Saturday, February 4, 2012

Google News

Google reveals Android malware 'Bouncer,' scans all apps
Computerworld
By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - Google yesterday unveiled an automated system that scans Android apps for potential malware or unauthorized behavior, a move critics have long called the company to make. The scanning service, appropriately codenamed ...
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Android Storms Ahead As Smartphone Outsell PCs For First Time
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Ben Rooney Android shipments grew by almost 250% last year to seize nearly half of the entire smartphone market, according to figures published Friday. The report by analysts Canalys also shows that for the first time smartphone shipments exceeded ...
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Design, Features, Performance and Support: 7.3
CNET
The good: Seamless experience with Amazon's digital content services; great Web browser; curated Android app store includes must-have apps; ultra-affordable price tag; exceptional screen for its price. The bad: Lacks 3G, cameras, microphone, ...
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CNET
Apple's smartphone share rises, but Android still on top
CNET
by Lance Whitney February 3, 2012 6:26 AM PST Follow @lancewhit Apple and Android both grabbed a bigger piece of the pie last quarter, but Google's mobile OS kept the top spot with almost half of all US smartphone customers. For the quarter, Android's ...
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RIM shot at Android: Free PlayBooks for devs
Register
By Bill Ray • Get more from this author RIM is offering a free PlayBook tablet to developers who submit an Android application to RIM's App World before Valentine's Day, though the T&Cs have yet to be revealed. RIM isn't the first company to hand out ...
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military to get secure Android phones
CNN
The phones will run a modified version of Google's Android software, which is being developed as part of an initiative that spans multiple federal agencies and government contractors, these people said. The smartphones are first being deployed to US ...
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Samsung Galaxy S2 Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 ROM
Phones Review
No doubt everyone in the Android space that doesn't yet own an Android Ice Cream Sandwich device is waiting on getting an official update to Android 4.0, and although the Samsung galaxy S2 is approaching one year old the smartphone will gain ICS at ...
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Phones Review
Super Bowl XLVI Releases Free App for iPhone, Android
PC Magazine
Now organizers have launched a mobile app for iOS and Android devices, which will allow you to tap into the excitement from the palm of your hand. Interestingly, the app focuses more on the framework around the game rather than the game itself.
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DropBox opens Android Beta program, gives away up to 5GB of extra storage
Android Community
DropBox has been moving up in the world in the last few months, due in no small part to excellent support of mobile platforms like Android. Today the cloud storage service announced a beta program for users of its Android app.
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Facebook IPO Revealed; Google Bolsters Android Security; VeriSign Hacked
PC Magazine
... can expose a user's Wi-Fi password and SSID to a malicious application running on the phone. Google, meanwhile, announced it added a new layer of security to the Android Market, with a tool dubbed Bouncer, which will scan apps for evidence of malware.
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Blogs5 new results for android
Google's Bouncer For Android Shows Malware Apps the Door
By Kate Freeman
A new scanning software developed by Android and codenamed Bouncer will search the Android market for software that could be malicious.
Mashable » Mobile
Free Playbooks For Android App Developers
By Jamie Condliffe
Here's some good news if you like to tinker with creating Android apps in your spare time: submit one to the BlackBerry App World before February 13th, and you can get a free Playbook. That's another great sign that RIM is doing well, eh?
Gizmodo
Hiroshi Ishiguro's android mannequin creeps out Japanese ...
By James Trew
If you didn't think mannequins were creepy enough already, maybe this will change your mind. In an attempt to lure shoppers, Japanese department store.
Engadget
Google Wallet officially available for download on AT&T's Android ...
By Sam Koutroulakis
Those of you with a Samsung Nexus S or Galaxy Nexus using an AT&T SIM card are now able to download Google Wallet straight from the Android Market. T-Mobile.
Android Community
Android vs iOS – Which Is Really More Stable? New Data May ...
By Chris Chavez
OS stability has always been a big concern when choosing which device you're going to upgrade to. When it comes to the battle between Android and iOS, Apple.
Android Phone Fans

Web2 new results for android
Android and Security - Official Google Mobile Blog
The last year has been a phenomenal one for the Android ecosystem. Device activations grew 250% year-on-year, and the total number of app downloads from ...
googlemobile.blogspot.com/2012/.../android-and-security.htm...
Android fragmentation not so bad says Localytics — Mobile ...
Android fragmentation is less of a challenge than it was two years ago, and developers shouldn't be as concerned about it says Localytics. Data from both ...
gigaom.com/.../android-fragmentation-not-so-bad-says-localyt...

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