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Strengths and Weaknesses of Android Applications
The Android world has registered a remarkable development in terms of user base and applications. Some Android application and programming companies have evidently developed crackerjack applications on this platform. As compared to iOS, Android is the most widely used operating system. But many of the concepts are relatively new in this operating system and the developed applications are vulnerable to https defects. Where there is light there is also darkness, so there are many advantages and disadvantages of Android-based applications. Advantages of Android based Applications Multitasking: Android based application development is multitasking. So a user can use two or more than two applications at the same time. This makes streaming…
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How to Remap the Galaxy S8’s Bixby Button (Without Rooting)
With the launch of the Galaxy S8, Samsung decided to get in on the “personal assistant” action with its own version, called Bixby—there’s even a dedicated button to launch the service on the S8. The thing is, Bixby just isn’t very good. In traditional Samsung form, Bixby launched as a sort of half-baked idea, and honestly a pretty sorry entry into a market that already has some really solid offerings. Compared to Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, and even Amazon’s Alexa, Bixby is just plain bad. So, unsurprisingly, people want the Bixby button to do more than just launch a shoddy, half-baked Assistant. And while Samsung has made a few attempts…
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GhostCtrl Backdoor Worm Can Hijack Your Android Device to Spy on You: Trend Micro
Google’s Android platform has in the past been victim to a host of malware, ransomware, and malicious attacks. In the recent past, reports related to malware named CopyCat, LeakerLocker, and SpyDealer were making the rounds of the Internet, and now we have been acquainted with a new attack vector, known as GhostCtrl. Cyber-security analysts at Trend Micro have revealed a backdoor worm that stealthily controls several functionalities of infected Android devices. If this doesn’t sound alarming enough, the researchers have further added that this vulnerability will continue to evolve while secretly recording audio or voice and send to the attacking server in an encrypted manner. The researchers have demonstrated that…
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Microsoft’s Path Guide App Lets You Navigate Indoors Without GPS, Wi-Fi
While we can easily drive almost anywhere in the country with GPS-enabled navigation systems and apps like Google Maps, locating your way within large establishments like a mall or university is much harder. What exacerbates the problem is the frequent paucity of data and lack of GPS, Internet connectivity indoors. There have been several efforts to provide indoor directions, and Microsoft has taken a novel crowdsourced approach with its latest app – Path Guide for Android. The Microsoft Path Guide app uses your Android smartphone’s sensors to map directions and orient users. Not relying on GPS or Wi-Fi connections, the app uses the smartphone’s built-in sensors to record a contributor’s…
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Know About Snapdragon Processors
Snapdragon is the Brand name of mobile being developed by Qualcomm. Snapdragon processors enable next-level user experiences. It is integrated with many sensors and radios like GSM, CDMA and also a decently powerful GPU. Snapdragon processors enable advanced connectivity, jaw-dropping graphics, and robust and efficient processing and multitasking. Each Snapdragon processor is designed to enable a next-level user experience. Gaming, watching videos, streaming music or whatever you want to do on your mobile device, there is a Snapdragon processor designed to empower you. Here is a series of Snapdragon processors: Snapdragon 800 Series Processors The Snapdragon 800 series processors represent the ultimate in performance and power efficiency. The Snapdragon 800…
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HTC Users Complain Keyboard App Is Showing Ads, Company Says It’s an ‘Error’
HTC has addressed the concerns of its smartphone users after some of them reported that they were seeing ads on the company’s built-in keyboard app. The company says it won’t be showing ads on TouchPal, the keyboard app, adding that the ads found their way up onto the keyboard app “due to error”. A software update is in the works to rectify the issue, HTC said. Over the weekend, posts showing ads on HTC’s keyboard app circulated like wildfire on social media, and many users joined the commotion to report seeing similar ads on their HTC-made phones. HTC 10 was one of the models identified whose users were said to…
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How to Protect Smartphones From Overheating
Introduction Overheating of the smartphones is one of the common issue even with handsets from the most popular companies like Samsung and Motorola. With smartphones increasingly adding processing power and packing large batteries with fast charging technology, users often face situations when their smartphones overheat during certain tasks, manufacturers are constantly upgrading their products in order to stuff the best between available in the market. At the same time, designers are diminishing sizes and creating astonishingly thin smartphones and this is eventually leading to awful heat management causing a large number of issues. Why do smartphones heat up? Overheating occurs mostly due to overloading the hardware. Pushing the GPU for…
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LeakerLocker Android Ransomware Threatens to Leak Your Personal Information to Your Contacts
It seems as though Google’s Android platform is facing its worst time yet as far as malware infestations go. After two malware-related reports in the past week – CopyCat and SpyDealer – there are now reports of another malware, called LeakerLocker, that has the potential to send your personal pictures, messages and browser history to your friends. What’s more, this malware is also reportedly a ransomware that does not encrypt files. Popular security technology company, McAfee has discovered that the LeakerLocker ransomware can be accidentally downloaded from the Google Play. As of now, It has noted two apps in particular, Wallpapers Blur HD and Booster & Cleaner Pro, that seem…
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Vertu, the Premium Smartphone Maker, Is Reportedly Shutting Down
Just last month, British luxury smartphone maker Vertu announced that the company has reached an agreement with TCL to use latter’s technology for its smartphones. At the time, Vertu said that 30,000 handcrafted Vertu phones will be manufactured under TCL partnership but now the premium smartphone maker is reportedly shutting down. Earlier this year, Turkish businessman Hakan Uzan acquired Vertu for a consideration of GBP 50 million (roughly Rs. 402.65 crores). As per a report by Financial Times, Uzan tried to repay the company’s debt worth GBP 138 million (roughly Rs. 1,154 crores) for GBP 1.9 million (roughly Rs. 15.9 crores) , points out Android Police. As the creditors rejected…
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WhatsApp Stopped Working on Older Devices
On of the most popular social media messaging application WhatsApp has stopped working in older iPhones and Android handsets to ensure that it could continue to introduce new features and stay secure, which relies on the app being used on newer operating systems. Anyone using Android 2.1 or 2.2, an iPhone 3GS or iOS 6 will find the app has stopped working. The same will happen to anyone on Windows Phone 7, the Independent reported yesterday. The company has advised that anyone with one of those older handsets who want to keep chatting with friends simply has to buy a newer phone. WhatsApp had initially said that all BlackBerry models…
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WhatsApp Update Brings Support for All File Types, Shared Media Bundling
WhatsApp has been on a roll this year, adding feature upon feature to the world’s most popular messaging app to make it more appealing to the users. The company is continuing the streak, and has added support for all types of file transfers (including archives) as well as shared media bundling in the stable version of the Android app. These features had been under testing in WhatsApp beta for Android for some time now. However, users still continue to wait for the final release of the message recall feature that has been leaked several times already. To use the new feature, WhatsApp users on Android can head to Google Play to download…
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Memory Card Advantages and Disadvantages
Memory card has gone onto become one of the most widely used storage media worldwide in the present day. These tiny little chip like devices are being used in various gadgets right from digital cameras and mobile phones to mp3 players and gaming consoles. They are almost everywhere and anywhere, with almost all devices having data storage making use of a memory card. Nowadays it is difficult to find a multimedia device which does not support this device. Like the advantages, the memory card also has certain disadvantages, both of which are summarised below. One of the major advantages of the memory stick is definitely the size factor. It is…
