Category Archives: Android

Samsung Galaxy S7 vulnerable to Meltdown

Posted on 2018-08-08 by guenni

Surprise: The Samsung Galaxy S7 is also affected by the meltdown vulnerability, although no Intel CPU is working there. This was announced to Reuters by security researchers from the University of Graz. Researchers Daniel Gruss, Moritz Lipp and Michael Schwarz … Continue reading →

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Android 9.0 (Pie) announced

Posted on 2018-08-07 by guenni

[German]Google announced on August 6, 2018, Android 9.0 and released it for the Google Pixel. The name of the new Android 9.0 version is a surprise: It has become Android Pie.

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Android-x86 8.1 RC1 released

Posted on 2018-06-20 by guenni

[German]Android x86 is designed to run on Intel CPUs Android x86 is (Windows PCs) and is maintained by the Android x86 project. On June 18, 2018 the Android x86 project announced the release candidate 1 of Android x86 8.1.

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End of life for Groove Music on Android and iOS

Posted on 2018-06-02 by guenni

Users of an Android or iOS device who are using the Groove Music apps need to look for an alternative. Microsoft has withdrawn the app from Google and Apple store and will retire Groove Music on December 1st 2018.

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Android bug allows Google to access text messages

Posted on 2018-05-30 by guenni

A rather odd bug in Android gives Google the possibility to access text messages from Android devices. A user has found that out by accident.

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Android devices with pre-installed Adware

Posted on 2018-05-25 by guenni

[German]Security provider Avast raises an alarm: Android devices are shipped with pre-installed malware. Thousands of users around the globe are affected by mobile adware being delivered on brand new devices.

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New Crypto Mining Apps in Google Play Store discovered

Posted on 2018-03-20 by guenni

[German]Avast security researchers have discovered two new crypto-mining apps in the Google Play Store that secretly mining Monero crypto currency on aa infected smartphone.

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Microsoft retires Outlook Web App (Android/iOS)

Posted on 2018-03-08 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has announced the retirement of Outlook Web App (OWA) for iPhone, iPad and Android. Since an Outlook app for iOS and Android devices is available, OWA will be retired in May 2018. What seems to be a minor thing, … Continue reading →

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LineageOS 15.1 (Oreo) introduced

Posted on 2018-02-26 by guenni

Developers of the LineageOS community have announced the availability of LineageOS 15.1 (based on Android 8.1, Oreo) for several devices. But there are not only a new LineageOS version, also new rules for supported devices has been defined.

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Google I/O May 8th to 10th 2018

Posted on 2018-01-25 by guenni

The next developer event from Google will be the Google I/O 2018. This conference will be held from May 8th to May 10th at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.

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