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If you have any decently modern Android phone, everything you do is being recorded by hidden software lurking inside. It even circumvents web encryption and grabs everything—including your passwords and Google queries.Worse: it's the handset manufacturers and the carriers who—in the name of "making your user experience better"—install this software without any way for you to opt-out. This video, recorded...

Cluzee is the latest attempt to replicate the Siri experience on Android.Android users looking to replicate the Siri experience have another option now, with the introduction of an app called Cluzee.Developed by startup Tronton and touted as a "talking intelligent personal digital assistant," Cluzee attempts to step up where other alternatives fall short. The free app is available now for devices...

• Asus Eee Pad Slider: In a posting on its official Facebook page, Asus confirmed it would provide Android 4.0 upgrades to the full Eee Pad series, which includes the Eee Pad Slider tablet. Asus has not yet given any specific timeframe for when the upgrade could occur.• Asus Eee Pad Transformer: Like the Eee Pad Slider, the original Asus Eee Pad Transformer is part of Asus's Eee Pad series and is...

Over the past week, ROM Manager extraordinaire Koush has been frantically working on making a working build of CyanogenMod 9 (Ice Cream Sandwich) for the Samsung Nexus S. The custom ROM, which is built purely from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), has now reached “alpha 11.” All major features are present and no significant bugs remain. It’s too early to say that the build is ready for prime...

Locale$1 Locale lets you create location-based tasks. For example, you can have your phone turn on Wi-Fi when you get home, or have the phone silence itself when you get to work. It’s a great way to automate minor tasks, saving you a few extra minutes—and the embarrassment of having an overly noisy ringtone go off in the middle of a meeting. SpringpadFree Create notes and reminders about movies...

One of my recent projects involves an electronic weight scale, and I've been using various items for rough calibration. I thought I was onto a "Great Milk Conspiracy" when I discovered that my 1 liter bottles of milk only contained 950 cc. But upon further investigation, it turns out that my trusty Anchor Hocking Company measuring cup (bought from a Walmart, in Hawaii I think) is not accurate! ...

Sure, you can download them all to make sure you've got your bases covered, but we're thinking you probably don't want to be fumbling through an unwieldy app drawer while throwing elbows in department store aisles. So, we've taken the time to highlight just the essential Android apps for hunting down all the hottest deals come Black Friday. TGI Black FridayWe're listing this app first because...

CNET today unveiled another revised mobile version of Firefox which works on Android. The new expansion brings new additional features and better compatibility for the extended and run more efficiently. Mozilla may also introduce additional group Jetpack hardware platform, allowing developers to use HTML, CSS and JavaScript simple syntax to develop new feature, so that eliminating the compatibility...

Although Adobe had announced that Flash Player for mobile browsers had stop developing, now it will provide one more version of Flash Player for the new android 4.0 OS in the end of 2011.The Flash Player version for Android 4.0 will be available for download to the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone. Early reviewers found that the Adobe software is not preloaded on the Galaxy Nexus, the first device...

Android has a new stalker: malware, and it's put a bull's-eye on Google's mobile operating system, according to a new McAfee report.If you own an Android phone, the first thing you need to do is not panic. But you do need to be aware of the lurking dangers out there.The McAfee report, which encompasses the third quarter of 2011, laid it out bluntly from the start of its section on mobile threats:Last...

Now that Google Music has finally clawed its way out of the realm of beta-ware, anybody in the US can sign up to play without an invitation. Of course, that leaves many folks out of the equation, so we thought it a good time to point out at least one other route to let you get involved in the service, no matter where you live. See, the rub seems to be that Google checks your IP address on your...

* As reported, Google (GOOG) launched its new online music store. Currently Google Music includes deals with three of the major music companies, lets users also upload and store up to 20,000 songs for free, as well as share music via the company's Google+ social network. (Computerworld)* Nokia (NOK) discussed its plans to undercut Windows Phone-selling rivals, which in large part has to do with being...

I believe we have been so familiar with Siri - the voice assistant in iPhone 4S. As the storm of Siri impact on the market, many cloners come out in the voice market. Previously, I had written an Android version of Siri - Iris, now let's look at another Android version of the Siri - Jeannie.How to UseThe operation of Jeannie cannot be easier as Siri. Just open the application, and start the dialogue...

Google promised, and Google delivered: the source code to Google Android 4.0.1, codenamed “Ice Cream Sandwich,” has been released to the open source community. You can check it in this thread. And as a nice side bonus, the code now available encompasses the complete source code history tree, which includes the never-before-open Android Honeycomb family of releases.I’m not a developer, so I’ll defer...

YouTube had updated to version 2.3.4 for android platform when there is still too much inovitive functions, but also get some practical ones.Regardless of if you’re a big video watcher, or someone who’s more into uploading your own clips, there should be something in this release to catch your interest.The introduction of a “watch later” queue brings that feature from the web-based YouTube to its...

There's always a scene in your average spy action movie thriller that goes a little something like this: The protagonist somehow ends up with a recording of a person's voice (or in gutsier movies, a copy of their fingerprint and/or eyeball), which said super-spy then uses to gain access to a voice-, fingerprint-, or retina-locked room. Valuables and information critical to the plot: pilfered.One of...

With Adobe killing mobile Flash in the browser, malware writers may have a tougher time attacking Android. Most exploit packs target Flash and other Adobe products, including Flash Player for Android. In fact Adobe updated its mobile Flash Player just today to version 11.1.102.59, which fixed "critical" security vulnerabilities intended for PC users. As a result, not including Flash reduces the...

If you run your own Wordpress blog, chances are you're using the Wordpress client to go ahead and access your blog on-the-go. But what if you could have your own, customized app built the way you wanted, branded and it had the capability to be shared with your readers. Would you use it? I'm sure a few of you out there would and that is exactly what Joe Mobi is offering. While still running in...

I stopped by the second annual Android Developer Conference (AnDevCon) in Burlingame, California to hear Google Android engineering team members Chet Haase and Romain Guy give a developer’s perspective on the upcoming Android 4.0, code-named Ice Cream Sandwich.In their keynote - memorably entitled “Android Awesomeness” - Haase and Guy didn’t offer up any Ice Cream Sandwich announcements or news, per...

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Many people believe that Android mobile operation system is not as secure as ios or WP7 because of it’s an open source, but Paypal believes that this OS will be safer that other close-source operation systems in the future.The PayPal’s principal security architect, Hadi Nahari explained that more and more hackers will pay attention to the open-source mobile platform in the next 5 to 10 years. Just...

Yahoo has accelerated themovement of mobile terminal applications, recently launched 4 apps continuously, including the android version of Yahoo Weather. As a practical level application, Yahoo Weather built-in 35 countries languages.Like as most of weather apps, Yahoo Weather has a very beautiful interface, to describe the weather with image-text. The unique feature is that can automatically obtain...

The latest Android Market update isn't a big one, but it includes one change that should make iPhone users jealous. With version 3.3.11, Android users can set all apps to update automatically by default. Users could previously allow individual apps to auto-update, but this new setting applies auto-update to every app the user owns. The new version also includes an option to update over Wi-Fi only,...

Google revamped its Google+ Android app Monday sprucing up the social network's mobile front door with a cleaner interface, more functions, and a promise of improved battery life. The Android app (now Version 2.1) is available for download at Android Market.Google's Ben Eidelson announced the update on his Google+ account, noting that the app's developers worked closely with the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream...