Google is releasing a set of tools designed for businesses and employees who want to get work done on Android-powered smartphones, setting up a skirmish on another key front of mobile computing.The technology unveiled Wednesday launches Google's attempt to turn Android phones into the digital hub of people's personal and professional lives. The expansion will pit Google Inc. against Microsoft Corp. and BlackBerry Inc., which have been focusing on the corporate market for years. Google will also be dueling its biggest rival in mobile computing, Apple Inc., which forged a partnership with IBM Corp. last year to build more iPhone and iPad applications tailored for businesses and government agencies.Google and Apple have become so dominant that 96 percent of the smartphones sold last year run on the companies' software, according to the research firm IDC. But most people use those phones to take pictures, message their friends, check Facebook and Twitter and engage in other personal endeavors. In many cases, people also may check their work email on their phones.But Google and Apple are trying to make it more enticing and convenient for people to transplant more of their professional lives on to their phones. As part of that process, the companies are rolling out more business-oriented applications and tougher security to make employers feel more comfortable about their workers using their phones for their jobs."Our vision is that every employee out there should have a work-enabled device in their hands," said Rajen Sheth, director of product management for Android's push into the office.Far more people already own Android phones than iPhones, a lead that Google hopes works to its advantage in the corporate mobility market. IDC estimates that more than 1 billion Android phones were sold last year, compared to 193 million iPhones. The huge disparity has largely been driven by Google's decision to give away its Android software, helping to make the devices running on the software more affordable than iPhones. By design, Apple has focused on more affluent consumers.The corporate and government market is appealing because employers are willing to spend more people on applications and security than most consumers.Google announced its Android for Work program at a conference eight months ago, but needed more time to test the technology before its release.The tools include the ability to create separate personal and professional profiles on the same phone in an effort to reassure workers worried about their bosses snooping on their private lives. Even though the data is kept in separate silos, Google has created a way for work programs and personal apps such as Facebook to appear on the same home screen for convenience.Android for Work will be automatically available on phones running on the most recent release of the operating system, "Lollipop," or version 5.0. An Android for Work app can be downloaded to make the package work on phones running older versions of the software. Google's Play store is also opening a section devoted to work applications.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Users of mobile devices running Google's Android operating system may have to think twice and check their math before downloading and installing the popular WhatsApp application.
Panda Security said perpetrators of the new attack used advertising on Facebook to trick victims into downloading installing rogue apps.
"Cyber-criminals are always trying to attract people’s attention in order to carry out their crimes. So it should be no surprise that they have now found a combined way of using Facebook (the world’s largest social network), WhatsApp (the leading text messaging program for smartphones, recently bought by Facebook) and Android (the most popular operating system for mobile devices) to defraud users," it said.
Victims who access Facebook from an Android mobile device will see a "suggested post" advertising tools for WhatsApp.
Those who click on the post will be redirected to a page resembling Google Play.
Check math
But Panda Security said users should check their numbers: the app has a score of 4.5 but the number of stars is 3.5.
"You can see that the score is calculated on the basis of the votes from 35,239 users. Yet if you add up the number of votes that appear on the right, the total is 44,060 votes," it added.
Careful users can then detect the page is "really a Web page designed to look like the Play Store, so users think they are in a trusted site," it added.Another sign that something is fishy is that the browser address bar is hidden at all times.Victims risk downloading an app that calls a premium rate SMS service that can drain their load.
Also, Panda noted the malware hides messages from the number 22365, a warning SMS to users who have activated this kind of premium service. — VC, GMA News
Panda Security said perpetrators of the new attack used advertising on Facebook to trick victims into downloading installing rogue apps.
"Cyber-criminals are always trying to attract people’s attention in order to carry out their crimes. So it should be no surprise that they have now found a combined way of using Facebook (the world’s largest social network), WhatsApp (the leading text messaging program for smartphones, recently bought by Facebook) and Android (the most popular operating system for mobile devices) to defraud users," it said.
Victims who access Facebook from an Android mobile device will see a "suggested post" advertising tools for WhatsApp.
Those who click on the post will be redirected to a page resembling Google Play.
Check math
But Panda Security said users should check their numbers: the app has a score of 4.5 but the number of stars is 3.5.
"You can see that the score is calculated on the basis of the votes from 35,239 users. Yet if you add up the number of votes that appear on the right, the total is 44,060 votes," it added.
Careful users can then detect the page is "really a Web page designed to look like the Play Store, so users think they are in a trusted site," it added.Another sign that something is fishy is that the browser address bar is hidden at all times.Victims risk downloading an app that calls a premium rate SMS service that can drain their load.
Also, Panda noted the malware hides messages from the number 22365, a warning SMS to users who have activated this kind of premium service. — VC, GMA News
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Srinagar, Feb 22: Love of their mother tongue has driven two old city siblings here to develop a social networking site on the pattern of Facebook. The site named ‘Connect Kashmir’ is aimed to promote Kashmiri language.The siblings, Rayees and Suhail Zargar, said the aim of the site is to create awareness among younger generation about Kashmir’s history and its language. The siblings, who are computer literates, said that they got the idea of developing the site from some social networking sites including Facebook.
“Almost everyone in Kashmir is using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. And that is from where the thought of developing our own social networking site came to our mind,” says Rayees. “We developed the Social Networking module with different features which could attract people towards this site,” they said. The duo said the Connect Kashmir has around 5,000 active members and the membership is increasing with each passing day.
“We are providing space to local entrepreneurs to market their products through advertisement on the site. We are looking for sponsor and advertisers which can help our venture to further expand its base,”. Rayees said, adding that the Connect Kashmir is not just a social networking site, “it is a cause by which we will promote language and educate people about Kashmir history.”
“The site has been developed in such a way that people around the world can connect to Kashmir and know about it. In Connect Kashmir our motto is to introduce people to the rich culture of Kashmir, its proverbs, its budding talent its heritage and much more,” Rayees said.
The website features many articles on the history of Kashmir. “The aim of such exercise is to create awareness about the Kashmir language through social networking, which is a craze these days, people from every age group are using it.”
Suhail Zargar, who is doing Master’s in Computer Applications said they wanted to give Kashmir its own social networking site. The duo however had to confront many problems during the process of developing the site. Suhail said: “One of the major difficulties we faced while developing the site is electricity outages and poor internet connectivity.”
Pertinently, Connect Kashmir is the product of Netshell Software Solution, a software company in JK, owned by Zargar brothers.The Ck was formally launched by the Commissioner Secretary, IT, at Mumbai during an IT show where people praised the duo for their concept. Pertinently, the trend of making android games, applications and developing websites is gaining popularity in Kashmir. Recently, a 19-year-old boy developed an android game based on the basic principles of Physics.Earlier, a 23-year-old software engineer developed an Android application ‘Dial Kashmir’ that contains over 500 contacts of government and private departments. Previously, another young engineer developed an online platform where people can share and get any information regarding Kashmir.
“Almost everyone in Kashmir is using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. And that is from where the thought of developing our own social networking site came to our mind,” says Rayees. “We developed the Social Networking module with different features which could attract people towards this site,” they said. The duo said the Connect Kashmir has around 5,000 active members and the membership is increasing with each passing day.
“We are providing space to local entrepreneurs to market their products through advertisement on the site. We are looking for sponsor and advertisers which can help our venture to further expand its base,”. Rayees said, adding that the Connect Kashmir is not just a social networking site, “it is a cause by which we will promote language and educate people about Kashmir history.”
“The site has been developed in such a way that people around the world can connect to Kashmir and know about it. In Connect Kashmir our motto is to introduce people to the rich culture of Kashmir, its proverbs, its budding talent its heritage and much more,” Rayees said.
The website features many articles on the history of Kashmir. “The aim of such exercise is to create awareness about the Kashmir language through social networking, which is a craze these days, people from every age group are using it.”
Suhail Zargar, who is doing Master’s in Computer Applications said they wanted to give Kashmir its own social networking site. The duo however had to confront many problems during the process of developing the site. Suhail said: “One of the major difficulties we faced while developing the site is electricity outages and poor internet connectivity.”
Pertinently, Connect Kashmir is the product of Netshell Software Solution, a software company in JK, owned by Zargar brothers.The Ck was formally launched by the Commissioner Secretary, IT, at Mumbai during an IT show where people praised the duo for their concept. Pertinently, the trend of making android games, applications and developing websites is gaining popularity in Kashmir. Recently, a 19-year-old boy developed an android game based on the basic principles of Physics.Earlier, a 23-year-old software engineer developed an Android application ‘Dial Kashmir’ that contains over 500 contacts of government and private departments. Previously, another young engineer developed an online platform where people can share and get any information regarding Kashmir.
The feature that allows you to hide your "last seen" status on WhatsApp has been exclusive to the iPhone for years now. WhatsApp right on the heels of their multi-billion dollar deal with Facebookhas finally decided to let the Android family join in as well. Android users can rejoice as you can now avoid people tracking your every movement on the social messaging app.The updated version of WhatsApp will bring one of the most demanded features to the Android app. The feature will also allow users to hide their 'last seen' from certain people, all their contacts or only from contacts in their phone book.The feature has been available to iOS users of the app for quite some time now but the implementation is a bit different in the Android version. An interesting advantage to Android users is that they can change between 'seen' and 'unseen' more than once in a day. Whereas for iPhone users they can only change it once, and then have to wait a whole 24 hours before they can change it again.In addition to the new feature, WhatsApp also released another bonus. This bonus allows you to hide your profile picture and status from people who are not in your contact list or people in your list, you don't want looking through your personal information. Again an Android specific feature, it is yet to debut for iOS phones.The new version is not yet available on the Play Store. However, you can download the APK file from the WhatsApp website. The app is designed to run on Android 2.1 or higher.The new features will work well with the public who have been complaining about major privacy issues for a while now.
Friday, February 21, 2014
After having caused ripples across the industry for agreeing to a buyout by Facebook for a whopping $19 billion, the cross-platform messaging app, WhatsApp has rolled out two new features for mobile users on the Android platform. The new reports say that the update for the Android platform will allow users to hide the 'last seen' notification from other users, with the choice of hiding it from everyone, from certain contacts, or only those not on the user's phonebook.This features has been available to iOS users for a while. It is now included under the privacy settings on the WhatsApp for Android app. Currently the new features are not available for download on the Google Play store.A user can however download the apk file from the WhatsApp website. The minimum requirements there, are listed as, having Android version 2.1 or higher and an unlimited data plan. It is also mentioned that the upgrade is currently only for mobile phones running the Android platform, and not tablets.
WhatsApp has added another update, which lets users of WhatsApp for Android hide their profile pictures and status from select friends, strangers or just about everyone. The new privacy tab will only be visible under the new settings tab under account settings after the new version has been downloaded.Facebook announced the acquisition of WhatsApp on Thursday, in a deal worth $19 billion in cash, stocks and bonuses. WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum has assured over 450 million monthly active users of the popular messaging app that 'nothing' will change for them as a result of this 'partnership' with Facebook. Koum added that WhatsApp 'will remain autonomous and operate independently' of Facebook.
Last week, Google CEO Larry Page met with WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum in a last-ditch effort to prevent the rapidly growing messaging app from selling itself to Facebook, according to three people involved in the deal.The Google chief had learned that a few days before, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had made a pitch to Mr. Koum to join his company and his board of directors, a bold move Mr. Zuckerberg felt he had to make to preserve Facebook’s dominance in online communication in light of WhatsApp’s growing global popularity.Mr. Page’s message to Mr. Koum: Stay independent as you’ve always planned. You’re a big threat to Facebook. And joining Facebook would have a major impact on "how things play out for years to come," according to one of the people involved in the talks.
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