Category: Android

With iMessage thanks to Beeper Mini, the OnePlus Open is my new favorite phone
Dec 5, 2023
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Darrell Etherington
in Android, Hardware, imessage, iMessage on android, oneplus open, Startups
Multi-platform messaging startup Beeper, founded by YC and Pebble alum Eric Migicovsky, delivered an iMessage experience for Android that doesn’t use any intermediaries and as-such, should be (always a big caveat here since we’re relying on…
Sunbird pauses its efforts to bring iMessage to Android amid security worries
Nov 22, 2023
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Ivan Mehta
in Android, Apps, imessage, nothing
Sunbird, which aims to bring iMessage to Android users, has halted development and pulled its app from the Play Store amid security issues raised this week. Earlier this week, the company sent a notification to its users, as noted by 9to5Google first, …
Children’s tablet has malware and exposes kids’ data, researcher finds
Nov 16, 2023
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
in Android, children’s privacy, Cybersecurity, malware, Security
In May this year, Alexis Hancock’s daughter got a children’s tablet for her birthday. Being a security researcher, Hancock was immediately worried. “I looked at it kind of sideways because I’ve never heard of Dragon Touch,” Hancock told TechCrunc…
Ranked: The World’s Most Popular Apps by Downloads
Nov 9, 2023
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Omri Wallach
in Android, app-store, Apple, Apps, Educational Apps, Entertainment, Google Play, Instagram, iPhone, Media, netflix, payment, post-pandemic, social media apps, technology, tiktok, trends, WhatsApp
What are the world’s most popular apps? This graphic visualizes the most downloaded apps, grouped together by different categories. The post Ranked: The World’s Most Popular Apps by Downloads appeared first on Visual Capitalist.
Android’s new real-time app scanning aims to combat malicious sideloaded apps
Nov 4, 2023
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Zack Whittaker
in Android, android apps, Cybersecurity, Google Play, Security, sideloading
Android’s in-built security engine Google Play Protect has a new feature that conducts a real-time analysis of an Android app’s code and blocks it from installing the app if it’s considered potentially harmful. Google announced in Oct…
Google Play’s policy update cracks down on ‘offensive’ AI apps, disruptive notifications
Oct 25, 2023
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Sarah Perez
in AI, AI Apps, Android, android apps, Apps, artificial intelligence, Developers, Google, Google Play
Google is taking aim at potentially problematic generative AI apps with a new policy, to be enforced starting early next year, that will require developers of Android applications published on its Play Store to offer the ability to report or flag offen…
Google Pixel 8 Pro: The camera’s still the thing
Oct 11, 2023
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Brian Heater
in Android, Gaming, Google, Google Pixel, Hardware, PIXEL, pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro
This is a camera upgrade. Full stop. If photos and video aren’t your primary concerns when it comes to buying a new smartphone, there’s virtually no reason to upgrade from the Pixel 7 Pro to the Pixel 8 Pro (check Darrell’s review to see if the s…
Hacked phone spyware shuts down… again
Oct 5, 2023
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Zack Whittaker
in Android, Cybersecurity, mobile spyware, Security, stalkerware, Surveillance
A short-lived spyware operation called Oospy, which emerged earlier this year after its predecessor Spyhide was hacked, is no longer operational and has shut down. Oospy appeared online in late July as a rebrand of a phone monitoring app called Spyhide…
Google launches earthquake alerts on Android in India
Sep 26, 2023
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Ivan Mehta
in Android, Apps, climate, disaster tech, earthquake, Google, india
Google has announced the launch of its earthquake alert system for Android devices in India. The system uses smartphone sensors such as accelerators, which can act as small seismometers and detect tremors. The company on Wednesday said the system, deve…
Walmart’s PhonePe launches app store with zero fee in challenge to Google
Sep 22, 2023
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Manish Singh
in Android, Apps, Google, Google India, india, IndusOs, PhonePe, walmart
PhonePe launched the Indus AppStore Developer Platform on Saturday, promising no platform fee or commission on in-app purchases as the Walmart-backed fintech races to win Android developers in Google’s largest market. The Bengaluru-headquartered …