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Elliptic Labs unleashes faster touchless gesturing for mobile devices

Mar03
by on March 3, 2015 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, MWC, MWC2015, Product Updates

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Elliptic Labs, which specializes in ultrasonic touchless gesturing for consumer electronics, has announced what it calls “Ultra-fast Ultra-far Interaction” — meaning super fast speed coupled with a larger field of response for its touchless gesture technology. Ultrasound signals sent through the air from integrated smartphone and tablet speakers bounce against your hand and are recorded by the microphones integrated in the devices. Elliptic Labs’ technology thus recognizes hand gestures and uses them to move objects on the screen. These latest advances, now being demoed at Mobile World Congress (Hall 6- 6H20) Innovation Norway Pavilion, build on the company’s recently launched Multi-Layer…

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Google falters on promise to encrypt Android Lollipop devices by default

Mar03
by on March 3, 2015 at 8:47 am
Posted In: Android Lollipop, Around the Web, encryption, Google, Investigations, Mobile

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When Android Lollipop was announced last year, Google said it would require full-disk encryption by default. However, new devices shipping with Android 5.0 don’t include it as a standard feature, Ars Technica discovered. Last October, Google published a blog post that said: “Full device encryption occurs at first boot, using a unique key that never leaves the device.” While its own Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 devices are encrypted by default, the same can’t be said for other devices, including ones that have received Lollipop updates, such as older Nexus phones and tablets and the 2014 Moto G. The new second…

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