99.7% Android Devices Have Vulnerable Security
According to a group of German researchers, almost 99.7% of the gadgets running on Android have vulnerable security. The vulnerability occurs on unencrypted networks where the gadget’s Google services ‘authToken’ is accessible. This problem exists in the iterations of Android up to 2.3.3. However, it seems the issue has been taken care of in the [...]
79% of Smartphones are Used for Shopping, 39% in Bathrooms; Ads are All Over
We all know that smartphones have become of the most exciting must-have gadgets. However, those who brought you the best Android devices wish to know more about average smartphones users. According to a study conducted by Ipsos OTX, smartphones have become an important source of discovering information. 39% users are into a habit of carrying [...]
HP Plans to Let the Android Users Print from the Handset with ePrint
HP owns webOS and Google owns Android. Now, the competition is not only between the two operating systems, but also between their wireless printing solutions. HP is to provide ePrint Service from May 1. This application can start a printing task from an Android handset directly. It can function on all the major operating systems [...]
Google and LG to Join Hands for Nexus Tablet
It seems Google is keen on further relations and partnerships and partnership with a new concern. Apparently, this time Google would be anointing LG for building the Google Experience tab. This tab is an integral part of Android ecosystem as Google utilizes such partnerships for pushing certain hardware options, which Google thinks should be prospective [...]
RIM’s BlackBerry to Support Android Apps
Some days back, Andrew reported that the BlackBerry Playbook tablet by Research in Motion might be able to support Android applications when it is finally released. Unknown sources claim that RIM had been working on some virtual machine, which would be enabling this. But later, ShopSavvy, the developer, discovered something interesting in the logs: a [...]
Google’s Android Market Webstore Now Has Books
Earlier, Google had secured one of those Books landing pages in the Android Market site. Recently, that page has been updated for supporting eBooks on Android. This new web store lists a huge number of free as well as paid books that users can read with the help of the Google Books Android application. The [...]
Android Advertisements Are Likely to Pull In $1Billion in 2010
No matter how many fabulous products and technologies Google introduces, at the end of the day, they are still a display advertisement business. A majority of their products are aimed at attracting more people to the web, thereby increase the numbers of people seeing and clicking those advertisements. And as far as this objective is [...]
Nexus One Might Finally Get Hold of Gingerbread
Although a month has passed since the launch of Gingerbread, it is available only in 0.4 percent of Android handsets. These figures are, however, likely to increase. According to JR Raphael of ComputerWorld, a representative from Google has said, “there have been no unexpected hurdles and that the rollout should be starting soon.” Obviously owners [...]
Nexus S to get CyanogenMOD 7 alpha
With the launch of the latest Android development mobile phone along with Google opening the source code, everyone was expecting that now it won’t be long before CyanogenMod 7 is released. CM7 is not yet widely available; however, the first alpha version is certainly available for the Nexus S now. CyanogenMod, which is based on [...]
Android Version of “Game Dev Story” Is Now Available
If you Google search for “game dev story” you will get a two and a half million hits in return. And that indicates how popular the game is. The iOS game ‘Game Dev Story’ is all about how one works in the video game industry. Now, Kairosoft, the developer has launched the Android version of [...]
