Nexus 5 is the latest installment in Google’s Nexus smartphone series and is one of the hottest devices of the year. Root access is already available for Nexus 5 and it is a relatively easy process. Even though the Nexus 5 is a brilliant smartphone, users are always looking forward to rooting their smartphones once…
Introduction Rooting is probably one of the first things an average user wants to do after getting an Android device. With root access to Samsung Galaxy S4, the Android experience extends to a whole new level, from flashing custom ROMS to installing the latest mods. This tutorial will guide you on how you can root…
Answer to the million dollar question You’ve just turned that fancy idea into an android app, what next?. Though much time or effort you’ve invested in writing code, you’re successful only if you’re getting downloads – lots of them!. You’ve to focus more on ranking your app at the top of the Play Store. And…
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Security software vendor Symantec yesterday wrote that it had found two android applications that used the ‘master key vulnerability’ in Chinese marketplaces. Although both applications (used to find and schedule medical appointments) are valid, they have been modified by hackers. “Norton Mobile Insight – our system for harvesting and automatically analyzing android applications from hundreds…
At 12 PM ET, Google will hold the much awaited android breakfast with Sundar Pichai (Senior Vice president in charge of Android, Chrome and Google Apps). Since Google sent out invitations to members of the media, we have been anticipating about what this event is going to be all about. The fact that the Google…
You can now use your android phone or tablet to contribute to charity and help solve the world’s greatest challenges. The initiative, through a volunteer computing software developed at the University of California, Berkeley, called BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing) will enable owners of android phones running android 2.3 or higher to participate in…
Security researchers have detected two applications that make use of the master key vulnerability on the Google Play Store. This was coming, at least most researches would have bet on that. The master key vulnerability was exposed some two weeks ago by Bluebox Security specialists who had discovered it earlier in the year (February) and…
A new android app that allows you to get paid just for unlocking your android phone launched yesterday on the Google Play Store. The app, locket, appears to introduce a cool new approach to mobile advertising. With one swipe, you can either open an ad or unlock your phone the way you’ve always done. Whichever…
Pending two years of corporate investigations, South Korea’s fair trade commission has today exonerated Google of any wrong doing and neutralized claims that the Search Company unfairly restricted re competition in the online search market by making their service default in android powered smartphones. The complaint had been tabled before the commission in 2011 by…