There’s a porn-watching app that secretly takes control of your phone, snaps your picture, locks you out of the device, then demands a $500 extortion payment. The cybersecurity firm Zscaler just discovered that this Android app, called “Adult Player,” is actually just malware in disguise. It’s easy to avoid, though. Adult Player can only be … Continue reading
WHAT IS ROOTING? Rooting is the Android equivalent of jailbreaking, a means of unlocking the operating system so you can install unapproved (by Google) apps, update the OS, replace the firmware, overclock (or underclock) the processor, customize just about anything, and so on. Of course, for the average user, rooting sounds like — and can … Continue reading
Google has finally announce the long-rumored Nexus tablet at Google I/O. It looks pretty neat, has reasonably good specs and an excellent starting price. We’ve got everything you need to know right after the jump! The news comes straight from the Google I/O keynote in which they discuss what the tablet means for Google and … Continue reading
“Come and meet the next Galaxy,” teases Samsung in an invite to a London media event transpiring this afternoon, where the company’s expected to unveil its flagship Galaxy series three-quel, the Galaxy S III. No one’s sure exactly what to expect, though tech blogs have been trotting out the usual wish-lists: smaller, more durable, more … Continue reading
