Be Cautious With Your Device: Chrome Exploit Allegedly Gives Root Access to Virtually Any Android Device
A critical vulnerability in Chrome for Android has been reported that makes it possible for attackers to take over a device. The vulnerability was demonstrated at the MobilePwn2Own, PacSec conference in Tokyo. The researcher believes that the vulnerability affects all versions of Android capable of running the latest version of Chrome. Qihoo 360 researcher Guang…
Samsung Pushes ICS to Flagship Galaxy S2
Well, well, well. Look what the cat dragged in! Don’t get me? Just look at the subject line of this post. Even though Android OS has received a new version from Google in the name of Jelly Beans or 4.1, Samsung is just getting round to let their devices receive the foundation version – Ice…
SMS Backup for Android
Do you ever get to that point where you wish you could have saved your SMS somewhere in case of those incidents that make you loose everything? Yea, it happens to all of us. Phones get lost and the owner is left to rue the communications lost. VeryAndroid SMS backup is a product advertised to…
Android Market is Dead! Here’s the Killer
Updated! Yes, Android Market is dead! Well, technically speaking. Google keeps tinkering with their products, the latest victim being their digital media platform. Android market used to be the holder for all things android and more like music and books. However, this was a wrong or inadequate name for the platform. This time the company…
850K Android Activations Each Day!
Yup!! You read that right! Today, being the 27th day of February 2012 and more importantly, one of the days in the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, we have a new figures to set all the statisticians ablogging. The morning of the said day, Android gaffer in the person of Andy Rubin sent out an…
Ubuntu Changing Computing with Android Add-on
If Canonical (developers of Ubuntu and its earlier siblings) were to drop this software today on any android driven smart phone, Microsoft and the folks at Redmond will be very afraid. Seriously, the app or add-on that is designed to sit along side your flavour of the Android OS (and both of them operational at…
Google Chrome (Beta) for Android is Here
At sometime yesterday, Google launched the mobile version of its very very popular browser, Chrome for it’s ubiquitous smart phone operating system, Android. What does this all mean for the average user? It means you can now surf the web on your android-driven mobile device (phones plus tablets) using the “super-fast” browser. A few tricks have…
What Are Your Gadget Plans for the New Year?
Hi, been a while right? Well, yea! I’ve been busy with the holidays. How about you? Let me say, with this opportunity: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! So what are your plans for new shinny gadgets for next year? Some of my friends are already making choices and backing it up with purchases. A few have asked my…
Nokia Windows Phone Unveils Today
Nokia World, an event organized by Nokia for the introduction of new products and services to the general public will hold today 26th October in London. Even before the doors of the venue were open, rumors about two phones product launches, specifically Windows Phones, have already started flying. There’s Nokia Lumia 800 and 710 according…