Android 7.0 Nougat started rolling out this week Google’s new version of Android, which was released for certain Nexus devices this week, comes with more than 250 new features. Some of them are under-the-hood changes that improve overall performance and security, like file-based encryption and direct boot, while others will ... Read More »
Android 7 Nougat, Google’s most significant 2016 update to its mobile operating system, has arrived—hitting recent-model Nexus phones and tablets over the next few weeks, and other brands later on. While it is no monster OS overhaul, Nougat is a useful upgrade. Split-screen apps Last year, Android 6 Marshmallow introduced ... Read More »
Backup/restore features are a bit of a sore point on Android; Google’s efforts can be called nothing better than pathetic, while most other manufacturers don’t offer a service to entirely back up a device like Apple does with its own iOS devices and iCloud. However, Samsung, which has already had ... Read More »
Taking a look back at seven days of news across the Android world, this week’s Android Circuit includes more reviews of the Galaxy Note 7, why the phablet is in short supply, Android 7.0′s release, some handsets that will not get Nougat, Microsoft’s cuckoo software strategy, Android beating iOS in ... Read More »
Google didn’t forget about the big-screen experience in Android 7.0, and two new features are here that are designed to enhance the experience on your Android-powered television. Google knows that many folks want a great media ecosystem on the biggest screen in the house — the television. They’re not alone. ... Read More »
Android malware and Google Adsense Google’s Adsense advertising program is used by many sites across the Internet. But Android users should beware of some nasty malware that is being spread by Google’s Adsense network. Justin Luna reports for Neowin: Mikhail Kuzin and Nikita Buchka of Kaspersky Solutions found the banking ... Read More »
About 1.4 billion Android users are at risk of having their web traffic hijacked, according to recent security bug revealed in the TCP implementation. All the Android devices that run Linux Kernel 3.6 from 2012 or Android 4.4 KitKat are vulnerable to such an increasing threat, which is discomforting. Of course, many ... Read More »
An estimated 80 percent of Android phones contain a recently discovered vulnerability that allows attackers to terminate connections and, if the connections aren’t encrypted, inject malicious code or content into the parties’ communications, researchers from mobile security firm Lookout said Monday.As Ars reported last Wednesday, the flaw first appeared in ... Read More »
About a week ago, we learned that most people on the Internet were open to attack thanks to a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) implementation flaw in Linux. Zhiyun Qian, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of California at Riverside, warned that it doesn’t take a tech genius ... Read More »
Lenovo has made a big bet on the concept of a modular smartphone. The company’s subsidiary, Motorola, recently began selling the Moto Z and Moto Z Force as Verizon exclusives (unlocked versions are coming later) that can be paired with a series of snap-on modules. The concept is that you can easily ... Read More »
