Welcome to this week's Threat Level Thursday, where we'll see how the NSA shares its information with other law enforcement agencies, the power of encryption, how Android may be the bane of some Android apps, and the unnerving conviction of a former U.S. cybersecurity official.
Android users beware: several high-profile apps containing sensitive information have vulnerabilities, engineers said last Friday, which malicious hackers can exploit. Among the apps affected? Gmail.
Android L developers with a Google Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 got a nice little update last week aimed at promoting Google's approach to health: Google Fit. Here's a quick look at what it brings.
In this week's Threat Level Thursday we get another dose of Edward Snowden, see emails getting safer, which mobile operating system trumps the other in keeping the baddies out, and the Air Force joining the cyber fight.
Google's Android mobile operating system continues to make gains against Apple's iOS, and this time the open source code seems have to have a dent in the enterprise market.
It's no secret that Microsoft's Windows and Windows Phone platforms have far fewer apps than competitors such as Android or iOS, but how does Microsoft plan on catching up? Well, if one leakster is right, then the old saying "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" is about to ring true.
Google's Android continues to dominate iOS around the world in most major markets, according to recent Kantar Worldpanel numbers, and Samsung's Galaxy S5 seems to be attracting some former Apple heads.
Worried that the Google lineup of Nexus devices has been scrapped in favor of the more high-end "Silver" program? Rest easy, folks: Nexus is here to stay.
Google announced Wednesday at its Google I/O keynote address that it is launching a new program called Android One to help manufacturers around the world create budget smartphones.
Google's annual I/O conference kicked off Wednesday with an announcement that everyone's been waiting for: a new version of Android. The verdict? It looks impressive.
The latest comScore shows that although Google's mobile operating system Android continues to dominate the U.S. market, Apple remains the top smartphone OEM.
A new report from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone tracker predicts that Android will continue to dominate iOS in 2014 and all the way into 2018 due to affordability issues.
