Fighting malware has become an everyday phenomenon for mobile OS makers and one of the most targeted mobile OS is Android due to its reach and popularity. Google has now confirmed that to combat the attacks, they’ve implemented a new solution codenamed as Bouncer that scans each and every app in the Android Market [...]
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Google proactively hunting down malware in Android Market with ‘Bouncer’
February 3rd, 2012 
admin Google puts to bed any doubts that they don’t police the Android Market. Google proactively hunting down malware in Android Market with ‘Bouncer’ originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow AndroidGuys on Facebook and Twitter and download the free AndroidGuys app for your device! Check out our gift ideas for Android owners AndroidGuys
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Tags: Android, Bouncer, down, Google, hunting, Malware, Market, proactively 
Comments OffGoogle introduces Bouncer, keeps Android market free of malicious apps
February 3rd, 2012 admin Smartphone security continues to be a hot topic in the Android ecosystem. Whether you believe this is much of an issue or not, Android is the most popular mobile operating system, and the bad guys are known to target bigger markets. Google is not keeping its arms crossed, and they have just revealed Bouncer, a [...]
Posted in Mobile Phones Tags: Android, Apps, Bouncer, Free, Google, Introduces, keeps, malicious, Market Comments OffMozilla and Google extend agreement for three more years
February 3rd, 2012 admin As expected, Mozilla has announced that it has extended its commercial agreeent with Google for three years. Details on the agreement are confidential, but it means that Google will remain as Firefox’s default search engine for the foreseeable future. There have been a number of articles in the news for the last month about the [...]
Google Wallet comes to Nexus phones on AT&T and Verizon
February 3rd, 2012 admin After much hoopla Google Wallet finally launched on the Nexus S last September, but it was only available on Sprint’s version of the phone and not T-Mobile’s. Then when Verizon announced their Galaxy Nexus, it was soon discovered that they would not support Google Wallet. Verizon claimed that Google Wallet “needs to be [...] Android [...]
Google Maps for Android updated to version 6.0.2, all about bug fixes
December 14th, 2011 admin We had recently seen an update from Google in terms of the Maps app on Android. Towards the end of November they offered up version 6.0 which brought indoor maps. And well, it looks like Google has quickly followed up with an update to version 6.0.2 and as one would suspect with a small point [...]
Google Chrome now syncs your info across computers
December 14th, 2011 admin To some people, Google Chrome is just a basic web browser. If for any reason they can’t access Chrome anymore, they’ll just download it again and start over. Another set of people sink a lot of time into Google Chrome, and it actually helps keep their online lives in order. The latest update to Google [...]
Android users love Facebook, Google+ not so much
December 14th, 2011 admin This week, Nielsen listed the most popular Android apps by age group — 18-24; 25-34; 35-44. Well, well, talk about age discrimination. Perhaps people 45 or older are considered to be iPhone users? For shame! The data is interesting not for what is there but what’s not. Facebook tops all three age groups, when looking [...]
Google releases Chrome 16 — get it now!
December 14th, 2011 admin Google has announced the release of Chrome 16.0.912.63 to the Stable Channel for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. And as you may know if you’ve been following beta developments, this release includes one particularly interesting new feature in the ability to create multiple profiles for a single instance of Chrome. If others use your copy of Chrome, [...]
Google Android Siri opponent codename Majel, aka Star Trek Computer
December 14th, 2011 admin If you track this story all the way back to the source, you might find the actual factual bits to be less than brick solid, but just like the codename on which this Android-based Siri opponent is based, the reality of the situation might be much less important than what COULD be should the future [...]
