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Security engineer Ben Lincoln claims that some Motorola phones are collecting your data and sending it back unencrypted to the handset manufacturer. He discovered this data collection on his Droid X2 and has since found that other Motorola Android phones do this as well. The handsets allegedly gather GPS data from photos, user names, passwords, email addresses…
New details emerged about the upcoming LG Optimus G2 (or just G2). As we’ve already told you, it will be a super-thin device with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 processor and a powerful 13-megapixel camera on the back. What we didn’t know before is that the camera will have optical image stabilization a la Nokia’s high-end devices.…
The Canonical team is revamping the Ubuntu Touch OS from the ground up. Instead of booting into Android and firing up the Ubuntu system after Android has booted, the new images now boot into Ubuntu and initialize Android inside an LXC (LinuX Container) container during boot. For regular folks this doesn’t mean a lot, but…
With the Ouya and Gamestick jump starting the dedicated Android console market, it was only a matter of time before someone created a handheld. Enter the Magic Media i5, reported on today by Spanish site, Androidpc.es While the idea of an Android console might seem counter intuitive, considering the powerful phones and tablets we’re all…
Facebook has released an update for its beta Android app today, bringing with it a ton of bugfixes and other features. Facebook’s beta testing program was rolled out last week in an attempt to test out features on their official app before rolling them out to regular users. The update keeps the Beta Facebook Android…
Sony is launching a remote security service for Xperia owners via an app called MyXperia. The service, which is rolling out globally, will help Xperia users who have had their devices lost or stolen locate their devices and protect their personal data. The security features will be accessible through myxperia.sonymobile.com using Google login credentials. The…
While we knew the white Nexus 4 would be a limited offering, we didn’t know it would only be available for a month. That’s right, the white Nexus 4 is no longer available to purchase through the Google Play Store. In late May, LG announced that the Nexus 4 would be getting a white version,…
Remember that deal with Samsung and Jay-Z? Yeah, well that hasn’t been going very smoothly. Owners of various Samsung devices such as the Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note II were set to receive the new Jay-Z album at the stroke of midnight if they downloaded and installed the Magna Carta Holy Grail app,…
After its own backyard and Hong Kong, South Korea’s Pantech is going to other places. The company is launching two of its phones, Vega Q and Vega No. 6, in Taiwan hinting us they are looking to expand to other places. And yes, we hope to see their products hitting the West. The first of…
Some sad news hit HTC One S owners yesterday, with HTC revealing that it is cutting support for its 16 month old smartphone, the HTC One S. Abandoning support for the device translates to no new software updates for the One S, leaving the device stuck on Android 4.1.2. In an attempt to rekindle HTC’s…