Android

Surprise! China's top Android phones collect way more info

Best to revisit that plan to bring home a cheap OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo, or Realme handset from your holiday

Software07 Feb 2023 | 75

US government calls foul on Apple and Google over walled gardens for apps

As for actually doing anything about it - that'll have to wait

Software03 Feb 2023 | 11

Well that escalated quickly: India demos homebrew mobile OS

BharOS is based on the Linux kernel and is apparently incapable of running malware

OSes25 Jan 2023 | 39

India's Supreme Court finds Google's appeal against monopoly fines unappealing

Vast and unpleasant – for Google – changes to the Android ecosystem remain a possibility

OSes23 Jan 2023 | 5

Indian official reveals 'plan' to build a national mobile OS

Analysis History tells us it will flop. But success might not be the real goal, so much as poking Big Tech

OSes19 Jan 2023 | 31

What's called Grogu but isn't that cute? Google's leaked answer to Apple AirTags

Rumored product looks like part of a larger effort to compete with Cupertino's Find My network

Personal Tech17 Jan 2023 | 14

Lenovo adds rugged ThinkPhone to appeal to ThinkPad users

CES Gorilla Glass-plated Android gadget for the biz crowd but it won't be cheap...

Personal Tech05 Jan 2023 | 8

Legit Android apps poisoned by sticky 'Zombinder' malware

Sure, go ahead and load APKs instead of using an app store. You won't enjoy the results

Research09 Dec 2022 | 25

Google warns stolen Android keys used to sign info-stealing malware

OEMs including Samsung, LG and Mediatek named and shamed

Security05 Dec 2022 | 4

Google says Android runs better when covered in Rust

Banishing memory safety bugs cuts critical vulnerabilities

Software02 Dec 2022 | 96

Almost 300 predatory loan apps found in Google and Apple stores

Note to self: Lenders don’t need the contact list on your mobile device

Security01 Dec 2022 | 34

Evernote's fall from grace is complete, with sale to Italian app maker

Frustrate enough users and your product will stumble. Hint, hint, Elon

Applications17 Nov 2022 | 74

Oh, look: More malware in the Google Play store

in brief Also, US media hit with JavaScript supply chain attack, while half of govt employees use out-of-date mobile OSes

Research07 Nov 2022 | 25

Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs

Statcounter says Number 10 is still Number 1 in the Windows world

OSes02 Nov 2022 | 101

Meta met a programming language it likes better than Java

Goggles giant on how it gave its Android apps a Kotlin makeover

Software25 Oct 2022 | 16

Windows Subsystem for Android declared ready for prime time

First Look Works well, but selection of available apps is meagre

Virtualization21 Oct 2022 | 46

India fines Google $162 million for abusing Android monopoly

That's a whole six hours of revenue, but requirements to open the Android ecosystem will hit harder

OSes21 Oct 2022 | 3

Google reveals Pixel 7 phones with 1.7 Stadias of security fixes promised

This and wearables fortified with machine learning to serve you, human

Personal Tech06 Oct 2022 | 17

Check out this Android spyware, says Microsoft, the home of a gazillion Windows flaws

While issuing an emergency patch for Endpoint Configuration Manager

Cyber-crime22 Sep 2022 | 7

Open standards body for digital wallets announced

Open Source Summit No, not the dodgy cryptocurrency kind

Off-Prem16 Sep 2022 | 5

Google fined $4b after Euro court snips 5% off earlier price

Search giant’s appeal lands flat as fine imposed for anticompetitive practice in Android search

Legal14 Sep 2022 | 16

Google Play to ban Android VPN apps from interfering with ads

Developers say this is not the privacy protection it's made out to be

Security30 Aug 2022 | 39

Microsoft looks beyond the US with Windows Subsystem for Android

Realizes there's a big beautiful world out there and sets sail for Japan

Devops19 Aug 2022 | 25

Google fined $42.5m over misleading Android location settings in Australia

Ad behemoth committed to 'providing the most helpful products possible'

Legal12 Aug 2022 | 14

Microsoft thinks there are people on 2G networks who want to use Outlook

Offers 5MB Outlook Lite App that works on phones with only 1GB RAM

Applications03 Aug 2022 | 44

Cell, Wi-Fi can work for Windows 11 on Surface Duo

Windows Phone is dead, long live Windows on a Phone

Personal Tech11 Jul 2022 | 2

Microsoft teases Outlook Lite for Android

What are the 'main benefits' of Outlook? Whatever they are, that's all you'll get

Applications04 Jul 2022 | 33

The App Gap and supply chains: Purism CEO on what's ahead for the Librem 5 USA

Interview Freedoms eroded, iOS-Android duopoly under fire, chip sources questioned – it's all an opportunity for this phone

Personal Tech02 Jul 2022 | 34

Google to pay $90m to settle lawsuit over anti-competitive behavior on the Play Store

US developers that qualify could receive more than $200,000

Legal01 Jul 2022 | 9

End-of-life smartphone? Penguins at postmarketOS aim to revive it

Alpine-based distro runs on old mobiles abandoned by Android and their manufacturers

OSes15 Jun 2022 | 41

Hardware flaws give Bluetooth chipsets unique fingerprints that can be tracked

While this poses a privacy and security threat, an attacker's ability to exploit it may come down to luck

Research10 Jun 2022 | 6

To cut off all nearby phones with these Chinese chips, this is the bug to exploit

Android patches incoming for NAS-ty memory overwrite flaw

Research03 Jun 2022 | 28

Murena and /e/ Foundation launch privacy-centric smartphones

First Look De-Googled Android phone does the job, has a few rough edges

Personal Tech02 Jun 2022 | 35

Predator spyware sold with Chrome, Android zero-day exploits to monitor targets

Or so says Google after tracking 30+ vendors peddling surveillance malware

Research24 May 2022 | 6

Upgrading to Android 12.1 ... in Windows 11: Telemetry disabled by default

Dev Channel Insiders get Windows Subsystem for Android updates

OSes23 May 2022 | 4

Google shows off immersive maps, AR-flavored search, Pixel 7, and more

Google IO Your essential de-hyped guide to what the Chocolate Factory teased at developer shindig

Personal Tech11 May 2022 | 10

Microsoft closes Windows LSA hole under active attack

Plus many more flaws. And Adobe, Android, SAP join the bug-squashing frenzy

Patches11 May 2022 | 8

iOS, Android stores host more than 1.5 million 'abandoned' apps

That's more than the total that are actively maintained, study claims

Applications10 May 2022 | 33

Engineer gets Windows 11 working on a Surface Duo

So those hardware requirements for Microsoft's OS really are arbitrary

Offbeat04 May 2022 | 41

Google releases beta version of Android 13 'Tiramisu'

Chocolate Factory's latest mobile code confection refines permissions and error reporting

OSes27 Apr 2022 | 22

Google bans third-party call-recording apps from Play Store

Apps pre-installed in the device will still be able to have call recording functionality

Applications22 Apr 2022 | 38

Google 'Switch to Android' app surfaces in iOS App Store

After years of Apple's agitation to 'Move to iOS,' the Chocolate Factory has a reply

Personal Tech20 Apr 2022 | 26

Microsoft's huge Patch Tuesday includes fix for bug under attack

April bundle addresses 100-plus vulnerabilities including 10 critical RCEs

Patches13 Apr 2022 | 15

Russian devs plan alternative Android app store after Google Play bans paid apps

Claim NashStore will help Russians access common apps from May 9

SaaS30 Mar 2022 | 10

The first step to data privacy is admitting you have a problem, Google

Opinion Android messaging heist isn't the action of a well company. Let us help

Security28 Mar 2022 | 106

Testing for COVID with the sound of a cough? There’s an app for that

And it's right more often than rapid antigen tests

Personal Tech23 Mar 2022 | 28

Samsung updates its most popular smartphone range

The mid-range A-Series matches top-end models for software updates

Personal Tech18 Mar 2022 | 25

Intune out of tune after an Android 12 update? Help's coming

Affected OPPO owners due an OTA update. OnePlus and Realme to follow

SaaS08 Mar 2022 | 2

Google blocks FOSS Android tool – for asking for donations

StreetComplete told people how they could fund development, now it's not allowed to

Software02 Mar 2022 | 49

Samsung shipped '100 million' phones with flawed encryption

Academics found TrustZone-level code could not be trusted to keep secrets

Security23 Feb 2022 | 22

Google expands Privacy Sandbox to Android

Web giant shocked, shocked, to find misuse of data going on in here

Security17 Feb 2022 | 17

Critical 'remote escalation' flaw in Android 12 fixed in Feb security patch batch

This is the final software update from Google for the Pixel 3, 3 XL, too

Security09 Feb 2022 | 19

Play Store class action has £15m budget for defeating Google in London court

Detail emerges on who's funding it ... and for how much

Legal07 Feb 2022 | 23

Android devices, demand in China help keep Qualcomm from worrying too much about losing Apple

Oh, yeah, and Windows on Arm. Who could forget that?

OSes03 Feb 2022 | 3

Google dips into India Digitization Fund for telco Bharti Airtel

Pledges work on 'mutually agreed commercial initiatives' – such as figuring out how to use 5G

Off-Prem31 Jan 2022 |

Indian government floats idea of home-grown challenger for Android and iOS

May not be the smartest move seeing as alternative OSes crater – and Google promised to spend billions in India

OSes27 Jan 2022 | 10