A tablet is a handy computing device many people use in their daily lives. Tablets have a large screen which you can touch, type on and interact with. Tablets are larger in size than a mobile phone but smaller than a laptop and desktop computer. Being portable, Tablets make it easy to read books, watch […]
With Android 9 (also called Android Pie), Google focused on aspects such as platform hardening, anti-exploitation, hardware-backed security, and user privacy, each with its own set of enhancements and new features. With Android 9 (also called Android Pie), the Internet search giant focused on aspects such as platform hardening, anti-exploitation, hardware-backed security, and user privacy, […]
Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies on user data practices before the US House Judiciary Committee. LIVE testimony from Google on their data collection practices. This will be interesting – not because of what they will say, but certainly for what they will not say. — WATCH LIVE NOW: www.c-span.org/video/ […]
Google has long been criticised for the long delays between Android upgrades. While iPhone users are merrily chowing down on regular OS updates, Android users have to wait for long intervals, with lower cost handsets never seeing an update at all during their lifespans. Google’s update framework, Project Treble, seeks to rectify this, and the […]
Google has just announced that Android Nearby Notifications will no longer be sending spam messages to users after 6th December 2018. Google is shutting off Physical Web beacon notifications – meaning spammers and unscrupulous developers will not be spamming users based on their location – i.e. passing coffee stores, department store offers in shopping centers […]
A new strain of Android malware has been discovered that exploits Telegram to communicate back to its masters converting the compromised device into part of a wider botnet. The malware runs on all Android versions: however, affected users need to accept permissions required by the app (sometimes including activating the app as device administrator), which […]
Like most people I bet you’ve had a few phones, laptops and tablets on your time. Sometimes you might sell these on or pass them onto friends and family without wiping them or clearing down the apps and software on them. Maybe your device was unlocked and stolen or (and we seriously hope you didn’t […]
Ai.type – the virtual keyboard app for Android has suffered a massive data breach. The company database was discovered unprotected online, exposing the names, phone numbers, locations and Google queries of its 31 million users. This discovery has again raised questions about the unacceptable and ridiculous amount of data that Android apps request and harvest from their […]
New Android banking trojan malware called “LokiBot” comes with ransomware capabilities which are triggered if the user tries to disable the malware’s admin rights or when victims try to remove it. Once the ransomware feature is activated, LokiBot “encrypts” all of the victims’ data. The malware is also capable of stealing victims’ contacts, reading and sending SMS messages and […]
Watching adult content on a mobile phone, particularly on Android devices potentially leaves yourself at risk of having your viewing habits, history and “preferences” being exposed and also catching a nasty dose of malware. The urge to have a cheeky peep at online porn from your ever handy smartphone might be hard to resist but […]