In the battle for the hearts and minds of enterprise mobile developers, Apple's iOS has taken a commanding lead as businesses show concern over Android, according to a recent survey of mobile developers by Appcelerator and IDC. Does ...
Tags: Apple, app devs, Android, consumer devs, Microsoft
Garmin just introduced an update to it's smart-phone navigation apps that allows users stay connected while on the road and keep in touch with friends while traveling. Joining the social networking scene, Garmin has partnered with ...
Tags: Navigation Apps, Transportation, Navigation
AutoLifeSaver automatically manages the battery-consuming WiFi and Bluetooth radios based on location, providing up to 30% longer battery life on Android phones. Battery is the #1 concern for Android users – mobile phones often ...
Tags: Autolifesave, Battery, Android Phones, Consumer Electronics
Delays are plaguing Google's Nexus 7 tablet with 16GB of storage as some stores have stopped taking orders or delayed shipments of the product. The tablet has been unavailable on Google's website since the middle of this week after ...
Tags: delays, Google, Nexus 7 tablet, 16GB of storage, shipments
Tactile Player, made by Purelogic Apps, has made transitioning from old mp3 players to smart phones much easier for music listeners. One of the problems that touch screen music players have is that, in the case of Android phones, it's ...
Tags: Tactile Player, Purelogic Apps, music listener, Android phones
A revolutionary math game has kids getting a kick out of algebra--and they don't even know it. DragonBox, the first release from game-based learning startup WeWantToKnow, has proven so popular in its home country of Norway that it became ...
Tags: DragonBox, learning startup, app, kids education
About 200 Android applications currently hosted on Google Play create spoofed SMS messages on the devices they are installed on, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec. This technique can theoretically be used ...
Fierce Comics today announced the expansion of its digital market coverage to include devices that run on the Android operating system. The expansion goes beyond the company's previous market, which included devices running iOS such as the ...
Tags: Fierce Comics, digital market, Android operating system, iOS
An application privacy report by Juniper Networks’ Mobile Threat Center (MTC) indicates that permissions and capabilities in apps could expose sensitive and personal data in mobile devices. A wider group of application developers ...
Tags: Juniper, mobile device, personal data, sensitive data, smartphone
Several malicious Android apps designed to steal mobile transaction authentication numbers (mTANs) sent by banks to their customers over SMS (Short Message Service) were found on Google Play by researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky ...
Tags: Computer Products, Apps, SMS, Google Play
FieldOne Systems, a leading provider of field service software solutions, announced today a major update for the mobile component of its Terra solution. Terra Mobile 2.0 includes new features that will dramatically improve how FieldOne ...
Tags: software solution, Terra solution, scheduling capabilities
Google's mobile operating system(OS),Android,has been targeted again by malicious malware,which causes the device to send out spam SMS messages. The infected malware,known as SpamSoldier,has been hiding in free versions of popular Android ...
Tags: Android, Malware, Attack, Google Play Store
IDG News Service - Facebook has launched a new version of its app for Android smartphones that promises users speedier access to their messages, timeline and news. The app marks a rewrite of several major parts of the Facebook software to ...
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Facebook is moving to fix one of its biggest problems - finding ways to make money from its growing base of mobile users. The social network Wednesday said that it's trying out a new mobile ad system and is calling on Facebook app ...
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There will be no certified implementations of Adobe Systems' Flash Player for Android 4.1, and on Aug. 15 the player will take a bow and no longer be available for download from Google's app store Play, Adobe said in blog post Thursday. ...
Tags: Adobe, Flash Player, Android 4.1, Google's app store Play