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Jul 10

Millions of Android users hit by malicious data theft app



An app distributed by Google’s Android Market has collected private data from millions of users and forwarded it to servers China, validating Apple’s uniquely strong stance on mobile security in the iPhone App Store.

…Apps must also be signed by a certificate created by Apple, which makes it much harder for malicious developers to anonymously distribute software designed to cause problems or steal data. Apple’s security measures also make such efforts less attractive financially, despite the iOS platform’s installed base being much larger than Android’s….

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Jul 10

Google Plans To Make $10 Billion A Year From Mobile

In the second quarter of 2010, Google posted revenues $5.1 billion with advertising accounting for 96% of its revenues, 66% of its total revenue. Not intending to rely on traditional search advertising, Google is said to be readying a huge push into mobile with the aim of securing revenues of $10 billion a year with the help of its Android OS

…Think about it, that’s just $10 per Android user. With Google setting its sights on recommendation engines, building Admob (its mobile advertising platform) and incorporating location-based advertising, it certainly could achieve that.
I can’t see Google amassing a billion Android users just yet though.
Google will undoubtedly find new ways to monetize its mobile offerings, whilst keeping its operating system free for all. Although one billion Android users is a tough expectation, the smartphone market continues to experience huge growth and an increasing number of manufacturers looking to the…

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27
Jul 10

Google Maps for Android updated to 4.4, adds dedicated Place

Ready to suck down your sixth Google Maps for Android update in the past six months? Good. Version 4.4 has just been shoved out into …

…Ready to suck down your sixth Google Maps for Android update in the past six months? Good. Version 4.4 has just been shoved out into the bright, hopeful world that we call home, with this one bringing about an easier way to find places around you. With the update will come an entirely new logo, as a dedicated ‘Places’ icon allows users to quickly look up nearby places in a Yelp-esque manner. If you tend to search for similar things regardless of where you are, you can load up your own personalized categories to make finding frequent searches that much easier (think “gas station” or “In N Out”). There’s also Place Pages, which now shows the operating hours of listed businesses, compass direction and distance from your location. It’s available now for all Android phones using v1.6 or newer, and if you’re rocking a BlackBerry, you can expect the Place Page to head your way soon….

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Jul 10

Android 2.2 (Froyo) vs iPhone OS 4.0

Google’s open mobile OS Android is slowly taking over the market and has become a hot product for the company. It has now given Apple’s iOS 4 a sturdy rivalry with its feature rich Android 2.2 (Froyo).

…. But Android offers full support to Flash thus keeping the developers and users happy.
Gaming Social Networks: This was one of the best news for the gaming enthusiasts as iOS 4 bought with it the Xbox like social network for iPhone gamers. This feature remains absent from Android 2.2. Also iOS 4 has a much larger and better gaming base then Froyo.
Music: It is an undeniable fact that iPhone excels is playing music and integration with iTunes which certainly is huge selling point for the company. Android 2.2 however allows Over the Air (OTA) transfer to phone without having to touch the phone from PC or via any 3rd party stores. For streaming, Froyo offers a new Official plugin (Simplified media) that works with iTunes, Windows media player and lets users stream any media onDemand to their Android device.
The App war: Android offers about a half a number of apps (50,000) that are provided to iPhone users(180,000). But then that is something we expect to be balanced in the near future as its been only a while…

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27
Jul 10

5 Big Reasons Why Android Developers Don’t Make Money

Android developers make 50x less money than iPhone developers. Read this article to find out why that is, and how Google can fix it.

…Distributing the apps for free meant a lot more people could try them and buy stuff from inside the app.
Android absolutely needs this in order to lure more developers to their platform and reward them in a better way. After all why spend the amount of time building an Android app when you can make 50x more on the iphone platform. For almost all developers, the choice is easy, and they build Android apps as an afterthought. This is why the same app on Android is usually of lower quality than the one on iphone.
Paypal has announced libraries for in-app purchases for Android. However, I’m sure developers would prefer a more integrated way of getting users pay with one click, perhaps with a Google Checkout account. This would also mean a higher sign-up rate for its Google Checkout business, which they’ve been ignoring lately.
2. Enabling paid apps in all countries

For some reason, Google is not enabling paid apps in too many countries, and they are moving extremely so to do it. I’m not sure if this is because…

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26
Jul 10

Can India’s first 3G tablet be an iPad killer?

Olive Pad operates on Google’s Android Operating System and supports 3.5G HSUPA, Wi-fi, and Bluetooth and is also a Smart Phone allowing voice and Video Calling.

…has a 3-megapixel camera with 4x zoom and a front facing camera, while iPad does not have any.
The display of Apple’s iPad is 9.7-inch and supports multitouch. It supports 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi). OlivePad VT100 is meant for making phone calls and hence the size is between iPhone and iPad. It has the screen size of 7-inch and has the screen resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.
Another area where OlivePad VT100 has an upper edge over iPad is the option to plug in to mini USB port. In terms of internet connectivity, both the tablets support Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The Apple iPad supports 3G HSDPA, while OlivePad VT100 supports 3.5G HSUPA.
Apple claims that iPad has 10 hours of battery life, while OlivePad VT100’s battery performance is not known as of now. OlivePad VT100 has 600MHz Qualcomm M7227 chipset, while iPad has 1GHz Apple A4 processor.
Both the tablets support GSM and EDGE along with 3G, but OlivePad VT100 also supports WCDMA. In terms of storage, OlivePad VT100 has 512…

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Jul 10

51 Free Must Have Apps For Your Android Phone

Android is an operating system for mobile devices such as cellular phones, tablet computers and netbooks. Android was developed by Google and based upon the Linux kernel and GNU software. It was initially developed by Android Inc.

…s better than the stock browser on my Droid (which is excellent as well).

Steel
Steel offers a new, touch-friendly user interface to the Android browser engine. It supports auto-rotation, full screen browsing, a virtual keyboard, advanced touch controls for zooming and flipping through multiple windows. Steel provides full integration with the Android platform. It can be made the default browser, it opens multi-media files in the appropriate viewers, and supports downloads of arbitrary files (videos, mp3, playlists, ) from the web

Belle Fart v1.0.1
use this app play Fart sounds, support different kinds of ‘Belle’ Fart sounds.

Meebo IM
Log into all your IM accounts and send messages for free! With Meebo for Android, you’ll never miss a message. Available now from the Android Market for all Android devices

Google Sky Map
With Google Sky Map for your Android phone you can discover and browse the night sky just by pointing your phone to space.
By using your Android phone’s orientation sensors, we can show…

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Jul 10

Sencha - The First HTML5 Mobile App

While Microsoft Silverlight and Adobe Flex future on Apple iOS is still uncertain ExtJs released “The First HTML5 Mobile App Framework” called Sencha that works on both Apple iOS and Google Android touchscreen devices.

…This is the first post of our series about future of Microsoft Silverlight in the world that is getting crazy about HTML 5. This won’t be just another “black versus white” stories and we are not HTML 5 zealots. In this series we will highlight events happened in the web industry that shows pros and cons of using Microsoft Silvelright and HTML 5.Just a week ago we discovered that one of our favorite javascript framework ExtJS changed its web domain to sencha.com. The big surprise was that ExtJS guys created “The First HTML5 Mobile App Framework” that supports Apple iOS and Google Android touchscreen devices.Sencha’s look and feel are very close to native Apple iOS and Google Android user interface.With Sencha release developers get promising cross mobile platform framework that works on both Apple iOS and Google Android. Also I think that there would be also no problems with upcoming Windows Mobile 7 and Microsoft CSS 3 support strategy.But what about Microsoft Silverlight and Adobe Flex?! Flex is ignored on…

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25
Jul 10

Asus dumps Windows and wants Android for the EeePad tablet

Asus had decided to drop the idea of using Windows EC7 as OS for its upcoming tablet, in favor of the Android platform for the EeePad. The reason was simple: Asus considered that Google’s platform is better than Microsoft’s Windows.We don’t know yet what version of Andr

…2 Duo processor, video conferences and offers two convenient modes of character input-an embedded virtual keyboard or innovative hybrids keyboard/docking station design.
But if that is not enough to please you, the tablet has a 12 display, 0.3 megapixel webcam, stereo speakers, SIM slot, Polymer Battery and we can go on all day. It is a beautiful piece of technology. If Asus made a good choice by dumping Windows for the Android OS, we will have to wait and see. One fact is sure: the Apple iPad, finally has an real opponent,the Android powered Asus EeePad….

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Jul 10

Android’s ascent in China might not elevate Google

Android’s growing popularity in China may not be a victory for Google, because Chinese mobile industry has created its own fork of the platform that cuts out Google as the middle man.

…Like most Linux-based mobile platforms, Android is not entirely open source. The core operating system consists of the GPL-licensed Linux kernel and an Apache-licensed middleware and userspace stack. Several key components at the higher levels of the platform particularly the Android market and several other pieces of Google-branded software are proprietary. Device makers that want to use include those components on their products have to commercially license the software from Google.

In our recent in-depth coverage of the Android fragmentation issue, we explained that Google uses its ownership of the Android Market as leverage to ensure interoperability between Android devices and to encourage a certain degree of consistency. In addition to paying licensing fees, Android Market licensees must also demonstrate that their products meet the strict requirements of Google’s compatibility specification.

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