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

Sunday, 29 March 2015

An uprising that is chasing xiomi


Xiomi became the world's valuable startup by selling smart phones at affordable price. But One Plus is  doing the opposite way. Here ius a link that you must see

Monday, 23 March 2015

OnePlus One available for sale without invite


Are you kidding???? Oneplus one available without invite? This time its true.
One plus one will be made available in india without invite through amazon,the Chinese company has announced on Facebook starting this tuesday. Though the company has not revealed the number or units that it would sell,it is said that the phones would go on sale until the stocks last.
This might be the same for the company after which the company would announce a new pricing for the Indian market. The company also hinted that it would hike the prices of its devices in the Indian market.
So what are you waiting for? Keep calm and order Oneplus from Tuesday.

Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Android apps now viewed by Google before you download them

Developers will no longer be able to immediately publish their apps on Google play without having any oversight of it.Google now will review the apps developed by the developers before publishing in the Play Store.It will manually test the apps for bugs and malwares that would affect your android device once downloaded.According to a post in its blog,Google has clearly stated that a team of experts would view the apps and identify the violations of the developer policies in the app.It has also assured the developers that it would help the developers to publish their apps in hours or as early as possible(if the app passes all the tests).
The system has been in place since the last 3 months and its also said that Google has not received any complaints from the developers.Seems like many have not noticed the new policies.
But not everything is done manually.Automated tools are being used to scan for viruses and any unusual behavior of the app.
Although this might a bit tedious,its a good move by Google to stop malware kinda apps that are common in the play store.So,developers...check your apps before you publish them.

Tuesday, 10 March 2015

'Freak' security law affecting Microsoft PCs

In my last post,I said about the Freak attack that has created a havoc to android and safari browsers.Its found that the Microsoft has also been affected(This decade old security flaw allows hackers to break the secure connection between the website and the web browser).
You are being freaked.!!!Stay alert

Freak was the result of a former US government policy where software-makers(US) were required to use weaker security in encryption programs sold overseas.Though the policies have changed since the 1990s,the weaker encryption is still being used by a majority of the programs.
A research team from Microsoft has revealed that websites can still be tricked into accepting a weaker security(software) thereby allowing the hackers to act.
There is no evidence that the hackers have exploited this weakness.But if a hacker has done so,he will be able to see all the sensitive information of the user that include password to the credit card information.
Although,there is no security patch developed,Microsoft has suggested a workaround(refer to my previous post for the suggested workaround) which can safeguard you for a temporary period.Users can use the browser which are not affected by the 'Freak' such as Firefox and Chrome.