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The Department of Homeland Security is warning travelers about new scrutiny over electronic devices.

There has now been a caution issued by the Department of Homeland Security for travelers, which has stated that new tighter regulations for electronic and mobile technology will be going into place in airports that have flights that are headed directly into the United States.

So far, the department hasn’t gone on to provide a great deal of detail about what those changes will entail.

Earlier this week, security officials added to the department’s earlier statement by saying that the focus is being placed primarily on identifying explosives that could be hidden in the form of electronic and mobile technology devices, such as a cell phone. The Transportation Security Administration followed up by issuing a statement that said that a part of its typical screening routine at the overseas airports that have flights that head directly to the united states will include a potential request for device owners to turn them on.

Therefore, it is important not to bring mobile technology with dead batteries onto those flights.

This can include everything from laptops to cell phones and pretty much everything in between. If a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or other device, cannot be turned on, then they will not be permitted onto the flights, said the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Travelers with devices that have dead batteries or that cannot be turned on for some other reason may also be subject to additional forms of screening, such as pat-downs.

Homeland Security secretary, Jeh Johnson, said that “In this instance, we felt that it was important to crank it up some at the last point-of-departure airports.” Johnson added that “we’ll continually evaluate the situation.”

Johnson explained that this latest change in policies is working to help to stop the next form of attack from happening in the first place, instead of reacting to one that has already occurred. However, he also said that there is no reason to speculate about upcoming attacks. “We know that there remains a terrorist threat to the United States,” he said, adding that “aviation security is a large part of that.”

So far, there has been little objection from the public that has been heard regarding the announcement regarding electronics and mobile technology checks.

A new Gartner report has shown that smartphones and tablets are still driving these expenses.

According to a recent report that has been issued by Gartner, mobile is still making technology news as a primary driver of global IT spending, but it has also shown that the pace isn’t speeding up quite as much as it had been in previous quarters and years.

The momentum for global IT spending in the mobile environment is starting to ease off.

The Gartner technology news report stated that that the IT spending worldwide remains on pace, having come to a total of $3.7 trillion, so far, in 2014. This represents a healthy 2.1 percent increase over the same time in 2013. That said, the well respected research firm has also noted that this growth rate has decreased when compared to earlier projections which had pegged it at 3.2 percent.

This year’s technology news predictions have diminished as a result of the decrease in expected device growth.

Also contributing to the slowing growth in IT spending is a slowing in the expectations for data center systems as well as in IT services, to a certain degree. According to the Gartner managing vice president, Richard Gordon, “Price pressure based on increased competition, lack of product differentiation and the increased availability of viable alternative solutions has had a dampening effect on the short term IT spending outlook.”

That said, Gartner also predicts that it won’t be long before the figures will start to even off and return to spending growth levels that are closer to “normal”. Gordon explained that “However, 2015 through 2018 will see a return to ‘normal’ spending growth levels as pricing and purchasing styles reach a new equilibrium.” He described the current situation in IT as entering into “its third phase of development”, in which it moves on from a focus directly on the tech and the processes of the past in order to look ahead to new forms of business model that have become possible as a result of digitalization.

In 2014, the technology news expectations are that smartphones, tablets, and other devices will still see growth in sales, though not as great as in previous quarters. Now it is believed that the growth over 2013’s figures will be 1.2 percent, to reach $685 billion.