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Google has already declared Kotlin language as the number one choice for Android app development. To further promote app development in Kotlin, Google has contributed another free course on Udacity. It is an intermediate level course that comprises of six lessons that should take about two months to complete. I’d recommend this course to those […]
Hello Ladies, let’s talk about periods, privacy, and Facebook. Are you using an app on your smartphone to keep tracks on your periods? Well, it’s worrying, because it might be sharing your extremely sensitive information like menstrual cycle and sexual activities with Facebook. A new investigative report from UK-based advocacy group Privacy International revealed how […]
We have often reported malicious Android apps and how Google ends up eradicating those apps from the Play Store. The trend we’ve noticed is that such malware apps always have a low download count. However, today’s story teaches us that even prominent Android apps, with more than 100 million downloads, can have malicious intent. Researchers […]
Google has removed over 85 adware-ridden Android apps from Google Play Store following a Trend Micro report. These apps, disguised as photo-editing and gaming apps, were downloaded more than eight million times from Google Play. TrendMicro has mentioned all the 85 adware apps in this list. Adware apps focus on throwing full-screen ads on your […]
Storytelling is an art that has existed since the advent of human species. Infinite fables around different cultures have been conveyed through it. In the present era, the art of storytelling has largely narrowed down to audio-visual presentation. Consequently, the pleasure and satisfaction from fabricating our own visuals is lost somewhere. Counteracting it, many people […]
Don’t you hate it when you get distracted while watching videos or playing games and you miss out on something? And then you are left with no choice but to rewind the video or restart the game because it’s over by then! Modern problems like these require modern solutions. This is why a 19-yr-old developer […]
After two years of using Kotlin in Android mobile development — a domain long dominated by Java — Google has finally announced Kotlin as the number one choice for Android app development. The acknowledgment comes as part of the ongoing Google I/O 2019 conference. “Android development will become increasingly Kotlin-first,” writes Google in a blog […]
Earlier as part of the test pilot (for iOS users), Mozilla’s Firefox Lockbox app is now available for Android users. The Firefox Lockbox password manager app allows users to securely store passwords, which are already stored in the Mozilla Firefox browser. Therefore, a downside appears; it doesn’t let users add new passwords or delete the […]
A report by ASER 2018 report hints that only half of the Class 5 students can read a Class 2 textbook with ease. Therefore, with an aim to improve the overall reading literacy in India, Google has launched a new Android app, dubbed Bolo for children in the country. Based on Google’s speech recognition and text-to-speech […]
Researchers at ESET have discovered a new strain of cryptocurrency-stealing malware dubbed the ‘Clipper’ on Google Play Store. The findings were reported to the Play Store team which quickly took down the app on February 1st. Clipper was found hidden inside an Android app which was impersonating a legitimate service known as MetaMask — a browser extension which allows Ethereum-based apps to run on a […]
Researchers discovered 2 Malicious Android apps from Google Play Store that drops Anubis banking malware with highly obfustication techniques. The malicious apps posed as a legitimate tool with the name of Currency Converter and BatterySaverMobi and also attackers posted a fake review and boasted a score of 4.5 stars. Google Play store continuously flooding with […]
When it comes to file explorer apps for Android, ES File Explorer is undoubtedly one of the most popular apps. I, myself, use the app for managing files and folders on my smartphone. However, it came as shock for me that ES File Explorer has a hidden web server running in the background and my […]
There are several malicious apps on the Google Play Store that can steal your bank info like login credentials and send fake texts to extract sensitive information. These apps masquerade as battery managers, cleaners, device boosters, and even horoscope-themed apps. Usually, such malicious apps impersonate legitimate banks and display bogus login screens to steal your […]
Android, also known for its heavy customization options, is the most popular mobile operating system. But often our fondness for an Android OS and its customization leads to a bunch of sacrifices — Sluggish Android updates is one of them. However, today we’ll be talking about the most wrongful sin of all time — Forcing pre-installed […]
As part of Google’s Digital Wellbeing Initiative, the company has launched yet another set of tools to curb the excessive screen time spent on smartphones. As confirmed in a blog post, Google has released “Times watched” feature on YouTube. Unlike the Digital Wellbeing feature of Android Pie which caters to the whole device, the new YouTube […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Android app is allegedly collecting your personal data and sharing it with a third party without your consent. This claim has been made by the French security expert who goes by the name Elliot Anderson on Twitter. Elliot made this revelation is a series of tweets and detailed how Narendra Modi […]
A Newly discovered Android Remote Access Trojan called AndroRAT targeting unpatched Android Devices that exploit the publicly disclosed critical privilege escalation vulnerability and gain some high-level access from targeted Andriod devices. This Android based RAT have an ability to gain some advance level privileges on any android devices that unpatched Remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2015-1805 and inject […]
Millions of people have become victims of a FakeApp that is using new tricks to cheat Uber users around the world. Security researchers from Symantec corporation have found parts of a new Android malware that is trying to steal passwords, credit card details and phone password of uber users before covering up its own tracks. […]
Safeguarding Your Phone Against Spying Apps That prevention is better than cure is a maxim that holds true in everything. If you want to protect your phone against spy apps, you have to engage your protective gear and do what you should to keep off the spying. But how do you protect your phone from […]
Short Bytes: If you’re looking for a way to get paid Android apps for free, then you’re at the right place. Apart from promotions from Google and Amazon, many third-party websites and apps keep offering apps for free or heavy discounts. Use should use these methods to save money and avoid indulging in piracy. Our […]
Short Bytes: Anbox is a container-based approach for booting a complete Android system on a Linux distro. This allows one to run Android apps easily on a distro without any emulation. Anbox is in Alpha stage, so one should expect few crashes and instability. Currently, Anbox is supported by Ubuntu 16.04 and later. Have you ever tried running Android app […]