Why your Android phone could now save your life

Why your Android phone could now save your life

Why your Android phone could now save your life

GETTY Emergency services will connect to callers fasterGoogle has announced a new tool for Android smartphones that will automatically connect callers to emergency services, greatly speeding up the deployment of potentially life-saving dispatches.Launching today in the UK, the Emergency Location Service uses local Wi-Fi connections, GPS and mobile phone masts to pinpoint your location and send it directly to the 999 operator.The service will work both indoors and outside, and only activates when a call to the emergency services is made, meaning Google never sees or handles your location.

Motorola doesn't really care about making your Android phone secure

Motorola doesn't really care about making your Android phone secure

We've all heard it before: the best thing you can do to keep your computer safe from hackers is to update regularly.Software companies push updates to fix known flaws in their operating systems, and hackers routinely search for old software versions so that they can take advantage of known security flaws that no one's bothered to patch yet.So it's a little unnerving to hear that Motorola, maker of some of the world's best Android phones, doesn't really think that making Android security updates available in a timely manner is particularly important.

How to free up space on your Android phone or tablet

How to free up space on your Android phone or tablet

Enlarge Image James Martin/CNETYou know the old saw: You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much storage on your phone.The first two are folly.But the latter can prove all too accurate when you find yourself with no more room to install apps, take pictures and download music.