Android: the great victim of mobile malware

Android is an excellent operating system. It is stable, fast and has a huge number of applications available. Besides all this, is the most popular mobile platform in the world. But have a problem, or rather, one big problem: the malware. Not the first time we talked about Android and its problems with viruses, but this issue is going from bad to worse.

99.9% of new malware phones discovered during the first quarter of this year are designed to attack Android phones, according to a new report from security firm Kaspersky Lab.

The vast majority of these are viruses trojans, which as you know are among the most used in the world at the computer. Additionally, most of these Trojans are the kind that sends SMS to premium numbers, and thus steal money from the victim.

Kaspersky Lab also detected that there was a "boom" of mobile viruses lately, since the amount of new malware discovered in only three months is equivalent to half of all discovered during 2012.

We hope that Google implement some new technology in software anti-malware soon, because things are getting more serious for Android.

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Facebook Home: the new mobile platform from Mark Zuckerberg

The past week has been pleasantly marked in the memory of many of the expected submission of Facebook Home , which is emerging as the new futuristic platform for the use of mobile devices, with a number of new features and a revolutionary perspective that makes a strong presence social networks on smartphones. Are we at the time of Facebook?
Facebook long ago became a benchmark for social interaction from a computer, laptop or mobile device. Everyone has been greatly affected with fashion social networking, diving into a trend never seen before in modern technology since the advent of Internet.
Aware of the enormous influence that represents, Mark Zuckerberg led one of the most anticipated releases: Facebook Home, the first Android mobile platform capable of turning your mobile device into a living, breathing equipment Facebook.



While many expect the launch of a terminal, Facebook Home is the first step to concretize such desire, settling in Android and modifying a series of parameters branded Facebook intangible throughout the device.
Home is how Facebook has emerged as the most ambitious package of applications of all time, replacing the operating system to provide updates, Facebook notifications and activities from the home screen. All applications installed on Android will be grouped in a special section for execution.
The official launch HTC First is planned for April 12, however, users can now apply from the official HTC Home.

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Twitter updates its iOS and Android apps

Attention addicts and fans of Twitter, since there is a new version of the popular app for both iOS and for Android, so I can go to the store Play Google App Store or Apple to download.

That being said, this new version of Twitter enhances user experience to improve navigation at the interface level and speed level, we can also quickly navigate through the tabs we have on display, and when we are doing a search or writing a tweet can see hashtags and usernames as a suggestion, which allows us to connect with our friends and colleagues more quickly. We are not entirely sure, but it appears that these improvements just mentioned are exclusive to the Android app.

What all the versions include (including mobile.twitter.com), are changes when expanding a tweet, as shown best photo galleries, and other applications. Under the content (depending on it) you can also see a link to apps like Foursquare and Path, for example, allowing us to download an app directly from the tweet if you do not have it installed already.

Has anyone already tested the new version of Twitter?

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First would be the HTC Facebook Phone

The Facebook Phone, or just the smartphone of Facebook, is a mobile which as you know has been going around the Internet for a long time. The social network company has prepared an event for tomorrow April 4th , which will release something related to Android. Of course, no shortage of rumors that finally see the famous Facebook Phone, but what many hope is a new launcher for Android to debut along with a mid-range HTC phone, which would be the First HTC.

This smartphone we see up here would be presented at the Facebook event that will take place tomorrow. Apparently the operating system will not use Android, but Facebook Home, a modified version of the mobile OS from Google .

If you're interested in are the specs and hardware , the HTC First will feature a 5 megapixel camera, a 4.3-inch HD screen and a Qualcomm dual-core Snapdragon S4, among other things.

Do you think the idea of ​​Facebook and HTC will be successful or end up failing?

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Google is preparing an Android laptop

Google has tried to enter the market of computer desktop and laptop for a long time, but has not been very successful. The closest to this would be his own Chromebook, which many think is too expensive for what it offers. Because Google could gain a place in the market of mobile terminals with its great Android would not be surprising to also decide to launch Android laptop.

Yes, new rumors suggest that Google is working on a laptop that runs on Android (probably a highly modified version of it) and to be released this year, although there is no exact date yet.Android is a very strong platform that has hundreds of thousands of apps and has millions of users and fans around the globe, so the idea of the search engine company is excellent.

Unfortunately we do not know much more at the moment, is only expected to be released during the third or fourth quarter of the year, so we still have a long wait ahead, but we are sure it will be worth.

Would you want Google to launch a laptop that runs with Android?

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Samsung is preparing very large mobile screens

When the Samsung Galaxy Note II was announced, quickly became the world's largest mobile phone with its huge 5.5-inch screen. Since then, the Chinese company Huawei has kept the record thanks to its 6.1-inch phone, the Huawei Ascend Mate, but things could change soon.

According to new rumors, Samsung is preparing something to regain his old record. With "something" does not refer to a single smartphone, but two smartphones that will be part of the new line Galaxy Mega .

These two phones have big screens of 5.8 inches and 6.3 inches , and it will use Android as operating system. Both are the perfect balance between a Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Tab tablet 7 inch.

Recall that last month, when he was presented the Galaxy S IV, also unveiled a control smartphones of 6.3 inch bore, which so far has not released South Korea, but that surely will soon.

The 5.8-inch smartphone (which might confuse this with a future Galaxy Note III) will be released in early June, while the 6.3-inch would be available from mid to late March.

10 years ago, all companies were desperate to reduce the size of the phones, but it seems that today is exactly the opposite.

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The HP Slate is delayed until June 7

This year, during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) held in Barcelona, ​​were announced all kinds of new products and devices as has become customary for years. Were presented new computers , new laptops , new mobile phones and of course new tablets , among other things.One of the tablets that were to be seen was the HP Slate 7, a tablet Android with its price of $ 170 would be able to compete with the Amazon Kindle Fire and the Nexus 7 of Google , among other similar devices. Well, we have some bad news about it.

Everyone expected that the  HP Slate 7 was released in the current month of April, but things have not gone as expected. The Slate 7 has been quietly delayed until June, meaning it will be at least two months before it becomes available for purchase.

HP made no official announcement, but merely updated the product page marking June as the month of release. No one knows the reason for the delay, but probably not we wait to find out.

Update: HP has confirmed that the tablet is not delayed, it was a simple mistake on your part and is expected to go on sale in April, as planned.

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Facebook announces Android event

Facebook announced an event is Android ? Sounds weird, but it is. The famous social network just announced that next April 4 will be holding an event that relates them famous mobile operating system Google. The event takes place on the campus of  Menlo Park and will begin at 10 am local time. The event invitation says nothing interesting, just related to Facebook and Android.

Surely many are the thing came to mind: Facebook submit (finally) their smartphone. In the past we've talked about this device several times, and it is believed that HTC will be the manufacturer.The phone would run with a modified version of Android and would be closely integrated with Facebook.

Last year, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO and creator of the social network, said they had no plans to launch a smartphone and it would be a bad strategy on their part, so it probably would not make much sense to advertise a mobile.

No one is quite sure what it is that Facebook will announce on Thursday, but the chances are not great.

Do you think it will be a smartphone or perhaps a new application? Or maybe something else?Give us your opinion.

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Smartisan OS, a new mobile OS

Surely no one imagined that a new entrant would appear in the market for mobile phones and more specifically in the section of software the same. Comes directly from China, Smartisan OS is a mobile operating system geared for smartphones that has been developed by Hammer Technologies.

Smartisan OS operating system is not a 100% brand new with all the letters, but actually it is a highly customized version of Android that also includes a new user interface. Its use is quite similar to Android and as stated can run on any device that currently use mobile operating system Google.

While many have said that the design to be inspired by iOS, the makers deny this, saying only that the interface has been simplified and edited to contain a smaller amount of icons per page.

Will Smartisan OS operating system become a popular and widely used or will be forgotten?Personally, I think I can cope with platforms moving existing. What do you think about this?

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MiiPC: a $ 100 PC that parents can block at any time

Today, the boys quite often use the Internet. They use it to connect with their friends, to play and sometimes even homework. Many parents think their child has access to the Internet (and all that it may offer) is simply frightening. Children can get to tinker when they should do homework, talk to strangers and more malicious. Well here is when  MiiPC into action.

MiiPC is a mini PC that runs on Android. Using this platform, gives us access to thousands of applications from the store Play Google also allows us to stream HD videos and comes with software installed.

Parents are also an app for your smartphone. What role does this app? To block websites, from playing video games when there is time to do it, we can change the age restrictions for our children, and that of 10 years will not have to comply with the restrictions of 7, for example. In other words, parents have control.

If you wonder why the specifications, has a dual-core processor at 1.2GHz, 1GB of RAM and 4GB of memory. The MiiPC price is only $ 100 dollars.

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Free calls via Facebook Messenger available for UK

 

Very good news for sure. Facebook is becoming increasingly generous apparently. The great feature of Facebook calls using WiFi, which until now was only available for the U.S. and Canada, it is also for the UK. If you live in any country of the unitary state, then you can use the great feature of free calls to  Facebook Messenger. What is the only problem with all this?Well that is available only for iOS, is not yet known when it will launch for Android.

Facebook Messenger allows us to make free calls to our Facebook friends. We should pay absolutely no charge for the call, only need a wireless internet connection and you can start talking. Furthermore, similar to Facebook chat allows our friends leave messages when they are not, the app allows us to leave voice messages for them to be heard later.

Hopefully this great feature of Facebook Messenger will soon be available for the rest of the world so we can all benefit from it.

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The SmartWatch Samsung could be the Galaxy Watch

 

Line Galaxy of Samsung has proved very successful and have high quality products, both in terms of mobile phones as cameras digital. This time, it seems that the Galaxy products will become smaller than ever, as the SmartWatch that South Korea is preparing apparently will be known as the  Galaxy Watch . One of the executives of Samsung , as well as indicating that the company has a good time working on this project , said they are preparing a number of devices.

Still do not know anything about the specifics, but hopefully obviously carry the popular operating system Android (maybe integrate a special version of it) and also that synchronizes with more of the products that are part of the Galaxy line.

The smartwatchs are nothing new around here and neither are in the market. We've been talking about this type of watches for a couple of months and some time ago that companies likeSony have their models available for sale, although not well known devices that say.

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HTC is working on a maps app

One of the reasons that leads people to choose smartphones like the Nokia Lumia 920 and others, is due to a couple of great maps and navigation applications that are available only on phones of the famous Finnish manufacturer. We are talking about Nokia Maps and Nokia Drive, of course. As you also know, Nokia is today considered the leading seller of Windows Phone smartphones, and therefore their applications are the rulers navigations in this market. But we must not forget that HTC has also released several Windows Phone smartphones in the past, and seems well now aims to compete with Nokia in this area as it would be preparing its own mapping and navigation.
Recall that last year HTC launched the app you see above, HTC Locations, which is not available for Windows Phone 8, so it is quite likely that the idea of the company is to take your software to the latest version of the operating system mobile Microsoft .
We do not know either if this application is exclusive for WP or also be coming to the Android platform, but for sure soon we will learn more.

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Lenovo S920 and S820, new quad-core smartphone with Android OS

If Lenovo is known for any particular product is undoubtedly their laptops . The company has yet to make a name in the market of mobile phones and believe will be able to. Lenovo entered the world with their new Android tablet not long ago, and now is preparing to launch a couple of new smartphones. These new phones will be known as Lenovo S920 and S820, and the best part of it is that already leaked a few details about them.
We do not know much about it, but as both devices are filtering with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and processors have four cores. It also says that the S920 will have a 5.3 inch screen and most likely the same take full HD or HD simple as minimal as otherwise not be able to compete with the rest of the terminal market.
Lenovo is entering new markets to try their luck and see if you can establish a solid business in which, if possible, will go just as well as in the notebook market, which is well known.

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Analysis LG Optimus Pro G

The LG Optimus Pro G spring to arrive in Europe and promises to be a smartphone that will be positioned in the market with its four cores, total connectivity, screen more than five inch android system and exclusive applications designed for your interface.
 

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What about the LG Optimus Pro G? This phone seems to be one step ahead of its competitors because it has all the features that one would expect.
Full HD screen of 5.5 inch, 2.1-megapixel front camera with which you can make video and rear camera with 13-megapixel sensor, 1920 × 1080 pixels, geolocation features, flash, WiFi, Bluetooth, optional using it as a modem to transmit internet to our other devices, among others, are the main qualities that LG has introduced its new LG Optimus Pro G.

 

 


The LG Optimus Pro G is not a Smartphone to an average user or features or price (estimated to appear on the market with an average price of 600-650 euros) since it has a quad-core Qualcomm processor and a processor GPU Adreno 320 which will be responsible for giving us HD graphics also will have a 32-gigabyte memory (can be expanded up to 64 gigabytes) where we can also save applications, so no need to worry as other phones that have good internal memory but memory for applications is poor.
With Android operating system will have more than 600,000 applications on which we can choose Google Play. Besides its unique applications like QSLIDE, application that we can see two screen applications.

Features

 

• GSM 850/900/1800/1900 and HSDPA 900/1900/2100
• LTE (in some markets)
• Memory 32 GB microSD card expandable to 64 GB
• 2 GB of RAM Screen
• 5.5-inch (1,080 x 1,920 pixels)
• LED flash, autofocus, face detection and image stabilizer
• Secondary camera 2.1 megapixel
• DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV
• Radio TBD
• Photos and Documents Editor
• Predictive text
• QMemo and QTranslator
• My Style Keyboard
• Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk Qualcomm Processor Controls and connections 600 MDM9615/APQ8064
• Four cores (Quad-Core) 1.7 GHz
• Adreno 320 GPU
• Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
• 802 WiFi a / b / g / n, WiFi Direct and WiFi Hotspot
• Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP
• MicroUSB 2.0
• Autonomy microSD card slot
• Lithium-ion 3140 mAh Lithium

Positives 

 

Among the main features and the most useful of the LG Optimus Pro G have the resolution and screen size (though many users dislike Smartphone electronic tablets that look at the size, it should be clear that this is useful for reviewing work documents, video, etc.).
The LG Optimus Pro G has own applications and a quad core processor.

Negatives

 

Although considered a positive, can not lose objectivity and we also talk about the size on the negative since many users do not consider practical screen mobiles as wide.
Another detail is that it appears that the price will be somewhat higher than expected, exceeding 600 euros.

Conclusion

LG Optimus Pro G is a high-end mobile phone is a great option for those who already know the qualities and advantages of a LG mobile. This Smartphone has a screen of more than five inches with full HD resolution and a quad core processor, not surprisingly called PRO because it is a step ahead of other models currently on the market.
LG Optimus Pro G combines quite well with the Android operating system and can be purchased in Spain since early spring.

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Adobe Photoshop Touch llega a iPhone and Android

Great news for graphic designers. Photoshop is a graphics software that many professionals are choosing to work, but is also used by some designers casual. Now, this particular program has ventured into lands where no other serious graphical editor has been before and just became the first professional graphic design software available for mobile phones.

Adobe has officially announced the availability of Photoshop Touch for both Android phones to the iPhone, so now I can get all the juice to some terminal screen as the Galaxy Note II, for example. Functionalities, as said, are virtually the same as those found in the version for tablets, but obviously will have an interface specifically designed for smaller screen.

You will have available many classic features such as Photoshop layers, filters, and many more. In addition to this we can use the service of Adobe Creative Cloud to move our project to our tablet or computer if you want.

Photoshop Touch will be available for $ 5 on both the Apple App Store as Google's. It will be compatible with iPhone 4 or later, fifth-generation iPod touch or later and smartphones with Android 4.0 or later.

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LG still has no interest in Windows Phone 8

Since Nokia has shown the world the potential of Windows Phone 8 platform across its line of mobile Lumia, many other manufacturers have started to create new smartphones that run the latest Microsoft mobile OS. Companies like Samsung and HTC already have their own devices using WP8, and many others are already getting in on the party. Still, LG has decided to stay out for now.

According to a company representative, they are interested in giving customers what they ask for, and the fact is that LG products consumers do not seem to be asking for any phone that runs Windows Phone for now. LG is waiting for the market to grow significantly Windows Phone 8 to start manufacturing new devices using the said mobile platform.

LG has been creating Android smartphones lately and is one of the companies that manufacture a mobile OS to run with Firefox. Frankly, it is very rare that choose an operating system that has not yet been released instead of one that already has spent several months on the market.

What do you think about the situation? Is it right that LG wait the right time or ascend into WP8 train too late?

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Apple loses popularity among youth while Microsoft's Win

If 3 years ago, someone had said that Apple would not be a popular company among youth, probably would not have believed, and the same would have happened if we were told that Microsoft would become a company's most popular and recognized again by youth . Yet this is the reality as revealed by a recent survey.

The survey in this case was not done by any small firm, but by Reuters, one of the largest news agencies in the world. 50% of Americans between 18 and 29 believe that Microsoft is more popular and great compared to last year. Still, the software giant has a long way to become the company's most popular technology industry, since 70% of respondents who are in that age frame believe that Google's Android operating system has greatly improved over 2012, which led him to be recognized. 60% believe that Apple has become more popular over the last year, but the expected percentage was higher for sure.

Reuters believes that the reason why young people consider Microsoft a company more popular compared to 2012 is due to their new marketing campaigns for Surface tablet and also thanks to the Xbox 360 and Kinect, because since both came to market have always been very well regarded.

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Ouya be launched with 481 Android games

 

Ouya, a new video game based on Android and on which we have spoken a few times, will be hitting stores worldwide during the month of June. When it goes on sale officially, 481 have console compatible Android games.

This is a record because a console has never received so many games available at launch. Of course these can lower the 481 titles we want. Furthermore, most of these games are also available for Android smartphones because these devices are original, but there are some that will be exclusive to the new console seems.

481 games is a lot, and no matter whether they are moving or not games since anyway keep you busy or occupied for a few hours.

Developers hope that soon more interested in the console Ouya and decide to create cool new games that can run on it. The games are really worth in Android are few, so the little Android gaming community should be hungry to try some new title that is attractive.

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Star Wars Angry Birds updated with 20 new levels

Angry Birds is undoubtedly one of the sagas of the most successful video games in history, not to mention that it is also the number one app on both iOS and Android. Angry Birds Star Wars, the latest version of the popular game birds, is probably the best creation of Rovio to date, combining several different mechanical games in the series and introduces some new ones.

Recently, Rovio has released a new update for Angry Birds Star Wars and thanks to it we can enjoy 20 all-new levels with a lot of pigs to destroy. While the update was not announced officially, it only miss taking a look at the Google Play Store or Apple's App Store to see.

Apart from the 20 new levels, the update also includes 2 extra bonus levels, a new type of enemy and a new boss which overcome.

Remember also that Rovio recently released an update to one of his games, the popular Bad Piggies. No questions have been pretty busy lately.

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