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Millions Of Android Users Hit By Data Theft App

Millions Of Android Users Hit By Data Theft App

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Android users around the world have been hit by a data theft exploit, masquerading as an application for downloading background wallpaper to the device.Mobile security firm Lookout has said that millions of Android users have downloaded a malicious wallpaper application designed to send sensitive user information, including browsing history, SIM card numbers, text messages and voice mail passwords, to a website owned by a person in Shenzhen, China.The discovery of the...



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Microsoft Developing App Migration Technology To Windows Phone

Microsoft Developing App Migration Technology To Windows Phone

Giving consumers more reasons to switch over to WP7.

News Mobile & Telco

Microsoft is developing a service that would allow users to migrate mobile apps and app data between devices and operating systems, according to a patent application filed in November 2010. According to the application, the...


Windows Phone Lacks The Identity Of App Buyers

Windows Phone Lacks The Identity Of App Buyers

Devs need more data

News Business & Government

A strong reason as to why developers won't invest in applications for the Windows Phone platform is the fact that it lacks information about the people that are currently purchasing said content. Questions including what Windows...


Apple's App Store Triumphs Over Other App Stores including Android Market

Apple's App Store Triumphs Over Other App Stores including Android Market

News Business & Government

Apple App Store is generating six times the revenue earned by rival Google's Android market when it comes to the top 200 grossing titles of both online app stores. The data was compiled by the research and analysis...


Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone 7 mobile phone review

Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone 7 mobile phone review

News Mobile & Telco

Product Name: Nokia Lumia 800 Website: www.nokia.co.uk/nokialumia800 Specifications: Windows Phone 7 - Mango, 3.7-inch 800x480 WVGA AMOLED capacitive touch screen, 1.4 Ghz single core CPU, 16GB storage, 8MP camera, LED...


AMNews: Google & Federal Government Lawsuit, Web Based Windows Phone App Store, Samsung Inks Deal with Microsoft

AMNews: Google & Federal Government Lawsuit, Web Based Windows Phone App Store, Samsung Inks Deal with Microsoft

News Business & Government

Google has filed a motion to withdraw the lawsuit it filed against the Federal government last year. The company filed the lawsuit in 2010 against the Department of the Interior, accusing it of drafting documents for the...


Windows Phone Marketplace Now Has 30K Apps

Windows Phone Marketplace Now Has 30K Apps

News Mobile & Telco

Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace app store has achieved the 30,000 apps milestone as the competition in the smartphone market heats up.According to the latest statistics provided by Windows Phone App List, the app...


Android Malware Issues Rise : The Implications

Android Malware Issues Rise : The Implications

News Security

New research from McAfee suggests that Android is the most attacked mobile OS, jumping 76 per cent in Q2 this year.  Clearly there is a correlation here with usage. As smartphones increase in popularity, it is a given that...


Microsoft intros location-based Windows Phone app

Microsoft intros location-based Windows Phone app

A neat twist on Foursquare - but it's US only

News Mobile & Telco

Microsoft has decided to take location-based service Foursquare on with the launch of Windows Phone app from its Bing team dubbed "We're in."The concept for the app is simple, and familiar to anyone who's used Foursquare,...


Google's Android Market Will Have More Apps Than Apple's App Store By July

Google's Android Market Will Have More Apps Than Apple's App Store By July

News Mobile & Telco

Google’s Android Market is set to host more apps than Apple’s iTunes App Store by July, a new study has found.According to the data released by mobile analytics firm Distimo, in the next two months, Google’s...


Android becomes secure

Android becomes secure

Robots free from attack

News Mobile & Telco

Antivirus company AVG has launched security software for Android, along with delivering the world’s first solution of the same nature for Google OS tablets.The application builds on from their AVG mobile solutions, by delivering...


T-Mobile Android-base Pulse Mini Drops To £64 Until Tonight

T-Mobile Android-base Pulse Mini Drops To £64 Until Tonight

News Mobile & Telco

T-Mobile has a flash sale going on at the moment with 20 per cent off their PAYG mobile phones which means that you can get its own branded Pulse mini handset for only £64. The handset - which will remain the cheapest...


News@10: Vodafone Cuts Roaming Fees, Windows Phone 7 App Prices Falling & Anonymous

News@10: Vodafone Cuts Roaming Fees, Windows Phone 7 App Prices Falling & Anonymous

News Web

Vodafone has announced plans to lower data roaming rates for its UK customers travelling in Europe. According to BBC News, the company has introduced the Vodafone Day Traveller Plan, giving users an additional 25MB of data...


Federated search tool for Android tips up

Federated search tool for Android tips up

Simplexo

News Mobile & Telco

UK specialist federated search company, Simplexo has introduced a new way to search for information on an Android mobile device. Simplexo Locate for Android enables users to simultaneously search a wide range of information...


Google's Got A Huge Problem And Its Name's Android

Google's Got A Huge Problem And Its Name's Android

News Mobile & Telco

Hugo Barra, Product management Director of Mobile at Google, was the speaker at an event yesterday in the company's London HQ and although there was no major surprises during the announcement, it was pretty obvious, especially...


UK Sales Of Android Smarpthones Rise Fourfold In One Month

UK Sales Of Android Smarpthones Rise Fourfold In One Month

News Mobile & Telco

Sales of Android-based smartphones have risen dramatically over the last few weeks alone according to data released by research company GfK Retail and Technology. A snapshot of sales ranging from the last two weeks of March and...

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