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Smartphone quick response (QR) codes are being used more frequently by US consumers, as over 14 million smartphone owners in the US reported scanning QR codes with their phones in the month of June alone.

This number equates to roughly 6% of the total US mobile market, and the demographic breakdown is interesting. 60% of those scanning QR codes were male, with 53% between the ages of 18 and 34 and 36% with household incomes of over $100,000. While the numbers seem large, it still represents only about 10% of all smartphone owner who are paying any attention to QR codes. Many people consider them to be a hassle because they must be scanned with the phone camera. This process usually involves a delay as the QR code sis read, and users are most often just directed to another site.

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The best apps for social networking can help you keep in touch with all your friends and associates via the major social networking sites.

Yelp, the leading website for user generated company reviews in the US, is now available as a free app for all the major smartphone platforms. The service has also been launched in Britain as well. Another free social networking app called Bump allows users to swap social data and more by simply bumping their phones together. This fun app is great for networking both in the business world and in the bar. Another free app for Android is called Hullomail. It enables a form of visual voice mail for Android devices, allowing you to see who left you a voice mail message before you listen to it.

By using top 10 apps for social networking, it can help family members and friends to keep in touch. However, there are also business uses for these as company teams can easily connect and have meetings using these social networking apps too.

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Blackberry has issued a warning to corporate Blackberry users about an online attack caused by a bug in one of its services. The bug, which is present in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, makes users exposed to an online attack risk. The bug is rigged on to images, which users may receive via an email in the BES, and this would leave their blackberry open for exploitation. The flaw in the BES may also enable cybercriminals to take complete control of any Blackberry which is connected to the company's server.
Blackberry is trying to upgrade its server in order to eliminate the bug, but in the meantime has issued warnings to all corporate users to not open mails containing PNG or TIFF format images. It has been confirmed that private blackberry owners are not at risk.

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