Tag: kill switch

A.G. Schneiderman, D.A. Gascón commend Apple’s new iOS 8 for enabling ‘kill switch’ by default

Wednesday, September 17, 2014 6:00 pmWednesday, September 17, 20148 Comments

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón …

Google, Microsoft look to catch up to Apple by incorporating ‘kill switches’ in next mobile OS versions

Thursday, June 19, 2014 9:58 amThursday, June 19, 201416 Comments

Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. will incorporate a ‘kill switch’ into the next versions…

California Senate passes mandatory smartphone ‘kill switch’ bill

Friday, May 9, 2014 10:00 amFriday, May 9, 201457 Comments

California’s Senate passed a bill requiring smartphone makers such as Apple…

Apple’s government liaison: Next two iPhone generations were designed under Steve Jobs

Monday, April 1, 2013 4:00 pmMonday, April 1, 201341 Comments

Apple’s government liaison Michael Foulkes said the next two generations of iPhones have already been developed…

Electronic Arts to throw kill switch on iOS Rock Band on May 31st

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 7:01 pmWednesday, May 2, 201220 Comments

Publisher Electronic Arts will be remotely deactivating all iOS Rock Band installs on May 31,,,

Google flips Android kill switch; remotely wipes rogue apps from settlers’ phones

Monday, March 7, 2011 9:24 amMonday, March 7, 201130 Comments

Google remotely wiped a number of malicious Android apps from…