Tag: ios

Cross-platform mobile security solution unveiled by BlackBerry

| March 19, 2013

BlackBerry Mobile SecurityBlackBerry expands its boundaries in mobile security

Mobile security continues to grow as a very serious issue facing consumers and businesses alike. As the world becomes increasingly reliant on mobile technology, protection against malicious parties is becoming a prominent focus of many producers of mobile devices. BlackBerry, formerly Research In Motion, is one of the companies that has been focusing more heavily on mobile security. BlackBerry has long been a provider of enterprise-level security solutions for its line of mobile devices, but now the company is beginning to expand its boundaries by making solutions available for other mobile platforms.

New solution aims to make mobile devices more secure

BlackBerry has unveiled its Secure Work Space, a new mobile security solution designed for platforms other than that developed by BlackBerry. The company recently celebrated the launch of its highly anticipated BlackBerry Z10, which has been well received by the company’s loyal enterprise clients. The security solution enables a higher degree of protection for enterprise and personal consumers. Unlike BlackBerry’s previous security solutions, however, Secure Work Space is not exclusive to the BlackBerry platform.

Secure Work Space available for Android and iOS

Secure Work Space is being made available to both the Android and iOS platforms. Both of these platforms are somewhat more popular among consumers than BlackBerry, but this has not deterred the company from providing mobile security solutions for its competitors. Because these platforms are beginning to account for the distribution of valuable data, such as financial information, the need for comprehensive security solutions is becoming more prolific. In making a cross-platform mobile security solution, BlackBerry believes that it can help people protect the information that is trafficked through their smartphones and tablets.

Mobile commerce highlights importance of mobile security

The Secure Work Space is expected to be made available by the end of June this year. One of the reasons mobile security has been becoming a more serious is because of mobile commerce. More people are becoming comfortable with the idea of using their mobile device to make payments, thus increasing the risk of financial information being targeted by malicious parties that would exploit such information.

Mobile games take up majority of consumers’ time

| March 14, 2013

Mobile Games TimeMobile games account for massive time sink for most consumers

Mobile games a very popular with a consumers all over the world, but a new study shows that these consumers are spending a large portion of their time on these simple application. The study comes from Flurry Analytics and shows that the majority of mobile consumers spend their time either engaged in mobile games or social networking. Mobile games are, however, the most popular way for these consumers to spend their time, eclipsing social networking.

Study shows that people spend a lot of their time on gaming

The study from Flurry Analytics shows that 43% of consumers spend their time on mobile games, while 26% of consumers make use of social networking applications. News and productivity applications account for only 2% of the time that consumers spend on their mobile device. Mobile games are exceedingly popular among iOS users, where these game applications tend to be less expensive than those found on the Android platform. While many games for both the iOS and Android platforms can be obtained for free, the study shows that consumers appear to favor the former over the latter.

Reports highlights the prevalence of mobile games

Flurry Analytics’ study corroborates data found from a similar study conducted by Arbitron last month. The Arbitron study showed the smartphone users spend an average of 594 minutes on mobile games every month. The study suggests that 80% of mobile consumers participate in gaming with their mobile device in some way. Another study conducted by Flurry Analytics in October 2012 also shows that tablet users tend to play more mobile games than smartphone users by a margin of 67% to 39%.

Games are attractive due to their accommodating nature

The allure of mobile games is largely due to their convenience. Most of these games are designed to be very accommodating for all types of gamers. The fact that these games can be played anywhere and at any time is also part of what makes them so attractive. Free games, in particular, tend to have the highest attraction to consumers as they do not need to be purchased before they can be enjoyed.