Big Tech, China, and Hong Kong
July 20, 2020
Quandary Peak Research
The biggest technology companies have found themselves entangled in the latest chapter of China and Hong Kong’s long, complicated political history.
Articles about Mobile Apps
Healthcare Data-Sharing System May Create Privacy Risks
April 24, 2020
Quandary Peak Research
In a piecemeal regulatory environment, consumers will bear the brunt of the responsibility for vetting any app they choose to give access to their medical information. How that information is protected will be the province of third parties – until legislated otherwise.
TikTok Chinese Ownership Raising National Security Concerns
December 10, 2019
Quandary Peak Research
Chinese companies looking to purchase US counterparts will be subject to a harsher spotlight where US-citizen user data is concerned.
Ring, Law Enforcement, and Data Sharing Partnerships
October 17, 2019
Quandary Peak Research
The idea of law enforcement using new technology to reduce crime is intruiging. But how to best to do that—while protecting civil liberties—remains an ongoing debate.
Supreme Court Allows Apple Antitrust Suit to Move Forward
June 12, 2019
Quandary Peak Research
Lawsuit claims that Apple exercises monopoly power in the retail market for the sale of apps and has unlawfully used its monopoly power to force iPhone owners to pay Apple higher-than-competitive prices for apps.
Quandary Peak Research Assists in Nokia v. HTC Patent Litigation
February 8, 2014
Quandary Peak Research
Several senior Quandary Peak engineers, along with attorneys from Desmarais LLP on behalf of Nokia, worked on a major smartphone patent case before the ITC.
Fresh Ideas for Addressing Mobile Software Security Vulnerabilities
January 31, 2014
New research shows that the category of a mobile application is a good predictor of its security vulnerabilities.
George Edwards Tapped to Testify on GPS, Navigation, and Mapping Patents
September 17, 2013
Quandary Peak Research
Dr. George Edwards, Quandary Peak’s resident guru of location-based mobile services, has been asked to testify as an expert witness in a patent infringement lawsuit.
Android’s Stagefright Media Player Architecture
August 31, 2013
Quandary Peak Research
In this article, I present the architecture of the media playback infrastructure with Stagefright as the underlying media player.
What Mobile Platform Will Get Me App Revenue?
July 29, 2013
Quandary Peak Research
Developing mobile apps involves decisions about the target platform. This article reviews the market opportunities related to different app platforms.
