Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans For years, security firms have warned of keystroke logging malware that surreptitiously steals usernames and passwords on desktop and laptop computers. In the past year, a similar threat has begun to emerge on mobile devices: So-called overlay malware that impersonates The…
Google’s new live wallpaper measures your battery life, notifications, and network signal strength
Google Creative Labs has released a new live wallpaper that actually serves a purpose. Most Android users have avoided using live wallpaper because of the way they chew up battery life. While they looked cool when Android was first getting off the ground, most live wallpaper now seems dated and…
Google’s new holding company now “owns” the whole alphabet, sort of
This past summer, Google pulled a maneuver that caught pretty much everyone by surprise, creating a holding company to oversee all the different businesses the enterprise found itself pursuing. While it does not substantially change what Google and the other business units are doing, it makes it easier for the…
Google’s Translate about to get a whole lot more useful… on Android 6 Marshmallow devices
Google has definitely been making strides with its Translate app, steadily growing it to a tool that gets more and more useful by the day. The app can not only translate written texts, but also listen to spoken word and then reproduce it via the phone’s text-to-speech, or use your…
The evolution of Google’s Nexus phones: a visual history
The Google Nexus family was born in the early days of 2010. A project that had been in development for quite a while, the first Nexus One phone was for a long time considered a phone made for developers with no clarity whether it would ever be released to the…
Google’s Android division being investigated by the FTC for possible anti-trust violations
Two sources familiar with the probe, say that the Federal Trade Commission is looking into allegations that Google blocked access to the Android operating system for two Google competitors. As a result, the Justice Department will team up with the FTC for the anti-trust investigation. Anonymous FTC officials say that…
Google’s media event for September 29th now official; new Nexus models to be unveiled?
Circle your calendar for September 29th. Google has now officially announced that a media event will be taking place at noon EDT on that date. For those of you out West (in the U.S.), that means waking up at 9am PDT to catch the news as it happens. And we…
2 Billion Lines Of Code For Google’s Internet Services And Its All In One Place
Google’s Internet Services Has 2 Billion Lines Of Code, Which Is 40 Times Size Of The The Windows According to Google Engineering Manager, Rachel Potvin at an engineering conference in Silicon Valley on Monday estimated that the software required to run all of Google’s Internet services from Gmail to Google…
References to “Nexus Protect” spotted on the Play Store, might be Google’s answer to AppleCare
Google might be prepping a device protection plan similar to Apple’s AppleCare one. Android Police has stumbled upon numerous references to “Nexus Protect” on the Play Store, hinting that the search giant might be prepping itself to launch such a program. It appears that if you dig deep enough int…
Google’s Nexus 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 get new security-focused Android updates
Earlier today, T-Mobile revealed that Google is pushing new Android updates for almost the entire Nexus lineup. The targeted devices include the LG Nexus 4 and Nexus 5, the Motorola Nexus 6, the Asus Nexus 7 (2013), and the HTC Nexus 9. All of these devices except for the Nexus…