Sunday, 31 May 2015

Android M:A preview of what to expect


Recently held Google I/O summit was a great one with Google revealing its new developments and its next android version.
Alike the lollipop, android M(name officially not announced) works smoother, cleaner and turns out to be the smarter version of android to now.
One of the most important change observed is the easy working of the volume button. There are rumors that the Android M will also have the customizable quick settings. Although it's not fully ready and usable , Google said that it would give time to time updates for the developer preview of Android M.
Refer to the video by Android Central for a clear vision on how the new android would be.

Monday, 25 May 2015

Beware: android factory reset doesn't fully erase your data


Sounds interesting isn't it? No, this is going to view your brains. Recent studies has proved that you would leave traves of data on your android even though you factory reset your device proving to be one of the biggest flaws on android devices.
Study by Cambridge University has reported that the device retained old user's data that include data from sms, emails, photos, contact information on from WhatsApp, Facebook and other third party apps. The studies were conducted on android devices (from 21 manufactures) running on 2.3 to 4.3 versions of android.
Coming to the most worrying part is that these data was accessible even though the device had full encryption enabled. The researchers were also able to access user's Google data.
So guys before your phone is involved in buying and selling through seconds, think of this before you do so as almost 500 million android phones are at risk.

Friday, 22 May 2015

Google to launch another android OS-Brillo for internet of things


Nothing is for sure unless Google makes an official statement. This time it's on internet of things.
It's been said that Google is set to launch an OS exclusively for the purpose of internet of things based on android platform. Although not much is known about it, Brillo would be developed to run on low-powered devices meaning that it would be easy and cheap so that it could be made available on all devices.
It also seems that Brillo could be released in the upcoming I/O expo. It is also said that it could be a basic build for time being which would be developed in the long run.
So, hope that it would take Google to new heights.

Monday, 4 May 2015

Facebook's internet.org a privacy nightmare: Tracks users


Recently, Facebook launched its internet.org which enabled the users to access the internet for free. But this has been done at the cost of the privacy of the users.
The users are connected to the internet without the https connection. Which means that the hackers and your telecom operator week be able to easily snoop onto the contents you are browsing (learn about the privacy law of your country for safer browsing).
Source:http://goo.gl/318Nd1

Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Google's biggest European headache is not search but it's android 


Recent reports on Google's loss over European Union seemed to be it's biggest ache. But actually not the thing that is bothering Google. Its shocking to hear that android has been the biggest concern for google in Europe.
Last week, The EU competition commission has launched an investigation into android in a move to expose the tech giant's ways and abilities to gain profits and innovations. The investigation is centred on blocking modified versions of softwares and installations of apps and services on the devices.
This is not the first time that is being done. Microsoft had to face the same fate wherein it had to pay almost ₹2 billion.
Source:http://goo.gl/WbVTNw

Saturday, 11 April 2015

All you need to know about bloatwares


Bloatware...people just hate them. It's a misconception that it would occupy a lot of space that you could use for your own applications. But hold on, it's just a misconception.
The phone's storage it's basically a hard drive. People think that it's same as you partition the hard disks in your PCs. But here is the catch. The hard drives in your phone come pre sanctioned and you can't change it unless you wipe out everything ion the drive.
All the pre installed apps(Bloatwares) come in the memory allotted for the system. And you can't delete anything in the system allotted area. Even though you delete them, you can't free up the system area.
This is what smart phone users need to know.

Sunday, 5 April 2015

Anti-trust law suit against Google over android app dropped

Plantiffs have dropped the charges planted against Google Inc accusing the company of making the handset makers to make its apps a default option.
The law suit was filed by two customers on May 2014.
Here is the complete details on it
goo.gl/Tr0jyx