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Android Phones Bug Targeting Bank Accounts 03 Dec 2019

Android Phones Bug Targeting Bank Accounts

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A vulnerability in millions of fully patched Android phones is the bug being actively exploited by malware that’s designed to drain the bank accounts of infected users, researchers said on Monday. The vulnerability allows malicious apps to masquerade as legitimate apps that targets have already installed and come to trust, researchers […]

WhatsApp Killing Phone Batteries, Users Complain 11 Nov 2019

WhatsApp Killing Phone Batteries, Users Complain

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Users are complaining about WhatsApp killing phone batteries with many smartphone owners taking to forums and even the Google Play Store to vent their frustrations. Android users are up in arms online complaining that one of the most recent WhatsApp updates is draining their phone’s battery life by up to 50 […]

Google’s Fuchsia OS team of 100+ members aim to replace Android and Chrome OS 21 Jul 2018

Google’s Fuchsia OS team of 100+ members aim to replace Android and Chrome OS

In a comment for CNET, Google stated that Fuchsia is “one of many experimental open-source projects,” developed at the company. There was no comment on the possibility of the new OS replacing Android. There have been persistent rumors surrounding Google’s Fuchsia OS. The claims originally were that the OS was planned to replace Android. Then, it was going […]

Google Releases Final Android 8.1 Beta with Support for Pixel 2’s Hidden Imaging Chip 29 Nov 2017

Google Releases Final Android 8.1 Beta with Support for Pixel 2’s Hidden Imaging Chip

Google has released the final preview build of Android 8.1, a small update to Android Oreo due out next month. There isn’t a ton of new stuff in 8.1, but there is one big update coming for Pixel 2 owners: support for the phone’s “Visual Core,” an imaging chip Google included but wasn’t ready to […]

How to Install Android Apps on Chromebook 25 Nov 2017

How to Install Android Apps on Chromebook

One of Google’s most exciting announcements regarding its Chrome OS platform and Chromebook hardware was the support for Android apps. While Chrome OS could already run Chrome browser extensions, web apps, and Chrome apps, the addition of the millions of Android apps has greatly increased the platform’s value. Many new Chromebooks were made to run […]

Tehran Plans to Decrease Dependence on Google, Android 12 Sep 2017

Tehran Plans to Decrease Dependence on Google, Android

TEHRAN – Iran plans to decrease its dependence to Google company products including Android mobile operating system, the Islamic Republic’s ICT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said. “South Korea has reduced its dependence on Google and Android; this is also on our agenda,” Azari Jahromi told to an Iranian state TV channel. Azari Jahromi’s comments […]

Android Oreo Bug Uses up Mobile Data Even When on Wi-Fi 06 Sep 2017

Android Oreo Bug Uses up Mobile Data Even When on Wi-Fi

No non-trivial software is without bugs, even the most meticulously crafted ones. Bugs do slip through the cracks, but some are so bad you wonder how they didn’t get caught before release.  While this recently discovered issue on Android 8.0 won’t eat kittens or any living being for that matter, it will eat your data. […]