Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Android.
The CamScanner app for Android included a so-called Trojan Dropper, a module that installed malware on infected devices. The Trojan Dropper was implemented in the app in an advertising library. Ars Technica reports that CamScanner was a perfectly normal app for most of its lifespan. Among other t... Read more
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Trend Micro has discovered 85 adware applications in the Google Play Store. The apps, which Google has removed following a report from the company, have already been downloaded more than 8 million times by Android users. With mobile adware, intrusive advertising has been incorporated into what ap... Read more
5 years ago
Google creates the voice engine used for Live Transcribe open source. The company hopes that this will enable developers to transcribe long conversations. The source code can be found on GitHub. The engine is currently already used for Live Transcribe on Android. This tool uses algorithms and mac... Read more
5 years ago
Pre-installed malware was found on more than 7.4 million Android devices. The malware was able to take over devices, download apps in the background and commit advertising fraud. The find was made by researchers from Google itself. The malware ended up on devices through the manufacturers of the pho... Read more
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In this month's Security Bulletin, Android has rolled out security updates that solve two dangerous vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities are contained in Qualcomm chips and affect every device that is equipped with these chipsets. The two vulnerabilities are called QualPwn together, writes ZDNet.... Read more
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Early next year, Google will add a new option for Android users in Europe, allowing them to choose the standard search engine. This is Google's response to a fine imposed by the European Commission last year. The selected search engine is then used in the search bar on the home screen of the phon... Read more
5 years ago
CNet reports that a survey of 38,000 smartphone users shows that fewer and fewer users are exchanging their iPhone for a new model, and more and more are switching to Android smartphones, often including Samsung models. BankMyCell, a company that exchanges smartphone users for a new model, reports ... Read more
5 years ago
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, finds his biggest mistake that Microsoft has not become what Android is on the smartphone market. That's what Gates said in a conversation with Village Global, writes Ars Technica. "If we'd done that right, we'd be the leading company." Gates points out in the co... Read more
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Microsoft would introduce a foldable Microsoft Surface within twelve months. That's what Forbes says based on information from Jeff Lin, Associate Director of Consumer Electronics at IHS Markit. Lin says he's getting his information out of the company's supply chain. According to Lin, the foldable ... Read more
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