Nobody ever thinks they’re going to lose their phone… until they do. And that means that many “find my phone” apps are next to useless, because if you don’t install them on your phone and keep them running all the time, how are you supposed to find your phone when it’s stolen or goes missing? Lookout Security has come up with a pretty clever solution…. Read more »

Microsoft’s My Phone service for Windows Mobile lets you backup data from your phone, share photos on social networking sites, access some of you’re phone’s information from any web browser, and locate a missing phone on a map. Basically, it’s Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s MobileMe. Except it’s free. While Microsoft is changing the name of its mobile platform from Windows Mobile to Windows Phone 7,… Read more »

Apple charges $99 per year for the MobileMe service which, among other things, allows users to locate a missing phone on a map and remotely lock their device or wipe their data to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. Yesterday Research in Motion announced that it would soon offer a similar service called BlackBerry Protect… but for free. And today Microsoft is getting… Read more »

Research in Motion has launched a new service called BlackBerry Protect. It’s a free service for BlackBerry users that allows you to backup your contacts, calendars, tasks, bookmarks, and text messages to the web for safe keeping. If you lose your phone or upgrade to a new device, all of your data should be easily accessible, But that’s just one level of protection offered by… Read more »

Apple offers a service called Mobile Me, which among other things, lets iPhone users locate their phone on a map and even remotely lock their phone with a password in case it’s been lost or stolen. Google Android doesn’t have that feature, but a third party app called iTag does the job quite nicely. Basically, once you install the iTag software on your Android phone… Read more »