Gadgetwise Blog: A Voice App Unapologetically Unlike Siri
Dragon Go is a voice-control app that can do things Siri can’t, such as book a flight, make dinner reservations and find music on streaming services.
Bits Blog: Et Tu, Google? Android Apps Can Also Secretly Copy Photos
It’s not just Apple. Android apps do not need permission to access a user’s photos either, and Google, maker of the Android operating system, takes it a step further.
Bits Blog: Et Tu, Google? Android Apps Can Also Secretly Copy Photos
It’s not just Apple. Android apps do not need permission to access a user’s photos either, and Google, maker of the Android operating system, takes it a step further.
Loophole Could Give Android Devs a Private Picture Show
Similar to Apple’s iOS, Android is apparently vulnerable to apps secretly copying photos. Android developer Ralph Gootee created a test app that masquerades as a simple timer but steals the most recent image on the user’s smartphone and posts it on a public photo-sharing site. Critics said the development further emphasizes the danger of Google’s hands-off approach to the Android Market.
Bits: Mobile Apps Take Data Without Permission
The address book in your smartphone — arguably the most personal data you carry — is free for app developers to take at will without your knowledge.
Gadgetwise Blog: App Smart Extra: Downloading Some Romance
How a mobile phone can add some intensity to Valentine’s Day celebrations.
Google Pours Chrome Into Android
Google has brought its Chrome Web browser to the Android Market. A beta edition of the browser is available from the app shop now for free, but since its operation is restricted to the latest version of the mobile operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich, only about 1 percent of Android’s millions of users will be able to take the software for a test drive.
Gadgetwise Blog: Chrome Finally Comes to Android
Google finally brings its desktop browser, Chrome, to certain Android smartphones and tablets.
Bits Blog: Google Makes Its Chrome Browser Mobile
In a move that is likely to rattle its competitors is search and browsing, Google was to introduce its Chrome browser for Android 4.0 phones and tablets on Tuesday.
iOS More Crashtastic Than Android
The rivalry between Google and Apple in the cutthroat mobile device world took a new turn recently when mobile-app support platform company Crittercism published a study that found iOS apps crash more often than their Android counterparts. Crittercism analyzed more than 214 million apps launched in November and December that use its service.
Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: Finding a Phone’s Android Version
How to check to see which version of Android your handset is running.
CyanogenMod May Start Selling Forbidden Android Fruit
CyanogenMod, which offers aftermarket firmware for Android mobile devices, is apparently planning to sell apps that have been banned from the official Android Market. Koushik Dutta, who writes apps for CyanogenMod, has put up a screenshot of what seems to be the landing page for the app market.
