World Economic Forum honored us as a Technology Pioneer 2011 for our innovation, transformational technology, leadership and substantial long-term impact on businesses and society. We were one of 31 companies from around the world to be honored with this prestigious award. NetQin will be presented with the recognition at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, China, which will be held from 13 to 15 September 2010. The recognition underscores our vision and commitment to safeguard user mobile experience around the globe. We would like to thank all our users who have supported us through everything! We couldn’t have done it without you!
NetQin Mobile Manager blocks unwanted calls, backs up your contacts so that they never get lost, completely conceals your communication privacy with private contacts and safeguards your driving.
Main functions
1) Call Manager: Block unwanted calls
2) Backup Contacts: Keep your contacts forever!
3) Private Space: Conceal your contacts and communication
4) Safe Driving: Safeguard your driving
5) Call Manager
Block calls from the Blacklist and/or unknown numbers.
6) Backup Contacts
Backup your contacts to NetQin Server and/or SD card.
7) Private Space
1) More covert prompt
2) More convenient browsing
3) Hide Private Space
Human-oriented design. Activation available only when you pass the test.
4) Rename Private Space
Rename your Private Space to whatever you like to keep your privacy only for you!
8) Safe Driving
Auto response to incoming calls and SMS to prevent distraction while on the road.
According to a story on mobilewhack.com, another iphone worm was discovered.
The cliche behind it all is that, at least from what I’ve noticed, no one really cares about how this could affect them until it actually affects them! Needless to say, without the industry, I’d be out of a job, so I HAVE TO care about these things, and of course, I think pictures of phones wearing pirate hats are cool. Never-the-less, people need to realize how much they’re risking by not staying protected!
There has just been so much about how viruses can affect the end user for profit or for the thrill of the maker. It’s not just something where you can yell at your service provider for your bill increasing ridiculously anymore! It’s also not something you can necessarily blame the operator for either! Think about it, if your phone is messed up and programs are going crazy… how exactly are you going to blame the operator? Keep yourself protected!
NetQin is honored to be the biggest Mobile Security Provider in China! A recent study by Frost & Sullivan showed that NetQin Mobile Inc. currently holds the biggest market share in the Mobile Security industry in China with 64.8% of the Chinese Mobile Security Market.
We would like to take the time to thank our users who have been the greatest support we could ask for! Thank You to all! It has been our pleasure to serve you, and we hope we can continue to serve you in even greater dimensions!
Lately, there have been a lot of governments talking about banning BlackBerry devices. I also read an article some time back that said when Obama became president, he was advised by government security to not continue using his Blackberry device for security reasons.
With all the big talk going on about the different governments thinking about all these things, I wonder what reasons are behind this. Also, if these reasons are more harmful to the governments or to the end user… or both? Possibly? Maybe?
Working in Mobile Security, I tend to think more of the end user and how “bad stuff” in an infected phone could cause harm. This whole BlackBerry thing has, honestly, opened my thought process up to more ways the industry could be helped.
According to Nielsen’s Mobile Insights Report:
In China, the vast majority of mobile consumers (87%) use pre-paid plans. In the U.S., less than 20% of mobile consumers use them, as most Americans prefer subscribing to post-paid plans. Even though Chinese have less 3G network coverage and own fewer smart phones, they tend to use their mobile phones to access the Internet while on the go more than Americans (38% vs. 27%). Chinese also texted (86% vs. 64%), and instant messaged (23% vs. 16%) more often. Meanwhile, Americans used their mobile devices more than Chinese for e-mail (25% vs. 8%) and picture messaging (37% vs. 22%).
Looks like the general Chinese population is more into their phones than the Americans! Then again, that wasn’t a big surprise to me. The study also reported that most Chinese people look at price as their top criteria in buying a phone. Also that the bigger phone makers do not generally end up selling as much as some local producers who offer more functions at cheaper prices than the higher brands.
Then again, who can really tell what people are doing on their phones? Just because Chinese people use their phones for more things than Americans do, does it mean they’re being more productive on the phones? Or have their phones just become bigger procrastination tools? It really could go either way.
Like most new releases, the iPhone iOS 4 has started to show it’s problems. Apple has advised users to not to open PDF files on iOS for iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads.
An article by Computer Weekly stated, “Successful exploits of the flaw would enable attackers to take control of a targeted iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch device, security researchers have found.”
Having said, please be sure to take care of your iPhone. Stay away from the PDF files, at least until you get the all clear FROM SOMEONE RELIABLE!
For most people born in/after the 1980’s, there’s a very obvious technology dependency. Of course, this story is nothing new to anyone. When I went back to the USA last month, I realized there were all these teenagers with the latest cellphones on hand. When I asked them why they needed such cool phones, they gave me answers like “… so that I can check my email at all times” and “It does EVERYTHING!”
I got back here(Beijing) and realized… THE EXACT SAME THING! I will openly admit to being a technology geek, and say I keep up to date with the latest technology, but why do teenagers have even better technology than I do? Why does a teenager need to check their email as and when it’s received? Of course, like anyone, I know that these teenagers just want to be cool.
After working in the mobile security industry, I actually feel like dumbing myself down to something with a black and white pixel-ated screen. Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve come to realize just how much can go wrong with having a smartphone. Needless to say, working in the industry, I know how to keep my phone protected before anything happens, and also how to handle the situation if something actually does happen… BUT… I’m guessing your average teenager doesn’t know/care about these things as much as I do. I’d only imagine this story would just become more fun for those teenagers to get to use mommy and daddy’s credit cards!
Forbes recently released a list of the most valuable brands in the world. I got to read about it in my daily routine of browsing through the news this morning. Much to no one’s surprise, brands like McDonald’s, and Coca-cola were on that list, but I must admit, I was only slightly surprised at the #1 on the list.
Just going over the top 20, I found that 11 of the top 20 companies were technology-based companies.What does this have to say about current society? Are we really overly dependent on technology?
The list(top 20) goes:
1. Apple
2. Microsoft
3. Coca-cola
4. IBM
5. Google
6. McDonald’s
7. GE
8. Marlboro
9. Intel
10. Nokia
11. Toyota
12. Cisco
13. Vodafone
14. Hewlett-Packard
15. AT&T
16. BMW
17. Oracle
18. LV
19. Mercedes
20. Disney
First off, mobile evolution has been great. It has been a great aid in my life, which even lead to my career at present.
Like most technology geeks, I currently use a smart phone. If you read my last post, it mentioned how phones have gone from nothing but calls to our crazy, incredible gadgets these days. Of course, the title to this doesn’t really talk much about how great smart phones are, but most of the general public already knows that!
As cellphones become more and more like computers, more and more people will find ways to cause trouble… just like how it happened with computers! Think of how great a computer is… BUT!… if you think about the amount that can go wrong without being careful, you’ve got everything under the sun… and then some!
Cellphones being able to do everything computers do includes all the great-ness of it, but as smartphones get smarter, problems get closer and closer to everything that has gone wrong in the technology world too!
I guess what I’m trying to say is that every story has 2 sides. I love my smart phone and working in a mobile security company, I definitely have ways to keep myself safe, but I know how most of the general public doesn’t know cellphone viruses exist. This would probably be a great opportunity for cellphone hackers and crackers to start something. So, BE SAFE!