apple #China #DonaldTrump #India #iPhone #News #Phones #Tech #UnitedStates #us #USA
I know I'm cheap. I live frugally, hardly ever eat out, etc., but ya gotta have a phone these days and here's my beef:
HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FOR THE PHONE AND SERVICE AND INSURANCE AND THERE'S NO FREE CASE????
The phones are slippery, so a case is a must. Then, the cases can be another 25 or more dollars.
I got one for around 20 that seems very strong.
BUT STILL!!! 
@craftyguy talking about #postmarketos at the local Portland Linux Group here in #portland.
@JessTheUnstill One of the big fuckups for BlackBerry was just the delays in getting BlackBerry 10, plus the Z10 and Q10, to market.
I got to use BB10 for a couple of months, and it was nice. It was built on QNX, with a modern swipe/gesture based UI built with Qt.
Arguably a better OS than the iOS and Android releases at that same time.
There was a feature called the Hub, which wax a unified inbox for your email messages, social posts, and text messages. Plus a modern app store, and separate personal/work profiles built into the OS.
There was a version without a physical keyboard (Z10) and with (Q10).
The problem is they didn't start working on it until 2010, and BB10 wasn't released until 2013.
For about two years before BB10 came out, BlackBerry didn't release any new phones.
Had BB10 come out earlier, it *might* have saved the company.
Infrastructure businesses in Japan are stepping up measures to reduce potential damage from a possible huge earthquake in the Nankai Trough. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/japan/society/infrastructure-measure-nankai-trough/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #earthquakes #nankaitrough #disasterpreparedness #phones #telecoms #internet #electricity #jr #nttdocomo
@zjp Top tip: Sometimes when you click on links, there's more information on the page you arrive at. /s
Here's the link to the report, which is 84 pages long.
"Similar to the pattern observed with online bullying, kids who own a smartphone are slightly less likely to report
feeling depressed most days compared with those who don’t own a smartphone (21% vs. 26%), which may be due
to socioeconomic status affecting smartphone ownership and depression, or to reverse causation, where parents of children with depression may be less likely to give them a smartphone to protect them from the harmful effects of digital media use. By contrast, children who own a tablet are more likely to report feeling depressed compared to those who don’t (26% vs. 19%)."
Japan's Fair Trade Commission has designated three companies, including Google and Apple, as subject to rules under a new law regulating major IT firms in the smartphone application market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/01/companies/ftc-regulation-google-apple/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #ftc #google #apple #tech #apps #phones
Why #Toll #Text #Scams Are Out Of Control
The #FBI has issued a warning against “#smishing”, which are text-based scams that people all over the country are receiving on their #phones. #Scammers are impersonating the agencies and companies that collect money for tolls #parkingtickets, #creditcard payments, bank notices, phone bills. Some scams are even fake anti-scam warnings.
Without looking it up what’s the default text messaging app called on stock Android?
Please note I said default text messaging (ie. SMS/MMS etc) and stock (as in what Google Android Open Source Project and many other Google Play enabled phones run for their OS.
Electronic dictionary sales keep falling in Japan amid declining birthrates and widespread use of smartphone apps. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/13/companies/electronic-dictionary-sales-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sony #sharp #computers #tech #phones #apps #casiocomputer
Nice piece. Phones are damn useful, but use could be wound back a bit - especially by those people reading social media posts while walking along footpaths. I do notice a lot more young people reading print books at the local swimming pool (which I don't even do, I use a Kindle).
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What are smartphones stealing from us? When mine was taken away, I found out. - Alexander Hurst https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/10/smartphones-steal-film-extra-device-screen
Today is Telephone Day, because it was on March 10, 1876 that Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call, to his assistant in another room. The first words spoken were “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.” 10 things you might not know about telephones.
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/03/10-march-telephone-day.html