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iPhone Apps Tracking Users Location Without Permission

Research conducted by Bitdefender claims that almost one in five Apple iPhone apps can access a user’s Address Book, while some 41 percent can track the users location and more than a thirds also store user data without encrypting it. The study of more than 65,000 apps distributed widely on the Apple App Store revealed … Read more

Vocoder: A Voice Compression in CDMA

When we talk, we pause between syllables and words. CDMA takes advantage of these pauses in speech activity. Analog to digital conversion The voice signal is converted to a digital signal using PCM. Variable rate vocoder The vocoder (Voice Coder) is used to compress the digital signal from the Codec (Code/Decode). The vocoder, used in … Read more