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Android apps can access your photos – without asking!

March 4, 2012

In this recent week it was revealed that apps on iPhone and iPad can access user photos once the user has given the app permission to use location information. Now it appears that the problem also exists on Android, where it’s probably even worse as the app doesn’t even need to ask for any kind [...]

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Cops Combat Crime with New Wireless Android Technology

January 18, 2012

As cell phone technology continues to mature, the new generation Android phones are being used by police agencies to combat crime on many fronts. Applications that provide internet access do not always require a user’s permission to share that information and law enforcement has their own applications that can take advantage of what many see [...]

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Is the iPhone under threat from Samsung?

November 3, 2011

While most of us are always glad to see a new iPhone come along, there’s no doubt that recent news from the smartphone world has seen a fair degree of a attention focusing on the Galaxy Nexus from Samsung. This is the handset that comes running the so-called Ice Cream Sandwich, which is the Google operating system based around [...]

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Three Things Which Add Charm to HTC Rhyme

October 2, 2011

HTC Rhyme is an excellent piece of art from the house of HTC. This smartphone was in the latest technology news with the name HTC Bliss or a women-centered smartphone but now its official name is Rhyme. This sleek and stylish gadget captures your attentions because of its color and uni-body design. The device can [...]

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Kaspersky compares Android security with Windows

May 25, 2011

Increasing security threats and issues on the mobile operating system, Android, has Kaspersky comparing Android with Windows in their recent “IT Threat Evolution for Q1-2011“: Overall, the situation with the Android OS is becoming similar to the current situation with Windows: There is a plethora of Android devices with outdated software which includes various unpatched [...]

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Android closing in on Apple’s iOS in the US

January 4, 2011

Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android and RIM’s Blackberry OS are somewhat even in the United States in terms of market shares. Apple is leading with 28.6% market shares for smartphones and Android is just behind with 25.8%, according to data collected by The Nielsen Company in November 2010. A difference between iOS and Android of just [...]

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Smartphone reliability: iPhone 4 with fewest failures, but…

November 11, 2010

A new study conducted by SquareTrade after analyzing failure rates of over 5,000 smartphones covered by SquareTrade Care Plans, shows that Apple’s iPhone 4 has the fewest failures with 2.1% failures within its first year. Below Apple you find Motorola with 2.3% and HTC with 3.7%. Another interesting observation is that when it comes [...]

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We might see a Nexus Two from Google after all…

October 29, 2010

Google has previously said that they won’t be making a new Nexus phone and that Nexus One was the only one. But now there are some indications that they have changed their minds and a Nexus Two will hit the streets already this year. While Nexus One was made by HTC, Nexus Two will be [...]

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HTC Desire HD vs HTC Mozart – Froyo vs WP7

October 5, 2010

High Tech Computer Corp, commonly known as HTC, is one of the top smartphone brands in the world. Even the iconic Nexus One had been developed by this company, for Google. Both Google and HTC have shared a very steady relationship since the birth of the Android platform. The HTC Dream, was in fact the [...]

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Samsung Epic 4G: A Super Multimedia Phone [review]

September 10, 2010

The Samsung Epic 4G is very much unlike its Galaxy S siblings as it has a physical keyboard and a front-facing camera. This is currently the second phone that runs on Sprint’s 4G network and as of August 20, 2010, it is priced at $250 along with a two-year contract from Sprint. The question now [...]

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10 Money Saving Android Apps

August 22, 2010

Everyone is interested in saving money in the wake of the Great Recession of the last couple of years. The first step that must be taken in controlling one’s spending lies in keeping a tight reign on what the person currently has. Also, a log with all of the information on everything being spent is [...]

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9 Best Android Apps for Writers

August 14, 2010

If you’re like a lot of writers these days, you may have an Android phone. If so, which apps can help you be more productive? Here’s a list of the top 9 apps that will do just that. 1. Fbabble (Free) This nifty little app helps you stay connected with your friends on Facebook. It [...]

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iSuppli: Android to Outstrip iPhone in 2012

August 6, 2010

More Android-based smartphones were sold in Q1 2010 than iPhones, on the North American market. A trend, which according to iSuppli, will continue so we’ll see more Android smartphones in 2012 than iPhone OS. In 2012, iSuppli believes that Android will be on 75 million smartphones and Apple’s iOS on 62 million devices. Obviously Android [...]

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Android Market: One Billion Downloads

July 19, 2010

Android has just joined in Apple’s App Store in the “>1 Billion Downloads”-club, if there was such a club. Apple’s App Store reached 3 billion downloads in in January 2010 so by now they are even more ahead, but Google and Android also seems to have a good thing going now that they’ve reached a [...]

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Google’s Phone, Nexus One, Doesn’t Sell As Expected

March 10, 2010

The expectations for Google’s phone, Nexus One, was quite high when it was first announced. Try to google “nexus one iphone killer” and you get about one million results. Yeah, lots of people thought Nexus One would be the iPhone killer. iPhone killers are not new though, every few months a new iPhone killer appears [...]

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Google Nexus One Videos: Concept, Display, Testing, Manufacturing, Day One

February 10, 2010

Google’s phone, Nexus One (costs $174.15 to produce), has been out for over a month now but it didn’t really sell as well as expected during it’s first month on the market. Now Google has released 5 promotional videos on the Nexus One Google phone. Also read: Google Software Update Adds Multitouch to Nexus One. [...]

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Google Adds Multitouch To Nexus One

February 10, 2010

Google last week shipped an update to users of their $174.15 phone, Nexus One. The biggest new feature is probably support for multitouch in Maps, Browser and Gallery. Google claims that units that ships with Android 2.1 are now so powerful that they are able to handle multi-touch and lots of users have wished for [...]

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