Android

Less than two months ago, Duo Security released a DARPA-funded Android app called X-Ray, which looks for known privilege escalation vulnerabilities that could potentially give malicious apps access to root privileges on your device. Since launch, the company has already collected results from over 20,000 Android devices worldwide, and initial results show that over half Continue Reading →

Compared to Android app developers, iOS developers have always had it easy since they could always count on Apple using a 3.5-inch screen and a 3:2 aspect ratio for its smartphones. But Apple threw developers a change-up this week with the iPhone 5, which will be the first iPhone to feature a 4-inch screen with Continue Reading →

As the plethora of recent posts attest, Apple has indeed launched the iPhone 5, the next generation in its five-year-old iPhone family tree. But is it the best smartphone money can buy? For kicks and giggles, we’ve pitted the specs of Tim Cook’s darling against those found in the top Android and Windows Phone devices Continue Reading →

Samsung‘s flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III, will be updated with the latest version of Android in October, the company announced. Android 4.1 or Jelly Bean brings numerous improvements, including smoother user interface, improved accessibility, expandable notifications, improved camera and voice search, among other updates. Samsung confirmed that the update will become available in Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 is finally starting to look like a mobile operating system that can compete with iOS and Android. Nokia’s colorful and feature-packed Lumia 820 and 920 Windows Phone 8 smartphones only serve to cement that feeling with wireless charging and a PureView camera. But the platform really needs some killer apps to Continue Reading →

Last week, we caught a blog post that Google wasn’t supposed to publish yet. In it, the company announced that it would soon bring editing features to the Google Drive app for iOS. Monday, Google made these updates official and Google Drive for iPhone and iPad does now indeed allow you to edit documents, just Continue Reading →

By now most tablet consumers have heard at least one of the many anecdotes describing some toddler picking up an iPad and immediately operating it like she was born to use it. Monday, the leading toy retailer in the U.S., Toys “R” Us, announced plans to take a shot at capturing part of that growing Continue Reading →

Samsung Electronics could be a major player if it launched its own mobile operating system in a big way, according to Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam. “There’s a potential elephant in the room with Samsung,” McAdam said at an investor conference today. While Google Android and Apple’s iOS continue to dominate the market, the carriers are Continue Reading →

The smartest solutions to problems are often the simplest of all. In that spirit, Netflix is introducing a feature to its Android app that’ll keep unknowing viewers from chewing up their mobile data plan. New to the settings menu, users will discover an option that restricts video playback to WiFi networks. Netflix has left the Continue Reading →

When we first caught wind of the Wikipad at CES, we picked up the distinct scent of vaporware. In the months since, we’ve seen the ten-inch tablet with detachable controls get games via Gaikai and from PlayStation Mobile, plus an impressive list of specs. And now we know it’ll cost $500 and will officially be Continue Reading →