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 A brief review of the development of civilization can give us a pretty clear picture of the inventions and innovations that have irrevocably altered the way we live.  Things like when we first harnessed the power of fire and first planted crops, to the development of the printing press, the steam engine, the electric light bulb and so on have so changed the way most of us live that they stand out clearly in the annals of human existence.  These changes, however, came very slowly over hundreds of years.  

Today Google celebrated their 10th  Google IO developer conference. According to Google, Android is the most popular operating system in the world. Communication and machine learning were part of the focus today with Google Assistant, Google Home, and new chat and video apps. Android N has many improvements including a new VR Mode. Android Wear got an upgrade and a new platform for mobile analytics was announced. Read on for more details.

If you’ve paid much attention to the tech or gaming world lately, you’ve probably heard about the new virtual reality revolution that is taking place. Many thought VR was a bust years ago because of a lack of quality technology to make it really convincing or successful. But with the technological advances of the past few years, virtual reality is making a resurgence with 2 major headsets recently released and another coming later this year. If you’re interested in learning more about what VR is or how you might go about getting your own VR setup, this guide should give you a good starting point.

Apple’s Spring event has come and gone and we are left with a flurry of new products and software.

At the Google Nexus event today, Google's CEO and others from their leadership team unveiled several new and improved products as well as launched the new Android 6.0 update named Marshmallow. They made sure everyone understood that the ubiquity of Google and their products was only going to become more profound with the passage of time.

Apple's much anticipated event for announcing their late 2015 products was Wednesday and more than exceeded expectations. The invitation to the event included the tagline "Hey Siri, give us a hint!" Actually asking Siri to give a hint would illicit a playful and humorous response. Now that the event is over, you may be wondering what really happened at Apple's Hey Siri event.

As our society increasingly uses mobile devices for financial transactions, information sharing, and social interactions, mobile devices will become an increasingly attractive target to cyber criminals. Metova's CTO, Dave Lane, has identified three opportunities to safeguard your users' information that should be taken into consideration when building a mobile application.

As mobile devices increase in usage and popularity, hackers have been looking for more ways to exploit them. People are using their devices in all aspects of their daily lives and are willing to share and store sensitive personal information in order to do so. Because there there is more information available for exploitation, hackers have begun to avoid the quick attack, preferring to wait in the shadows and silently gather data. This week, we will go into detail on the top four security threats Metova foresees in mobile.

Security best practices are constantly evolving to tackle the latest threats. Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets are becoming the most commonly used general computing devices across the world. This growth has resulted in previously unimaginable levels of access to information. As mobile devices become more prominent in our daily lives, the opportunity to collect, alter, and exploit information about our personal and professional lives becomes an increasingly desirable target for cyber criminals.