South Africans’ airtime and data stolen through malicious smartphone app

as informed in When Secure-D tested the application, it found that the app was collecting and transferring users' personal data to servers in China. Data and airtime costsThe weather app's background activity, invisible to users, was reportedly consuming up to 250MB of their mobile data on a daily basis. This could result in extreme data charges for South Africans, especially if local users did not have an active data bundle. "Our mobile application data is hosted on AWS servers within the US," the company said. The company said that for the weather app in question, a user's IMEI was collected to enable them to delete their data stored in the server.

You can lace Nike's Adapt BB shoes with a smartphone app

Nike researchers said the Nike Adapt BB is the most tested shoe in its history. Tatum will wear the Adapt BB in the shoe's professional debut Wednesday night when the Celtics play the Toronto Raptors. Customization is another key feature of the Adapt BB. With a smart shoe comes new responsibilities — like having to charge the shoes every 10-14 days via a charging pad that comes with the shoes. While the shoes work without a phone (you can adjust using the buttons), a smartphone is required to get that perfect fit and customization.

Dolby Studios working on smartphone app that records studio quality audio

as mentioned in Dolby Labs is apparently looking at entering the social space where new-age influencers as the company has been quietly testing a new mobile app for recording and cleaning up audio under the codename "234."As first reported by TechCrunch, Dolby Labs is working on Dolby Live/234, which is a social app targeted at creators, looking at recording quality sound right from their smartphones. However, there is no product page associated with it, indicating it is still under development. According to the report, Dolby 234 automatically cleans up the sound, gives it tone and space, and finds the ideal loudness. Those who have gotten access to the beta version of the app can quickly record audio or audio and video clips with background noise cancelling option. There are some free sound editing tools as well, including a free seven-day trial of Dolby's Essentials pack of EQ presets.