Facebook Home is now available for (some) Android devices, aside from its launch device, the HTC First. It is easy to understand this direction that Facebook has chosen to take. There are many users who would find something like Facebook Home useful and would like it: people who use their mobile devices primarily to connect with their Friends and share likes, updates, photos, and other such social activities.
However, people are becoming genuinely concerned about how much of our data ...
In response to the growing threat of mobile malware, one intriguing concept has emerged as a potential solution to help enterprises secure mobile devices: dual-identity devices.
The idea is actually fairly simple. On the phone there will be two distinct profiles: one for personal usage, another for work usage. The apps and data of each profile would be kept distinct from each other. The "personal" profile would be managed by the user, and the "work" profile would be kept locked down ...
Downloading from third-party app sites can be tempting for users - they offer 'free' versions of apps you would normally have to pay for. They may also feature other apps that you may not be able their first-party counterparts.
But is it really worth putting yourself and your mobile device at risk, considering all the possible dangers?
In 2012, we uncovered an increase in the number of malicious domain accounts related to Android apps. From approximately 3,000 domains in January 2012, the ...
Recently, it was reported that Google was unilaterally removing all ad-blocking apps from the official Google Play store. Later on, the developers of the excised apps confirmed this, adding that according to Google their apps had been removed for violating the Developer Distribution Agreement that all Android developers must agree to.
In an ideal world, one could take Google's move to be a positive one. The exact language says:
You agree that you will not engage in any activity with the Market, ...
As expected, shady developers are now taking advantage of Candy Crush, one of the hottest gaming apps in both social networks and Android.
Recently, Candy Crush grabbed the top spot from FarmVille 2 as the most popular gaming app on Facebook. This boost in popularity, however, has its perils. In particular, Candy Crush’s popularity made it the perfect target for dubious developers and cybercriminals who want to lure and profit from fans of the game - similar to what happened with ...
