Phones Archive
30 Mar 2015
Review: 7 excellent mobile app builders
Review: 7 excellent mobile app builders Credit: Shutterstock Alpha Anywhere, AnyPresence, and Salesforce1 lead a rich field of low-code mobile development tools Over the last six months, I’ve been examining and testing a variety of mobile app builders and mobile back ends. In some cases, the app builders and back ends were part of a
30 Mar 2015
The 5 best new features in Android 5.1 Lollipop
The 5 best new features in Android 5.1 Lollipop Google fixed a ton of bugs, and it also pushed through a few helpful features that should have been bundled with Lollipop from the start Android Lollipop 5.0 was supposed to change everything. It was supposed to inspire a revolution, a better — and betterlooking —
30 Mar 2015
Facebook’s iOS UI development framework goes open source
Facebook’s iOS UI development framework goes open source Credit: Image credit: IDG News Service/Zach Miners ComponentKit framework, now offered for general use, reduces the complexity of writing code Facebook has open-sourced ComponentKit, its React-inspired framework for iOS. Facebook says ComponentKit is a native Objective-C++ view framework with a declarative, functional approach to building a UI.
27 Mar 2015
The FREAK HTTPS exploit: Now even easier, affects 2,000 iOS, Android apps
The FREAK HTTPS exploit: Now even easier, affects 2,000 iOS, Android apps A few weeks ago, we covered the FREAK (Factoring attack on RSA Export Keys) issue, and how building a backdoor into encryption standards more than twenty years ago isdamaging security today. A recent set of announcements has confirmed that the potential for
26 Mar 2015
Apple to launch three iPhones this year: Report
Apple to launch three iPhones this year: Report The report mentions that all phones will feature LTPS panels. NEW DELHI: Apple usually releases its flagship smartphone(s) in fall (September-October), however, thanks to leaks and rumours we get some idea about the upcoming devices way before the launch. It’s only March but we’re already seeing the rumour mill
25 Mar 2015
Huawei Honor 6 Plus first impressions: Smartphone features an innovative camera system; priced at Rs 26,499
Huawei Honor 6 Plus first impressions: Smartphone features an innovative camera system; priced at Rs 26,499 Huawei announced the Honor 6 Plus along with the budget Honor 4X, at an event in New Delhi today. This will be its high end smartphone in the Honor segment, till it launches its upcoming Ascend P8 at the London event
25 Mar 2015
Huawei launches Honor 6 Plus at Rs 26,499, Honor 4X at Rs 10,499; exclusively on Flipkart
Huawei launches Honor 6 Plus at Rs 26,499, Honor 4X at Rs 10,499; exclusively on Flipkart In line with earlier reports about new Huawei 4G phones coming by March-end, the company has launched the Honor 6 Plus and Honor 4X smartphones in India priced at Rs 26,499 and Rs 10,499, respectively. Both devices will be
25 Mar 2015
Android Installer Hijacking Could Be Worst Nightmare For Android Smartphone And Tablet Users
Android Installer Hijacking Could Be Worst Nightmare For Android Smartphone And Tablet Users The type of security attack named Android Installer Hijacking has hackers changing the requested permissions of software downloaded from third-party app stores. A report by cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks revealed that hackers could be taking over the process of downloading apps
25 Mar 2015
Google Self-Driving Car Project Hopes To Be Standard On Roads Within 5 Years
Google Self-Driving Car Project Hopes To Be Standard On Roads Within 5 Years Google’s Chris Urmson recently spoke about the autonomous car project that the company has been working on, saying that the company hopes to have a car on the road within five years. Google has been working on its autonomous car for only
25 Mar 2015
Apple To Release ‘Game-Changing’ Apple TV Device With Siri And App Store In June
Apple To Release ‘Game-Changing’ Apple TV Device With Siri And App Store In June Apple TV is getting a big upgrade. Tim Cook already announced that an Apple streaming TV service will be coming in the fall and the company now says a new Apple TV device will be released this summer. Until now, Apple