Caution - Android apps want your personal data
iTWire
Bitdefender's research has shown that from a sample of 130,000 popular free apps, nearly 13% collected the user's phone number and sent it 'home' without explicit notification. The company further noted that "Android apps were found to be extremely ...
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Coming today: A Facebook phone?
CNN
If rumors prove true, Facebook hasn't built a phone, it's just partnered with a phone manufacturer to place its service and apps more front and center on a typical Android smartphone. That device is expected to be an HTC 4.3-inch smartphone called the ...
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Lifehacker Australia
A new study from online security firm Bitdefender has revealed thousands of popular Androud appsare being used by unscrupulous advertisers to collect and upload user information to third party servers. Some apps were even found to access users' ...
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The App Economy Is In Rude Health, Says Flurry, But Mobile Browsers Are ...
TechCrunch
The company found the iOS and Android app economy is in rude health: with consumers spending 80% of the average two hours and 38 minutes per day that they use smartphones and tablets spent inside apps, while only a fifth of that time (20% — or 31 ...
See all stories on this topic »New Android apps worth downloading: Wallaby update, Numbeez, NightSky HD
Android Apps Appolicious
Get the most out of your credit cards with our first fresh app, the newly updated Wallaby. It tells you which credit cards to use in which stores to maximize your reward points, and it just got a newAndroid-specific user interface. Numbeez is up next ...
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iTWire
Bitdefender's research has shown that from a sample of 130,000 popular free apps, nearly 13% collected the user's phone number and sent it 'home' without explicit notification. The company further noted that "Android apps were found to be extremely ...
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| Twitter releases a redesigned Android application Inquirer MICROBLOGGING WEBSITE Twitter on Wednesday released a redesigned Android app that reflects a new "native" look and feel. The revamped Twitter app, available now for devices running Android 4.0 and above, makes the most of the growing screen ... See all stories on this topic » |  Inquirer |
CNN
If rumors prove true, Facebook hasn't built a phone, it's just partnered with a phone manufacturer to place its service and apps more front and center on a typical Android smartphone. That device is expected to be an HTC 4.3-inch smartphone called the ...
See all stories on this topic »Surprise, Surprise: Your Android Apps Are Being Used To Nab Personal Data
Lifehacker Australia
A new study from online security firm Bitdefender has revealed thousands of popular Androud appsare being used by unscrupulous advertisers to collect and upload user information to third party servers. Some apps were even found to access users' ...
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| The 20 best iOS and Android apps for entrepreneurs Women's Agenda The app allows you to sync with your calendar on the iPhone, along with your Google Calendars, and provides you a nice run-down of everything you have that day – but it also gives you weather updates alongside events. The ability to add your Facebook ... See all stories on this topic » |  Women's Agenda |
TechCrunch
The company found the iOS and Android app economy is in rude health: with consumers spending 80% of the average two hours and 38 minutes per day that they use smartphones and tablets spent inside apps, while only a fifth of that time (20% — or 31 ...
See all stories on this topic »New Android apps worth downloading: Wallaby update, Numbeez, NightSky HD
Android Apps Appolicious
Get the most out of your credit cards with our first fresh app, the newly updated Wallaby. It tells you which credit cards to use in which stores to maximize your reward points, and it just got a newAndroid-specific user interface. Numbeez is up next ...
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| Android apps found to have breached user privacy: study Australian Techworld According to a new study by Bitdefender, 12.87 per cent of 130,000 free Android appssent user phone numbers to third-party servers. The researchers found that Texas Poker by Kama Games and Paradise Island by Game Insight International accessed user ... See all stories on this topic » |  Australian Techworld |