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How to Improve Security in Your Mobile App?

Published

7 months ago

August 20, 2018

Security is paramount for every application given that most apps collect customer/ end-user info. It is particularly important when financial information is involved. There has been an increasing urge for improved security from all quarters and given the privacy and data leak scandals that we’ve seen today, security is the main focus of every mobile app development company.

The best android application development companies follow strict guidelines and benchmarks when it comes to security and we’ve outlined five of the greatest ways to ensure the same in your mobile app with this blog.

#1: Testing

Though sounds cliched, testing is the key to minimize bugs and this is the thing that the best android application development companies focus on. It is important to keep yourself updated on the latest security-related vulnerabilities and test for the same on your mobile app and fix them if required.

Testing isn’t just about covering your bases, it is about ensuring the safety of your user’s data and hence every kind of testing from manual, regression, unit, functional to automated testing is recommended for your app. Do it before your release and keep at it even post-launch to ensure that there are no leaks.

We recommend that you incorporate testing in every phase of development and have a proper timeline for it along with development. Testing timelines aren’t planned in advance in most of the cases and this could cause problems with your launch or you might launch a buggy app which is even more worrisome.

#2: Updates

It isn’t enough to simply launch your app and be done with it. It is important to have a post-launch support/maintenance team in place. Rolling out regular updates ensure that your app is protected against the latest threats and you also get to fix the bugs that have been noticed in the meanwhile or roll out an updated version of your UI/backend as the case may be.

Have a plan for updates in place even before launch and fix a timeline for updates as well so that you don’t have constant updates every week that could irritate users while at the same time ensuring that you fix bugs and vulnerabilities every now and then.

#3: Allow for Remote Data Erasing

Planning for unforeseen circumstances such as user’s account being hacked, loss of device and so on will help your uses breathe easy. Throw in a feature that lets your users erase data from the app (personal data and sensitive info) in a remote fashion and this will endear your app to the users.

In fact, these days, users look for such features in apps before installing them. Your app having them in itself could recommend it to the user!

#4: Encryption

This is obviously to ensure the device’s safety and it is a sound protection measure. Encrypting the data transmitted from the end user’s device is a good way to ensure that the data is hacked into during transmission by hackers.

We recommend that you hire mobile app developers who are well versed in encryption and data security to ensure that your app is secure and robust against common threats and vulnerabilities. Similarly, using reliable certificates from mobile devices is another common protection measure put in place by most developers.

Make sure that you mention which devices are supported and which ones aren’t in your app’s description.

#5: Add Security at the Backend too

This is often neglected and is a major security risk! Adding security countermeasures at the backend is important to prevent malicious attacks. The simplest attack could be SQL injection or any other such command injection, manipulation of file paths, path traversal vulnerabilities, usage of null characters, read/write access and remote file inclusion.

These are just some of the possible backend attacks and this is why it is important to secure your app in the backend arena too! When you hire mobile app developers, ensure that they are conversant with all such security threats and how to prevent them before engaging them for your mobile app development.

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7 Places That Are Not Safe To Put Your Mobile As Per Scientists

Published

1 month ago

February 12, 2019

Neelam

As per research was done by the scientists it was found that your cell phone should not be taken to these places. On a given day on an average you touch your cellphone for 2617 times, and its an average time it could be more than this. As this number is just for an average user and the number is much more for an avid user.

The smartphones are an integral part of our life and its difficult for us to part away from them even if it’s just for a few seconds. Most of us carry it to the bathrooms also. However, there are places where your phone should not accompany you as its not good for the cellphone.

The places are as follows:

1. The front and back pocket of your pants

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For most of us especially the males it’s a common practice to keep the phone either in the back pocket or the front pocket, but this could lead to many issues, like losing it or breaking it while getting up or sitting down.

It could also lead to pain in the legs and stomach. Also, the phone is kept in the front pocket can affect the sperm quality and quantity as the electromagnetic radiations will emit from the phone.

2. Close contact with the skin

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It’s a common practice to stick the phone to your skin when in the call and this leads to transfer of bacteria giving way to skin problems and health problems. Thus from the next time maintain the safe audible distance between you and your phone.

3. Very cold or hot place

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The phone along with its components are built to withstand a particular temperature pushing it beyond the temperature and bringing it too hot or cold place could damage the phone.

It could damage the battery beyond repair options. Phones should be kept away from direct rays of the Sun and also not taken out in minus sub-zero temperatures.

4. Under your pillow

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Having the cellphone under your pillow can harm your sleep pattern and the light that phone emits with the popping up of notifications can disturb your sleep hormone and the electromagnetic radiations can lead to dizziness and headaches.

Also if the phone is in charge and kept under the pillow it could catch fire and this is a very common incident of mishap.

5. On charge overnight

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During the entire day we are on phone and for the whole night we leave it on charge and this could harm the health of phone and the life of its battery and worst case scenario it can even explode and cause much damage.

6. In Your Bra

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Keeping the phone in your Bra near the heart could cause damage to the functioning of the heart due to the electromagnetic radiations that the phone emits.

7. A small bag on your hips

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Well if you carry the side sling and put your phone in it, then your bones in the region could be weaker.

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Port to Vodafone Online at 10digi and Enjoy Better Connectivity!

Published

2 months ago

January 30, 2019

Satendra Kashyap

Having network problems with your current operator?

It’s true, a lot of people around you must be facing network issues and it seems to be common with everyone. But it’s not right to give up and not do anything to solve this problem.

One way to deal with bad network is to port mobile number and move to the RIGHT network.

There are times when a particular network does not work well in a location. This does not mean that all the networks will have the same result. You can try porting your number online to a different network that might work better in your location.

Mobile Number Portability allows you to keep your number and try different networks to understand which network connection is working better in your location.

How do you know you should port?

It can be difficult to understand if you need to port your number or not. To know more about the performance of your current network, you can try the 10digi app. Just download the app and check how your particular network is performing for you.

Once you know that your current network is not working well in your location. It’s time to port your number.

How to port to Vodafone or any other network?

You can easily port mobile number sitting at home. Follow the steps below to Port to Vodafone online.

Generate a porting code. Send the following SMS to 1900: PORT<space><mobile number>.

Log on to 10digi.com and select the operator that you wish to port to.

Choose a prepaid or postpaid plan for your selected operator.

Enter delivery details and delivery time slot.

Confirm your order. Your delivery executive will reach you on the mentioned date and time.

Provide the porting code to representative and help him complete the porting process.

After completing the KYC process, your number will be ported in about 7-8 working days. You will receive a text message giving confirmation of your porting.

If you port to Vodafone or other network, your new Vodafone number will be activated when the old connection stops working. This generally happens at night so that you don’t face any problems in your connectivity. You can change your SIM when the old connection stops showing signals.

The selected plan with benefits will automatically get activated in the new SIM.

Why buy from 10digi.com?

There are a lot of ways in which porting number online is better than going to a retailer. Here is why you should port to vodafone with 10digi.com.

There are no extra charges involved. You have to pay only for the plan that you choose. There are no service charges or any additional cost involved.
You don’t have to locate the retailer’s store and wait there. The delivery is free and reaches you within 3 hours.

You can choose a network and plan based on your requirements. The information given at 10digi is transparent, unlike the retailers who may favour a particular network based on the commission that they may get from each.

10digi also offers a constant support to the customers at any point of the buying process and even after that. We are happy to help our customers to solve any problem related to their network. We have a helpline number +91 9999-33-00-22 and a support email (support@10digi.com) to facilitate the customers.

What are you waiting for?

Stop tolerating the network problems and port your number online. Port to Vodafone and enjoy uninterrupted voice calls and high speed data.

At 10digi.com, you can enjoy other SIM related services like get new connection from top networks like Airtel, Vodafone and Idea. Also, you can choose a fancy number based on your birthday, anniversary day or your favourite/lucky digits.

Enjoy a super fast and convenient SIM buying process at 10digi.com and get added benefits like free SIM delivery, additional coupons codes and other surprises.

To know more about 10digi, log on to the website: www.10digi.comor download the app.

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Microsoft Announces Shut Down of Windows 10 Mobile Platform

Published

2 months ago

January 22, 2019

Satendra Kashyap

Windows 10 Mobile Platform Nears End of The Road

Leading IT company Microsoft has given an official statement whereby it has declared that Windows 10 mobile platform will be closed. In the statement released the company has further made it clear that people using Windows Phone should switch to Android or iPhone. The company will stop supporting Windows 10 and if the shift is not made to another operating system it could create chaos.

Windows 10 had once given stiff competition to Android and iPhone but now it is struggling to survive. The same information of its being shut down was given in its support page.

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#Windows10Mobile nears end of the road @satyanadella @Microsoft https://t.co/NGKHuPVlR9 pic.twitter.com/9qXcT1t8iC

— Mobile World Live (@mobileworldlive) January 21, 2019

#Windows10Mobile‘s As of December 10, 2019, Windows 10 Mobile users are no longer eligible to receive new security updates, non-security hotfixes, support or online technical content updates from Microsofthttps://t.co/KxWHZilsBK via @inq

— Richard Owen (@rickowenPelican) January 18, 2019

#MSFT is ready to say final good bye to #Windows10Mobile in December

No matter what, I still love #WindowsPhone and been missing the lovely OS for many months.

I’m a fanboy among many who are desperately waiting like hell for #SurfacePhone

Bring it on my dear @Microsoft

😑 pic.twitter.com/qdYeCWJY87

— 𝙠𝙞𝙧𝙪𝙣 (@hanumakirun) January 20, 2019

We are not happy that Microsoft are pulling the #windows10mobile , a lot of developers spent years developing software for #Windows10 platform and spend a fortune on the latest MS phones! personally got two 950 which I love, now in the trash!https://t.co/PhiMukTyvO #phones pic.twitter.com/ckmXPJQqiJ

— This Reviewer (@thisreviewer) January 19, 2019