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To Root or Not to Root an Android Phone - That is the Question If you've done any internet searching on the topic of Android phones, you've most likely run across either forums or articles discussing "rooting" your device. This article is not intended to show you how to root your phone or to convince you whether or not to root it. This is an impartial summary of the advantages and disadvantages of rooting an Android phone. Scroll Down for Video Your Android smartphone can do a lot, but you can add even more functionality if you root your smartphone. Benefits include installing and uninstalling any apps you want, controlling the deepest sub-settings in your phone, and enabling features restricted by your carrier, such as tethering. Before you dive into the world of rooting, you need to know what the risks are, and the best way to root your phone safely without losing any data. The information in this article should apply no matter who is the manufacturer of your...

09/28/2018 It’s Friday, September 28th, 2018 and welcome to Episode 216 of TechTalk4Teachers, I’m Tom Grissom and I'm Danielle Beamon. Welcome to TechTalk4Teachers the show about teaching and learning with technology .  In this episode Danielle Beamon and I discuss some of the decisions students make when creating a OneNote Notebook. We also have four Technology Picks of the Week. Your browser does not support the audio element. Right-click here  to download. #MSIgnite #Office365 Show Notes: Technology Picks of th e Week Tom's Tech Pick of the Week Microsoft Ignite Office 365 at EIU Danielle's Tech Pick of the Week Two iOS app picks this week: Voice Memos Measure app That wraps it up for Episode 216 of TechTalk4Teachers . For show notes please visit eiu.edu/itc and click on the TechTalk4Teachers link. Until next time, this is Tom Grissom, and I'm Danielle Beamon. Keep on Learning! Keep on Learning, Tom Grissom, Ph.D. Twitter: @tomgrissom Visit the EIU Instructional Te...

We’ve all deleted something important and then needed it, or damaged our phone and lost crucial data. Unfortunately, sometimes this happens to our text messages, and if you’ve got an Android, it may be very difficult to get them back. Here's what you can attempt to salvage them, and more importantly, what you can do to keep it from happening again. Recover Deleted Texts From A Phone (Android) When you delete something, Android marks it to be "overwritten" with new data. Think of it like erasing something from your to-do list with a pencil being able to write something new in the same space. Important Things to Do First, you need to try and preserve the data. If you’ve just deleted the messages, put your phone into airplane mode immediately. This will shut off the Wi-Fi and the cellular radio so you won’t download any new information. You also shouldn’t use the camera, record audio, or otherwise create any new data that might potentially overwrite the messages. Image: A...

The Justice Department’s Criminal Division hosted a cybersecurity roundtable discussion yesterday on the challenges in handling data breach investigations.   Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Criminal Division delivered opening remarks and served as moderator for the event.   Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of the Department’s National Security Division and officials from the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, the White House’s National Security Council and U.S. Department of Homeland Security also delivered remarks at the event.   The audience included many of the nation’s leading private-sector practitioners in the field of data breach response and representatives from premier cybersecurity and incident response firms in the country. The Criminal Division held its inaugural cybersecurity roundtable in 2015, shortly after the creation of the Cybersecurity Unit within the Computer Crime and Intellectual Prop...

There are some websites/blogs/posts that we visit most often. Well, now it has become really easy to access these in just one click with the help of a very simple mobile application ' Shorty '. Scroll for Video Shorty, as the name suggests, lets you create simple shortcuts on your Android device. The app essentially lets you pin URLs, files, photos, texts, etc. to your home screen, so that you can have them ready at all times. It’s really handy. Shorty allows you to pin any file from your phone or URL link to the home application. Simply install Shorty and share some file or text from any application. Depending on the file type you can also customize the appearance of the icon. There are three possible icon styles: • text - write up to 10 characters, • thumbnail - depends on the type of file, • preview - currently supported only for images. You can also pick icon background color and write custom label which will be displayed in your home app. To use this app, simply share the ...

Law Enforcement News Three North Central Wisconsin Counties Train for Child Abductions WAOW, (09/19/2018) First responders from three Wisconsin counties recently trained for dealing with child abductions. The simulation training brought together multiple departments from Adams, Wood and Juneau counties, including first responders, sex offender registry specialists and volunteers. The training included using drones and the GIS mapping system. Link to Article Mesquite Police Department Joins Neighbors App to Improve Public Safety Mesquite News, (09/19/2018) The Mesquite Police Department in Texas is joining the free mobile app Neighbors to enhance efforts to communicate with the community on public safety news and information. The department will monitor the app for crime activity and use it as an investigative tool. Residents can download the app to join their neighborhood area and share crime information and receive alerts from the police department. Link to Article Houston Fire...