If you’re like most Android users, then you use at least one of the following apps: -Instagram -OKCupid -Grindr -WhatsApp -Viber Whether you’re an Instagram user or a Grindr user, you may face a serious risk of losing your data. According to a new report from the University of New Haven’s “Cyber Forensics Research and Education Group”, many popular Android apps have serious vulnerabilities: “What we really find is that app developers are pretty sloppy”, says…
For years, Android had a reputation has being bad for developers. Due to fragmentation, Android still has that reputation, but it’s slowly been getting better and better. Unfortunately, the CTO of Oculus, John Carmack, recently spoke out against Android when it comes to app development for virtual reality headsets. Speaking to GamaSutra.com, John Carmack said that developing for Android “really does suck”. Carmack was speaking specifically to creating apps for the new Samsung…
Android hasn’t had a valid competitor in quite some time. The iPhone 5 was a decent phone, but it’s small size and puny performance made it a no-go for anybody who cares about those sort of things. The iPhone 5 was released two years ago. Last year’s iPhone 5S and 5C did nothing to change the feelings of most Android users, and more than a few lingering iPhone users jumped ship. As a result, Android’s market share has skyrocketed over the past two years while Apple’s has…
Parents around the world know the pain of giving a child a smartphone or tablet. On the one hand, you’re keeping the kid quiet for a few minutes. On the other hand, he could look through your pictures and text messages or make in-app purchases. Kids are responsible for the vast majority of unauthorized purchases on the Google Play Store. Sometimes, kids just buy one or two items worth a few dollars’ each. But in other cases, kids have bought thousands of dollars’ worth of stuff…
Over the past week, dozens of celebrity nudes have leaked online. Some people are blaming the hackers who spread and shared the photos, while other people are blaming the celebrities for taking pictures of themselves in the first place. But really, the only person to blame here is Apple, which has a long history of poor security and unpatched exploits. Grab your baseball bat and head to the orchard because we’re about to do some Apple bashing. Here are 5 reasons why Apple should be…
If you are someone who finds it hard to sit still and read, if you think that reading belongs to the stone ages, if you are a good listener or if reading becomes a bit inconvenient for you because you are busy doing other things, like driving, then UMANO is the app for you. Too much of text or very heavy paragraphs are a big turn off for a lot of us because we have just fallen out of the habit of reading since school. A lot of us have too many things to do and we do not have time to even…
Have you ever found yourself staring aimlessly at the screen of your device while the page you what to go to is loading? Have you ever stared for so long that you forgot what page you clicked on? Have you ever stared for so long that you started staring into space and started thinking about your existence or maybe the dirty laundry and suddenly when you snapped back into the present, the page has still not fully loaded? No? That means you are super rich with a very high internet speed. Also,…
The Google Android platform is a developer friendly one, and that is evidently justified just by glancing at the huge number of choices users have when they access the Google Play Store. Many of these apps have no restrictions either and that has enabled it to score over both iOS and Windows. All you need to run these apps is an Android device. What if you have a Windows computer and still wish to run an Android app? The good news is that it is possible. You have the Android Emulator that…
Reddit is one of those communities people seem to either love or hate. That’s because Reddit, like the early United States, is a loose collection of dozens of different communities with different goals, interests, and moral codes. From the root-happy folks at r/Android to the celebrity-obsessed fans at r/IamA, Reddit has plenty of different things going on. And now, you can add “Android app” to that list of things. Introducing the AMA app Reddit has never had an official…
Did you crack the screen on your Nexus 5? If so, you were probably really sad. Well, get really happy. Because I have some good news: Google recently updated its policies to allow you to replace your Nexus 5. That new policy lets you replace a damaged Nexus 5 one time only. So if you crack your screen or damage your Nexus 5 case in any way, Google will instantly send you a replacement. “No questions asked” One of the best parts about this policy is that Google will replace your…
