Android N:Google may use online pool to name the new version

With Android Marshmallow (6.0) released and Android N undergoing development, much is anticipated on the name that must be given to it. In his recent visit to India, Google CEO Sunder Pichai was asked on why an Indian Dessert name was not given. Reacting to it, Sunder said that he would conduct an online poll to decide on it.

Yes.Google has decided to conduct an online poll to decide on the name. This is a good news for android fans across the world as many of them have been suggesting names in many online portals from the time Google started naming its OS versions after desserts. This way Google is indirectly making its users to contribute to their favorite platform.

So far, the following names have been getting a lot of traction from across the world: Android Nankhatai, Android Nutella, Android Nougat, Android Nut Brittle, Android Nerds.

Google patches crticial vulnerabilities in android

Any news on vulnerability would surely be like the striking of the thunder. Chill...This time its not a news on any new vulnerability discovered.

Google has released a new patch of security fixes for its Nexus devices that would fix the flaws which enabled the attackers to compromise the android device via spam mails, web pages and MMS messages. Firmware updates are being rolled out for supported Nexus devices and the patches will be added as part of Android Open Source Project. The updates address five vulnerabilities in which 1 is rated as critical, 2 rated as high and 2 rated as moderate.

A handful number of flaws were located in the OS' media processing components that handle audio and video file playback parsing. One of the critical vulnerabilities is said to be located at a core part of the OS (mediaserver) that can be exploited with the privileges that third-party applications are not supposed to have. Attackers would trick the users into playing specially crafted media in their browsers or using MMS messaging.

Another critical vulnerability is the privilage escalation of Android kernel. This allows the applications designed by attackers to execute code at the root level. This vulnerability has been patched in the updated.