Google has been able to achieve to acquire a huge market share with their Android OS powered smart phones. With an over 80% share of the quickly growing smart phone market, it is sitting pretty with Apple a distant second and Microsoft hardly there…
The latest reassurance provided by the lead engineer for security in Google should be great news for Android users. He believes, users need not be tech savvy to be able to keep their smart phone secure and Google has built in sufficient protection…
The NFC system of payment was supposed to make things pretty easy for Android and Apple users. Though Google had the Google Wallet app installed in its Android phones for some time now, users did not make use of it due to lack of awareness and also…
A new Android malware threat is making its way around the internet today. That Android malware may have the ability to bypass Google Play Store malware scanners and also hide itself in online images. The new malware technique was demonstrated by…
It is a cat and mouse game always with hackers coming up with newer ways to get around security and firewalls in order to infiltrate malware. Both Google and Apple have been very proactive in installing robust security systems and features on their…
Google has been able to build in a ‘Kill Switch’, that disables the device when it is stolen, thus rendering it useless to the thief. They could do this for their latest OS Android L and has been able to adhere to the California law that…
Today, encryption is more important than ever before. I mean, just think of all the celebrities whose nudes have appeared online over the past few months. If those celebrities had encrypted their phones, the photos would not have been leaked.…
If Google has been able to enjoy a market share of over 80% with their Android OS, in the consumer segment, Apple has done equally well with their OS in the enterprise segment. Both giants have been trying to eat into each other’s strong markets…
Default encryption is no longer the preserve of only iPhones. Google will join Apple in offering this technology in its new Android phones running on Android L. This feature will provide the much needed extra layer of protection consumers have…
As we all know, Android is a toxic hellstew of vulnerabilities and you should all be using iPhones because they’re totally secure. Well, neither of those things are really true. But I still need to warn you about a dangerous new Android…
