Advanced

Android Candy: Hire a Cerberus to Find Your Phone

Posted by Ridcully on · 2 comments
Linux Journal; By Shawn Powers
Mail this story
Print this story

In a recent career shift, I went from an employer who provided me an iPhone to one who provides me with an Android (Galaxy S4 to be specific). Although I was happy to move to a Linux-based handset, I was concerned about replacing the "Find My iPhone" capability that Apple provides. Not only does my family use it to keep track of each other, but we also relied on it when a phone was misplaced. Does the Google Play store offer anything comparable? Um, yes.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: News Story, Security; Groups: Android, Community, Linux, Mobile

» Get new stories by e-mail: nightly or as they are published

« Return to the newswire homepage

  Related stories
» More like this

Comments (2)

Android 4.3: Google offers "Android Device Manager" http://officialandroid.blogspot.com/2013/08/find-your-lost-p...

AirDroid 2.X: This free application gets better and better. Simply register for an account and set up a master password to use the "Find Phone" feature.
Aaron Seigo's comment on that "feature" yesterday on G+ (Oh! The irony!): http://goo.gl/CE5pSm

Post a comment

A free account is needed to post. Write your comment here first: your text is kept in this browser while you sign up or log in, and is waiting for you when you come back.

Your message:
|||||
10
Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, [text](https://link), - lists, > quotes, $x^2$ for math. Formatting help

Sign up and post (it is free)  or  Log in and post