Monday, January 30, 2012

Google Alert - android


Android Trojans downloaded by millions, still on Android Market
Ars Technica
By Jon Brodkin | Published January 30, 2012 10:06 AM Symantec last week identified 13 new malicious applications on the Android Market, saying the combined download figures—reportedly up to 5 million—make it "the highest distribution of any malware ...
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Amazon Kindle Fire Hijacks Android Tablet Market
eWeek
Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet has become a top driver of Android tablet application consumption in less than three months, according to mobile analytics firm Flurry. Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Fire has managed to become the first tablet based on ...
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Careful with custom Android ROMs, you could be the problem
ZDNet (blog)
By Matthew Miller | January 30, 2012, 6:38am PST Summary: One of the reasons many smartphone enthusiasts pick up an Android smartphone is to tweak it with custom ROMs. However, you should also be careful or you could make things worse like I did.
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Droid Razr Maxx: An Android smartphone for big talkers
InfoWorld
By Galen Gruman | InfoWorld Thanks to the proliferation -- and relative similarity -- of Android smartphones on the market, finding the right model to suit your needs is no easy task. But for those looking to bulk up on battery life, enter Motorola ...
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Androids no moneymaker, but Google profits from tracking
The Seattle Times
(January 30, 2012, by Costco Booze) MORE Google doesn't make much money from its Android phones, but Chief Executive Larry Page recently vowed in an earnings call that that was about to change. A push by the company to create clearer online profiles of ...
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The Seattle Times
Lenovo to Upgrade ThinkPad Tablet to Android 4.0 in Q2
PCWorld
By Agam Shah, IDG News Lenovo plans to upgrade its popular ThinkPad Tablet to the latest version of the Android 4.0 operating system in the second quarter this year, the company said on Monday. The ThinkPad Tablet was launched in July last year as a ...
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Tips and tricks for upgrading your Android phone
Network World
By Howard Wen, Network World The biggest problem with the Android platform has been how slowly many phone makers release the latest version of the OS for their older models. It's also not unusual for them to never do so. (A company may not want to ...
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McAfee releases new security suite for Android, BlackBerry, x86droid
BetaNews
By Tim Conneally Intel may still be a rookie in the mobile space, but its security software subsidiary McAfee has got Intel's Android project covered. On Monday, the security company launched its second-generation McAfee Mobile Security suite for ...
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BetaNews
Salina Police launch Android smartphone app
KWCH
The department launched a new Android smartphone app. Police tell us the app can be used to get information about the police department, file certain types of reports and make Crimestoppers tips. The app also links to the department's Facebook and ...
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Blogs5 new results for android
Games Decreasing In Popularity On Android, Entertainment Apps ...
By Sarah Perez
Chomp found that games are now seeing a decreasing number of downloads on Android. That's interesting because we've come to think of the mobile gaming market as this booming space, which is defining itself as the top category driving ...
TechCrunch
Official Formspring for Android Application Now Available
By Quentyn Kennemer
Formspring is relatively new to the social network realm and it's quite unlike the more popular services out there. Formspring prides itself on anonymous.
Android Phone Fans
"Malicious" Android apps are just aggresive advertising, says ...
By Meghan Kelly
Last week Symantec reported 13 potentially malware-carrying Android applications, that it said may make up a family of botnets. Mobile security firm Lookout Mobile, however, is now saying the apps are just an advertising network.
VentureBeat
Motorola offers bootloader-unlocked RAZR ... - Android Community
By Chris Davies
Motorola has announced a new variant of the RAZR, the RAZR XT910 Developer Edition, targeting coders with its unlockable bootloader. Currently up for pre-order.
Android Community
SwitchMe App for Android Saves Battery Life
By Christine T
SwitchMe is a new application that is slightly similar to a Boot Manager app recently discovered. In the concept, they are similar. However, SwitchMe d.
Android Authority

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