December 3, 2024

Month: February 2015

Business

Android Phones Easily Hacked With MMS, Multimedia Files

A security researcher has found an easily exploitable way to hack into phones operating on the Android operating system. Joshua Drake, vice president of platform research and exploitation at Zimperium, a mobile security firm, found that many Android phones are susceptible to hacking through a specially crafted multimedia message (MMS). The vulnerabilities are present in […]

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Mobile Ad Fraud Costing Advertisers $1B Annually

Mobile app advertising in the United States has evolved into a huge business worth an estimated $20 billion annually. As the business expands, mobile ad fraud is becoming more prevalent, costing advertisers upwards of $1 billion each year. Fraud-detection firm Forensiq has released a new report showing that as much as $1 billion of advertising […]

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Business

Flaw Identified in the New Android Patch

Android recently provided mobile users with a patch intended to repair a security hole within the operating system called Stage Fright but now, a flaw in that fix has been discovered. Just last month, as many as one billion Android phones were at risk because of vulnerability. Software researchers made that information known to the […]

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Launch Date Set for Samsung Pay

After much anticipation, a launch date has finally been set for the release of Samsung Pay. Going up against its competition to include Google and Apple, Samsung now has its own payment system designed to work with the older style credit card readers. With this, consumers can make in-person purchases at retail stores using their […]

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You Can Now Replace Google Now With Cortana

A new Cortana app for Android has been released, allowing users to switch from Google Now to Cortana for a virtual assistant. The latest update to Cortana for Android, creating version 1.0.0.204, allows users to set Cortana as the default digital assistant on their devices. To set Cortana as your primary digital assistant for your […]

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Autodesk Launches New Service For Game Designers

Autodesk has just launched Stingray, a game engine to use with the company’s design tools. In a statement to Endgadget, Autodesk said that the Stingray game engine was designed to help smaller studios and can be customized without a lot of programming needed. The Stingray game engine is built around the Bitsquid engine purchased by […]

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