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Mobile security lab results place McAfee at the top

An Android report by AV-Test showed that this particular app had the highest rank for these devices.

According to the most recent mobile security lab report that was issued by AV-Test, it was the McAfee app that received the highest rank in a number of different areas for smartphones based on that operating system.

According to McAfee, its smartphone solution offers flexibility and enhances privacy protection.

In order to benefit from McAfee, a monthly subscription option is available. Its mobile security received the top score within the most recent tests that were conducted by AV-Test, which is an independent testing lab. This placed the app at the top of a list of 26 other leading companies that were included in the study in order to produce the report.

McAfee also took that time to announce that it has updated its mobile security app with new controls and features.

Mobile Security SolutionsThe company stated that its mobile security application now has boosted privacy controls, as well as the option to take part in a monthly subscription for tablets and smartphones based on the Android operating system.

The reason that this information is important is that smartphones and tablets are undergoing a growing mobile security risk as cyber criminals now go to greater length to infect apps that will be downloaded from trusted sources, such as the official marketplace at Google Play. According to a recently released report, the average consumer with an Android device has a risk of one in six of downloading an app with some type of malware or malicious elements.

In the case of the AV-Test results that have just been reported, it indicated that McAfee’s app can help to provide consumers with mobile security and privacy that is easy to use and that is effective. In the four different areas that were tested, the app was able to achieve a perfect 100% score of 13 out of 13. The company detected all of the malware family and samples in the test, it did not produce a single false positive, it did not reduce the device battery life, and it did not slow down the normal usage of the device.

Technology news made when Apple purchases chip development firm

It is believed that this acquisition was made in order to help the company to move forward in wearable tech.

According to recent technology news reports, the chip development firm called Passif has now been acquired by Apple, in a move that is being interpreted as the very latest clue in a massive puzzle regarding the future of wearable tech from that company.

It has been believed for some time now that Apple has been creating a wrist-worn mobile device.

The rumor mill has nicknamed this technology news development as the iWatch. It has been discussed for months, though Apple has remained true to its traditional vow of silence before official product unveilings and has not spoken even slightly about a new wearable form of mobile tech.

This type of technology news is always welcome to Apple followers, who watch carefully for these headlines.

Apple - Technology NewsThe first technology news of the acquisition has suggested that purchasing Passif is quite an important move for Apple. The newly acquired company is a firm that develops different kinds of communication chips that require a very small amount of power in order to operate. Its most recent tech, which includes a radio that works with the lower energy form of Bluetooth (known as Bluetooth LE) is already promising for a number of types of wearable devices such as those for health monitoring and for fitness, which need to remain powered over a long period of time. Naturally, it is believed that Apple has its hand in those markets, too.

It has not yet been divulged how much was paid by Apple in order to complete the purchase of Passif. However, the company – based in Cupertino, California – has been following Passif for some time now and has been showing interest in this type of purchase for a number of years.

It has been suggested that this technology news was nearly made a few years ago, when Apple attempted to purchase Passif for an amount that was in the middle tens of millions of dollars, but that was never completed. Clearly, this most recent offer changed that direction as Passif has accepted the amount and will now be the property of the computer and mobile giant.