Google has recently jumped and dived into an immensely competitive digital payments space in India through a new digital payments app called Tez. What is Tez? Tez is a new digital payment app for India. In Hindi, Tez means “fast”. It is a UPI-based app that can be used not just for online transactions but also for paying offline at stores. UPI, also known as Unified Payments Interface, was launched by National Payments Corporation in India – an umbrella organization for retail…
Here’s the thing, you’re using your phone but don’t see any notification in the notification bar. But when you drag down the notification panel there actually is a notification. What’s weird is that there is no icon showing in the bar for this notification. To put it simply, this strange thing is called a silent notification. A silent notification is when a notification shows up with no visible icon or visual alert that lets you know it’s there. So what’s even its purpose if it…
It turns out that you have the option to enable the Always On Ambient Display mode on your Android Oreo ROM with only some simple tweaks. Even though it is hidden, this option will be probably set to launch officially together with the Pixel 2 duo. From the time that the Android O Developer Preview 3 was released, a lot of speculations has been spreading around regarding whether Google would be finally bringing the Always On Display mode to its OS. However, despite the exciting features that…
After the long wait, Microsoft has finally released their functionality-enhancing add-ins for Android devices for the email app. The mobile Outlook add-ins was first released way back in February 2017 for Apple iOS which includes Dynamics 365, Evernote, GIPHY, Microsoft Translator, Nimble, Smartsheet and Trello. And now, Android devices including the soon-to-be released Samsung Galaxy Note 8 can now enjoy this add-ins. Right now, Microsoft is rolling out add-ins for Outlook on Android’s…
Recently, a new variant of Android ransomware has been spotted spreading through two apps in Google Play store which are “Wallpapers Blur HD” and “Booster Cleaner Pro”. Thankfully, these mobile malware can’t encrypt files. However, it threatens to leak sensitive information in the affected device if the user won’t be able to pay the ransom of $50 within 72 hours. This malware was discovered by the security researchers from McAfee’s mobile division. If you’re one of the…
A new attack on Android devices that uses “Toast” notifications to help malware in gaining admin access or rights to Android’s Accessibility service has been reported by mobile security experts from Palo Alto Networks. This attack is often used to take over user’s Android devices. This isn’t new since for the past few years, most of the top Android malware makes use of the same technique to take control of user’s device. This technique involves tricking users during an…
If you are one of the users using either a Nexus or Pixel device running Android Oreo, then you had most likely seen the notification saying, “ is running in the background”. It may be useful but there are times when it can get quite annoying. Thankfully, there’s an app that could help you remedy these notifications permanently. So why does this notification exist? In other versions of Android, there really is no way of knowing whether an app is running in the background that’s doing…
In a recent September release Android update, Google was able to fix 81 system vulnerabilities such as the 13 critical remote code execution bugs of its Android Security Bulletin just the past Tuesday. One of the most worrisome vulnerability as usual is Android’s lightweight media player, Media Framework which includes the MediaServer, AudioServer, CameraServer and the ExtractorService processes. In a case where a remote hacker utilizes a specially crafted file, they could execute the…
Google has done so much to effectively manage Android’s background resource usage with the last few updates. And now Android Oreo adds another improvement to the table with the new Background Execution Limits. This new feature limits what an app can do when it runs in the background including the resources used and broadcasts requested. The Background Execution Limits are developed to be automatic in Android Oreo so you don’t have to do anything at all to take advantage of them for as…
There’s been a buzz today regarding a bug in Android Oreo. And if you’re one of the users who are now using it, you should definitely keep an eye on your mobile data usage. Why? There’s been a bug discovered just today that causes phones to use mobile data even when they are connected to a Wi-Fi network. This bug was first spotted by a Reddit user named Unusual_Sauce. After installing Android Oreo on the device, it began preferring mobile data even if the Wi-Fi is turned on and…
