Smart Phone

  • Vanderbilt University

    Study of Google data collection comes amid increased scrutiny over digital privacy

    The study for Digital Content Next found much of the data Google collects from Android-enabled devices happens when the user is not interacting with Google products. (Illustration/Pamela Saxon) Google may not know whether you’ve been bad or good but it knows when you’re sleeping and when you’re awake. If you use… Read More

    Nov. 1, 2018

  • Vanderbilt University

    Tracking gunfire with a smartphone

    Vanderbilt computer scientists have developed a smartphone-based system for identifying the location where gunshots are fired. (Courtesy of ISIS) You are walking down the street with a friend. A shot is fired. The two of you duck behind the nearest cover and you pull out your smartphone. A map of… Read More

    Apr. 25, 2013