As the use of mobile applications grows, people are paying more attention to how these applications use their data. While the Android platform contains extensive permissions designed to protect users, application developers are ultimately responsible for how they handle users’ information. It’s important for developers to understand the code they include, and consider the permissions [...]
So you told your boss that you bought your Android smartphone so that you could track your business calls, be more effective when traveling for your company, have easy access to Gmail and keep your organization’s Twitter feed current. But we know what’s really going on — you got that smartphone because it was cool [...]
If your Android Mobile Phone is Lost or Stolen than Wavesecure is for you. WaveSecure, currently free for Android phones, can lock it from further use, restore your contacts and call/SMS history, and even roughly locate and track its wayward use. WaveSecure runs on majormobile phone platforms including Symbian, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Google Android and [...]
In Douglas Adams’s humorous sci-fi novel series Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy a special kind of fish is mentioned — the Babel Fish. When inserted into the ear, it translates any spoken language into whichever language the listener understands. It is a very nifty device, and now Google seeks to create something similar. According to [...]
thanks to: Mashable
Not only does the just-announced Nexus One have a beautiful display, snappy processor, and five megapixel camera complete with flash and geotagging, but you can also buy it online with or without a service plan. Plus, it runs Android 2.1, which adds a couple of new features to the native Gmail application: Quick contact badge: [...]
Here’s a list of my favorite Google services that were launched or were significantly improved in 2009. 10. Google Public DNS – a DNS resolution system that doesn’t offer too many features, but it’s free and fast. Very fast. 9. Google Fast Flip – a service that lets you quickly browse news. It’s easy to [...]
Gmail chat status (those green, orange, and red bubbles) indicates if your friends are online or not. But sometimes my buddies appear green when they’re not really “online online” — they just have chat open on their Android phones. Turn on Green Robot, a new experiment in Gmail Labs, and you’ll see a robot icon [...]