Mobile technology has really changed the way people live their daily lives affecting everything from how we schedule and plan to how we interact even with our own immediate families. Indeed, it was not that long ago that the idea of banking from your phone—or even your home computer—was a sensitive one. But mobile technology […]
Will Chinese Chipmaker Allwinner Release $79 Android Laptop?
The desktop market is shrinking—and even the laptop market, in a way—with most users happy to slink away from bulky, powerful, all-in-one machines and opting instead for the convenience of smartphones and even wearable technology. More importantly, as technology becomes more accessible—with companies all over the world vying for who can make the most comprehensive […]
New Android Ransomware Can Infect Phone—and Lock it—Without Any User Knowledge
While Google has seemed to hit its stride, again, with its latest Android OS Marshmallow update, there be a snag that adds a little turbulence on this continuous climb. The security and networking company Blue Coat has recently discovered a new piece of mobile ransomware that can creep into an Android phone without the user’s […]
BitTorrent Goes Straight with Streaming Android App
If you have any history with the early sharing economy you might recall that media was almost a type of currency. File-sharing—mostly music, and then video—was a free market piracy system that actually served to reshape the professional media distribution business model. This is why, in fact, we have sites and apps like Pandora, I-Heart-Radio, […]
New Report Warns 90 Percent of Android Users Vulnerable to Godless Malware
The appeal of the Android mobile operating system is that anyone can get access to the code and develop their own applications. Obviously this makes the market extremely diverse, allowing for anyone to make an app for any reason. Sometimes, though, people utilize the flexibility of this system for malicious reasons, developing viruses and other […]
Are Samsung and Huawei Building Operating Systems to Compete with Android?
Google’s Android operating system is a fine example of how anyone can capitalize on the free market system. The open source software, of course, lets anybody develop apps as they see fit. Google even posts tutorials (and some more in-depth classes) for anyone who even wants to simply dabble in a little app design. But […]
Are Digital Payments, Like Google's Android Pay, A Trend, Or Here To Stay?
The banking system in America has come a very long way over the past 100 years. While checking was a major advancement several decades ago—followed, of course, by the remarkable debit card system—the entire world is changing. Technology continues to improve, and with it, comes many advances that the early banking system—the Founding Fathers—surely never […]
Android Makes Podcast Search Available Through Google Play Music
Android mobile operating system users who also happen to be fans of podcasts have probably quickly encountered the issue of running out of available memory to download all of the shows they listen to. Well, Google appears to have a novel solution to this problem: you can now find and listen to podcast episodes directly […]
Android 6.0 Marshmallow Now On LG Devices (Or Coming Soon)
LG continues to make a new for itself in the mobile device world and it looks like they are set to stay as they are on track to receive the Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system update across all major networks by the end of the month. So far, the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update has been […]