Showing posts with label play store. Show all posts
Showing posts with label play store. Show all posts

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Google prepping improved Verify Apps feature to beef up Android security

Heads up, Android users, because your little green robot is about to get quite a bit more secure. A new report from Computerworld  has revealed that Google is planning to roll out an update to Google Play Services in the coming weeks that will beef up Android's Verify Apps feature. Verify Apps originally debuted with Android 4.2 in 2012 as a feature that checks new apps as they're installed to ensure that they don't contain any malicious code or other nastiness. Last year, Google rolled its Verify Apps feature out to...

Friday, February 21, 2014

Microsoft OneDrive launches with Dropbox-like bonus storage and new Android app

Microsoft unveiled its replacement name for SkyDrive just a few weeks ago, and the company is now ready to fully rebrand its cloud storage service to OneDrive today. If you’re an existing SkyDrive user then this won’t mean a whole lot. SkyDrive is being automatically upgraded to OneDrive, and existing apps will continue to work with the service. Microsoft will rebrand its Windows 8, Windows Vista, and Mac apps today, alongside its mobile and Xbox versions. Windows 8.1 and Office 2013 won’t be rebranded immediately, but both will continue...