Tag: android
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This is Not Android on the iPhone
Nick Lee: Finally, Android on the iPhoneYou heard me. The holy war is over, brethren. At Tendigi, we’ve designed and built a case that allows iPhone devotees to sample the best Mountain View has to offer. Join me as I outline the steps taken to achieve this feat, as well as the numerous pitfalls encountered…
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Google Play Music App Getting Podcasts
Elias Roman: To that end, today we’re launching a portal for podcasters to start uploading their shows to Google Play Music before we open up the service to listeners. Translated from Google-speak: The Google Play Music app for Android (and iOS) is going to download podcasts to Google servers and rehost them on their own…
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When is it the Wrong Time to Be an Android User
Dan Goodin writing for Ars about newly published vulnerabilities: There’s a new round of Stagefright vulnerabilities that allows attackers to execute malicious code on more than one billion phones running ancient as well as much more recent versions of Google’s Android operating system. Stagefright 2.0, as it’s being dubbed by researchers from security firm Zimperium,…
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Attack code exploiting Android’s critical Stagefright bugs is now public
Dan Goodin: Attack code that allows hackers to take control of vulnerable Android phones finally went public on Wednesday, as developers at Google, carriers, and handset manufacturers still scrambled to distribute patches to hundreds of millions of end users. The critical flaws, which reside in an Android media library known as libstagefright, give attackers a…
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Goodbye, Android
Rightfully scathing article from Vice’s Motherboard’s Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai: I’ve been antagonistic with Apple products ever since I was a teenager, when Apple used to try to shove its apps down my throat (cough iTunes cough) whenever I just wanted to watch a movie trailer on Quicktime. I never liked Apple’s walled garden and “we-control-everything” approach,…