By Ewan Spence A long time ago, Microsoft MSFT +0.00% purchased Nokia's Devices and Services division. In the period between the deal being announced and the deal closing, Nokia’s engineers pushed out one last hurrah. The Nokia X range of handsets, powered by Nokia’s own fork of Android, tied into Nokia’s ID system as well [...]
Google’s latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow is exciting in many respects, offering a slew of great features and functionality. The new app permissions are among the highlights, so they deserve a closer look. With the new OS version, Google completely overhauled the way apps and users can handle permissions. With previous versions of Android, if an [...]
Privilege escalation and remote code execution feature in fourth droid patch run. Google has patched two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities as part of a suite of seven fixes in its fourth round of Android patching since August. The over-the-air updates set to hit Nexus, Samsung, and Android Open Source Project (AOSP) devices first for [...]
By Russell Brandom | on November 2, 2015 03:12 pm | Email | @russellbrandom Android is getting a new patch today, fixing a total of 23 vulnerabilities including two critical issues. The most serious of the vulnerabilities allows remote code execution through email, web browsing, and MMS. The patch also fixes a newly discovered vulnerability in [...]
BlackBerry Ltd.’s new Android phone hitting the market this week could be the company’s last attempt at making its devices profitable before ending production. The Canadian company has unveiled several new phones in the two years since Chief Executive Officer John Chen took over, but none has managed to stop hardware sales from falling. Chen [...]
By Tanya Wood Former lawyer, city councillor, court disputes tribunal referee, hospital board chairman and spare-time boat builder Foxton Beach resident Rod Haines has not let the grass grow under his feet. “Being born without arms gave me a slightly different life and it’s been pretty colourful,” he says. “I was getting like The Old [...]
Relative number of devices that support a particular version of OpenGL ES. Note that support for one particular version of OpenGL ES also implies support for any lower version (for example, support for version 2.0 also implies support for 1.1). OpenGL ES Version Distribution 2.0 59.8% 3.0 36.8% 3.1 3.4% Data collected during a 7-day [...]
Relative number of devices that have a particular screen configuration, defined by a combination of screen size and density. ldpi mdpi tvdpi hdpi xhdpi xxhdpi Total Small 3.6% 3.6% Normal 6.9% 0.1% 40.6% 20.4% 15.8% 83.8% Large 0.3% 4.9% 2.3% 0.6% 0.6% 8.7% Xlarge 3.0% 0.3% 0.6% 3.9% Total 3.9% 14.8% 2.4% 41.5% 21.6% [...]
Relative number of devices running a given version of Android Version Codename API Distribution 2.2 Froyo 8 0.3% 2.3.3 – 2.3.7 Gingerbread 10 4.6% 4.0.3 – 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich 15 4.1% 4.1.x Jelly Bean 16 13.0% 4.2.x 17 15.9% 4.3 18 4.7% 4.4 KitKat 19 39.3% 5.0 Lollipop 21 15.5% 5.1 22 2.6% [...]
By Pete Carey San Jose Mercury News MORGAN HILL, Calif. — Ruben Morales, a blind 59-year-old retired engineer who lives in this Silicon Valley city, has used a specialized screen-reading program for years to write and run spreadsheets on his desktop computer. But recently, he figuratively cut the cord to his desktop and joined the [...]
By Adnan Farooqui on 08/09/2015 It has been rumored for a long time that BlackBerry could launch a handset that’s powered by Android, in fact the company’s first flagship device for 2015 is expected to come with Google’s mobile OS. Recently the BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition was launched and while it runs BB OS 10 [...]
Zee Media Bureau In what could be termed as the single largest security update for mobile phones in history, Google will be patching bugs for Android called ‘Stagefright’. “My guess is that this is the single largest software update the world has ever seen,” Adrian Ludwig, lead engineer for Android security at Google said. “Hundreds [...]
Another handset from DROID line, Motorola DROID Turbo 2015, is said to be already in the works. New images of Verizon-exclusive handset appeared online and suggest that a wireless charging feature will include on the device. The additional image of the rumored Motorola Droid Turbo 2015 has been recently posted by HelloMotoHK. Based on the [...]
Jaries Villavicencio The recent Android vulnerability, Stagefright, is putting over 950 million Android phones susceptible to an attack, and Google reassures the Android community that they are moving quickly to address the current danger. An exploit which allows hackers to gain control of your device by just sending a message without even knowing is a [...]
(Photo : Reuters) In a bid to lure its users with a better accessibility experience, Google has introduced a new feature called Your Timeline that will allow users to re-trace old data. This includes access to past location data, correlated with other types of information In a bid to lure its users with a better [...]
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Hilliard, OH (PRBuzz) June 18, 2015 — Apps4Android, the world’s largest social entrepreneurship developer of “no-cost-to-the-user” Android assistive technology apps today announced the release of an Android “EZ Access to Federal Register” reader. EZ Access makes it easy for individuals with print disabilities, and everyone else, to read and convert daily Federal Register articles into [...]
IDEAL Web Math (K-8) (Free Android App): http://tinyurl.com/pgz94oe Designed to accommodate math-learning disabilities. Note: This app requires some level of vision. It is not designed for individuals who are totally blind. This app provides step-by-step solutions to any of the following types of math problems: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, place values, rounding, number-lines, ratios, proportions, [...]
About Apps4Android, Inc. Established in January, 2009, Apps4Android is the world’s largest developer of Android applications designed in support of individuals with disabilities, with more than 17 million installations. Apps4Android apps are being used on 5,676 unique model devices made by 82 wireless device manufacturers, and distributed by 568 wireless service providers in 214 countries [...]
Hilliard, OH (PRBuzz) April 14, 2015 — Apps4Andoid, a subsidiary of IDEAL Group, today announced the release of an enhanced suite of problem-solving math apps. The math apps are available to users at no cost. Each of the six apps enables users to enter different level math problems and then see those problems solved, step-by-step. [...]
By Shawn Schuster (news@gospelherald.com) Android 5.0.2 has rolled out for Nexus 7 users, and the latest incremental update aims to fix a few lingering bugs that were still crawling around the Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system after launch. Android 5.0.2 was released to the 2012 wi-fi model of Google’s Nexus 7 on December 19, only [...]
By Christian de Looper, Tech Times Apple may have sold 10 million iPhone 6s in one week, but that doesn’t mean the Android user base is diminishing. In fact, Android phones account for a whopping 84.4 percent of the smartphone market. For those millions who trade in their iPhone for an Android phone, and are [...]