Posts tagged as: android

Google announces to close 22 applications

Reports of a virus based on Google’s internet services have had a high cost on the web giant. There have been accusations made on the company for fraudulent messages as well. Apparently a security hoax has gone viral in Facebook where contacts of a given user are all affected. In the wake of it, Google […]

HP offers its webOS to the open source community

Hewlett-Packard (HP) have announced that they are offering their mobile device-oriented operating system, webOS to the open source community. The company will no longer be investing in the already-beleaguering OS that has seen none or little success at best. The decision came as a surprise to some technology gurus, as the first choice for HP—in […]

Galaxy Nexus with Ice Cream Sandwich: A bold step from Samsung and Google – Part 2

The new ICS is a much better improvement from Gingerbread but there is still a steep learning curve that will keep the customers on their toes for some time. There is lack of integration between various phone features, in terms of gestures and outlook. The calling feature distantly resembles with the home screen in features, […]

Galaxy Nexus with Ice Cream Sandwich: A bold step from Samsung and Google – Part 1

Galaxy, Samsung and Google’s joint venture, unleashed the newest smartphone, Galaxy Nexus, earlier this month. This post will breakdown the hardware and software of the handheld for a thorough review. The new instalment to the Nexus family has wiped out the suffix, Prime but it has some mesmerizing features. This new phone has Google’s latest […]

Android is a market leader, says Google Chairman Eric Schmidt

Executive Chairman of Google, Inc. Eric Schmidt claimed on Wednesday, that Android OS-based phones are the market leaders in the US and all over the world; he was addressing the developers’ conference LeWeb in Paris. This seemed an overstatement as the awe in the hall vouched for it. Through a streak for iPhones, iPads and […]

Windows Application store bids to pay developers a larger chunk of proceeds

  Microsoft Inc. has announced their pricing and fees for future Windows applications store. The personal computer giant is ready to start from February with the launch of Windows 8 beta, the operating system designed for both PC and mobile. To attract developers, Microsoft has announced a commission policy that is more favourable for successful […]

Samsung Galaxy Nexus: Full hands-ong review – Part 2

The Face Unlock is not a revolutionary technology, many laptops have incorporated it in the past, but Nexus is the first handset to carry such function. However, the new tech is not what the Galaxy fans would call “eye-catching”. The company stated that the phone identifies the face with a smile but it would be […]

Samsung Galaxy Nexus: Full hands-ong review – Part 1

Google Inc. launched the much craved Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) mobile operating system on October 18 inside a Samsung Mobiles’ smartphone body. The new offspring of the strategic marriage between Samsung and Google is known to the world as Nexus family, Galaxy Nexus. Galaxy Nexus carries the legacy of Nexus series and the Android ICS […]

Carrier IQ rootkit is true and can be deactivated with new apps and steps

Trevor Eckhart, a Connecticut systems administrator, disclosed earlier this week that smartphones like Nokia’s Symbian-based handsets and Android OS phones along with Apple’s iPhones have been found with malicious software. According to Eckhart, Carrier IQ is a mobile device intelligence services company that develops namesake software which is used to send their customers, major cell […]

Carrier IQ found engaged in illegal wiretapping activities on smartphones – Part 2

Further explaining their activities, CIQ added: “The information gathered by Carrier IQ is done for the exclusive use of that customer, and Carrier IQ does not sell personal subscriber information to 3rd parties. The information derived from devices is encrypted and secured within our customer’s network or in our audited and customer-approved facilities.” According to Ohm, Carrier IQ’s […]

Carrier IQ found engaged in illegal wiretapping activities on smartphones – Part 1

World renowned rootkit developers, Carrier IQ have been found involved in wiretapping activities in Nokia’s Symbian OS, Google’s Android OS and Research In Motion’s (RIM) Blackberry OS. Connecticut systems administrator Trevor Eckhart revealed on Tuesday that CIQ has been keeping logs of keys punched on these smartphones and deliberately sending them to major carriers like […]

Review on the Blackberry Bold Touch 9900

The best BlackBerry Bold ever? Perhaps it is. The core features of BlackBerry are still compelling, the keyboard will let you skip over keys rattling out messages, with a rock of the thumb here and a glancing prod there, in ways that only BlackBerry users understand. The addition of a touchscreen does make a difference, […]

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