Author: Denny

As this month continues, the smartwatch is entering a broader range of nations around the world.

The maker of the iPhone is gearing up to make a global splash throughout July as it brings its Apple Watch to a wider number of countries, appearing here and there throughout the world.

The smartwatches have already taken their first steps into a handful of countries as of the end of June.

During the last week of June, the Apple Watch made its way into Mexico, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Singapore, and South Korea. That said, July is going to be a defining month for the first wearable technology that the iPhone maker has ever sold. By midway through the month a number of additional countries will also be added to the list so that consumers there will be able to purchase their own wearables from the brand.

The Apple Watch will reach three more countries as of July 15, where the wearables will generate excitement.

July 15th will be the day that consumers in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Thailand will have access to the Apple smartwatch, as well. Aside from the countries that have already been mentioned, the wearable technology device is also already being sold in the United States, of course, as well as Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, China, Hong Kong, and Japan.

The senior vice president of operations at Apple, Jeff Williams, explained that “The response to Apple Watch has surpassed our expectations in every way, and we are thrilled to bring it to more customers around the world.”

The Apple Watch is considered by many to be the device that will be defining the wearable technology world when it comes to smartwatches. All eyes will be on this gadget as it makes its way into new markets and different countries around the world in order to watch for trends, uses, and the level of popularity that it will achieve. This will also help to gain an understanding of the way that the wearable tech devices from other brands will be spreading in different regions over the years to come.

The vulnerability that has been identified in some of the tech companies handsets could affect up to 600 million.

The mobile security news involving a flaw in many Samsung smartphones is spreading around the globe as estimates have stated that this issue could impact as many as 600 million people worldwide.

The mobile technology flaw could potentially allow Samsung Galaxy users to be spied upon by hackers.

The phones that could be impacted by the mobile security issue include the Samsung Galaxy S4, S4 Mini, S5 and S6. It comes in the form of a vulnerability that could make it possible for hackers to gain access to the microphone and camera on the device and to spy on users.

According to Buster Johnson of the National Association of Counties Cyber Security Task Force Team, “Hackers will basically be able to take control of a person’s cell phone and have the possibility of accessing a person’s personal information stored on their phone, which could include bank account passwords and other sensitive data.”

This suggests that the mobile security flaw could place users at a greater threat than just their privacy.

Data and identity theft as well as financial issues could also be thrown into the mix if the wrong information is accessed by the wrong people.

The smartphone security flaw was first identified by researcher Ryan Welton of NowSecure, back in 2014. Shortly thereafter, the security teams at both Google Android and at Samsung were notified of the problem.

The NowSecure blog includes a post from Welton that explained that the source of the vulnerability is in the Swift keyboard, which is pre-installed on the majority of Samsung devices. It is not possible for a user to disable or uninstall it, and its updates occur automatically on their own or when the device has been rebooted.

The mobile security problem comes into play when that update occurs, because the method of fetching the update is not secure if a hacker has access to the network traffic of the device user, for instance, in the case of a public WiFi hotspot. The attacker could use that unsecure network to pose as a server for Swiftkey and then exploit the update, executing a code that would give the hacker privileged user access to the device.