The luxury of being able to use a number of apps has distinguished the Google Android platform from others. Users are thrilled to be able to access such a huge number of apps for free. The affordable price of gadgets, particularly smart phones on…
The Google Android operating system despite its overwhelming popularity has been exposed big time by hackers. This system that was developed based on Linux has shown itself to be easy prey for hackers and that is a worrying factor for many users.…
Android applications have generally brought a lot of cheer and utility to people. It is therefore surprising to hear of one app that has actually created problems for a site and that too - the US National Weather Service. It reported that one of the…
A recent research has revealed something disturbing. It says that a majority of the apps that is popular on the Android platform is vulnerable to hackers and cyber attacks. The Google Android has been a platform that has been immensely successful…
The prospect of losing your smart phone is always a very threatening and disconcerting one. Many of us would have faced the mortification of misplacing our smart phone and while some of us would have been lucky to get it back, others may have lost…
It is very rightly said: “With great power comes great responsibility”, however, what they did not mention is that great responsibility leads to a greater tendency for accidents to happen. This holds true in all aspects of life, including the…
Apple has not been the recipient of good news for some time now. Its flagging iPad sales and the fact that Google Android has even overtaken it in data usage and the imminent launch of Android L have all come at the same time. However, this latest…
The Android platform for smart phones has proved to be a money spinner for its handset manufacturers with sales going up exponentially. However, some or the other vulnerability keeps cropping up from time to time, dampening the success to an extent.…
The problem of inadequate security and vulnerability on the Android platform has been dogging the minds of analysts and followers of this platform for some time now. Right from the time Avast made its disclosure about the ‘factory reset’ not…
It is all very nice and great to have the latest smart phone with premium features and of course, the Android platform driving it. After all, the many scores of apps on the Google Play Store and other repositories provide you with access to games…
