Researcher finds snooping smartphone software
A smartphone security researcher is shining light on a hidden program that tracks activity on Android, BlackBerry and Nokia handsets.
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Dec 1, 2011
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SKR researchers develop a 32-inch Android-based multi-touch display
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at SKR have developed a prototype of a multi-touch 32" display screen that runs on the Android operating system. The screen, which runs off of a standard Android terminal, is connected to the ...
Developers get early look at new Android software
Google on Wednesday let developers have an early look at the next version of Android in a move that could get the software into a wider variety of devices.
Software
Mar 9, 2016
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Make sure your smartphone apps aren't spying on you
There have been some rumblings recently about smartphone apps using your phone's microphone to collect data on your TV- and movie-watching choices.
Security
Jan 12, 2018
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Android mug shots have no lock and key
(PhysOrg.com) -- If Google loyalists will persist that this Internet Goliath can do no evil, they at least need to admit, based on new evidence this week, that Google can do a lot of mindless harm. A security door in Android ...
Review: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet offers PC-like multitasking
Remember when people used personal computers—desktops and laptops—to check email, view video and keep tabs on Facebook? Back in that far-away era, I'd have several windows open for Web browsers, a word processor, a photo ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 9, 2013
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Raspberry Pi will roll with Android 4.0
(Phys.org) -- Broadcom developer Naren Sankar is porting Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) over to the little $35 computer from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and so far the two coexist nicely, though with more work ahead. To ...
Google announces Floor Plan app for venue owners
(Phys.org) -- This week the team from Google Maps launched its Floor Plan Marker for Android in a bid to improve the accuracy if its indoor maps. Inside and outside Google, developers have seen real opportunity in introducing ...
Will Apple Pay be mobile pay's kick-start?
If anyone can get us to use our smartphones as wallets, it's Apple. That's what experts think about the recent launch of Apple Pay, the first mobile wallet to work on an iPhone.
Business
Oct 30, 2014
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Review: The best new features coming from Apple, Google
New features promised for smartphones, tablets and watches could improve how we interact with technology. Although it's too soon to tell how well these will work in practice, here's a look at what I'm looking forward to most ...
Software
Jun 10, 2015
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