Root and Roll

Root and Roll

The Future is now! Who would have thought that the day would come when that clunky old analog phone could evolve into something quite powerful? From just receiving calls, phones have quickly acquired more and more capabilities like text messaging, colored screens, polyphonic sounds, FM radio capability, camera, video recorder. Then like pre-historic fishes evolving legs to explore new frontiers, our phone predecessor discarded their analog keypads to acquire the touchscreens we have today. From…

Unnoticed Android App Gems for December 2017

Unnoticed Android App Gems for December 2017

Though the year 2017 is coming to its inevitable end, lot’s of apps for Android is still pouring on Playstore. If you aren’t always up to date with the latest and trending apps of the last leg of the year (or throughout the year for that matter), then hop on board! Here are the unnoticed apps as of December 2017. Coming on the top of our list is the KISS Launcher. Garnering a good 4.2 rating in the Playstore, and a good install count of 10,000-50,000, KISS Launcher deserves to be mentioned…

By | Posted on December 18, 2017 | Comments Off on Unnoticed Android App Gems for December 2017

Why Root?

Why Root?

Android devices are no doubt one of the best if not the very best kind of devices available in the market today. Ranging from Smartphones to Tablets, there’s almost everything within these amazing devices for every gender and age. Brimming to the top with features and function, these little guys pack up quite a wallop to everyone’s fancy. Although some of us might not know it, these already great devices still has much to offer. So much more that unlocking these hidden potentials could…

Google Releases Three Experimental Photo Apps for Android and iOS

Google Releases Three Experimental Photo Apps for Android and iOS

Three new photo apps have been launched by Google Research for both Android and iOS. Dubbed as “appsperimental” triptych, it consist of three apps for Apple users and two apps for Android users which was incited by the success of Motion Stills – an app for Android and iOS released over summer this year which uses Al to animate and stabilize short films. The three apps are involved in a number of technologies now in development at Google which includes those focused on object recognition,…

By | Posted on December 14, 2017 | Comments Off on Google Releases Three Experimental Photo Apps for Android and iOS

Janus Vulnerability Lets Malware Bypass App Signatures in Android

Janus Vulnerability Lets Malware Bypass App Signatures in Android

Since Android is widely used on large number of devices, it makes it perfect for a potential target for malicious attackers. In the past few months, vulnerabilities in Google’s mobile operating system continue to be discovered. Recently, security researchers were able to discover another vulnerability which tricked Android users into allowing attackers to record their devices’ screens. Although this particular vulnerability was fixed in Android Oreo, analysts at GuardSquare reported as of…

By | Posted on December 14, 2017 | Comments Off on Janus Vulnerability Lets Malware Bypass App Signatures in Android

Google Releases Android Oreo Go for Low-end Phones

Google Releases Android Oreo Go for Low-end Phones

  Way back in May this year, at Google I/O, the tech giant has promised a new version of Android which is custom-designed meant for low-end Android devices. This new Android version is called “Android Go (Oreo edition)” is being made available for developers and device manufacturers but it does not mean that it’s available to users yet. But according to Google, that would presumably happen in short order. The basis behind this new Android Go is pretty much simple – it is a…

Malicious Apps Spotted on Google Play Store

Malicious Apps Spotted on Google Play Store

As of late, there were eight malicious apps spotted on Google Play Store. There are corrupted apps that has dropped a multi-stage malware on Android devices as eight malicious apps were detected on the Google Play Store which were created to infiltrate a multi-stage malware on Android devices. The malicious apps, which were identified as Android/TRojanDropper.Agent.BKY, were still able to get past Google’s security despite having the excellent ability to get around antivirus…

Oreo Beta Update is now available for Essential Phones

Oreo Beta Update is now available for Essential Phones

Essential has just released the Oreo Beta Program for their PH-1 flagship phone. Many users have been anticipating this update ever since the early Nougat builds of the PH-1 software have suffered from a number of performance problems as well as lag. The good thing is that users can now get their hands on the Oreo update as of yesterday with only a couple of easy steps. The announcement for the Oreo Beta program was released on the website of Essential earlier yesterday. And for you to get a…

Android Fragmentation is reaching breakpoint as 1 billion Android devices are 2 years outdated

Android Fragmentation is reaching breakpoint as 1 billion Android devices are 2 years outdated

Google introduced Android way back in 2008 on a single mobile device. However, the platform was designed to be freely available and adaptable so anyone can download the open source code and make own modifications to it. And that’s the start of Android’s massive success making it the most popular computing platform all over the globe. And at the same time, Google’s approach has also contributed to the development of a fracture user base. However, despite Android’s success, problems also…

Android Smartphone Manufacturers are Allegedly Going for Foldable Mobile Devices with Dual Displays

Android Smartphone Manufacturers are Allegedly Going for Foldable Mobile Devices with Dual Displays

It seems that Android Smartphone vendors are looking forward to developing more foldable mobile devices to offer users with an even larger display to compete against bigger handsets like the iPhone 8 Plus. A report claimed that various vendors are trying to work on mobile devices using multiple creens to create a larger display area. Android smartphone manufacturers are looking towards developing more foldable phones to offer consumers a larger display to compete against bigger handsets like…

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