by dbadmin | Nov 18, 2023 | Android, Android Security, Features
I’m not a tinfoil conspiracy theorist by any means, but smartphone data privacy has been on my mind for quite some time. You can never be sure enough when it comes to data security and privacy, and there’s no better single source of information on anyone’s online (and...
by dbadmin | Nov 16, 2023 | Android, Android 14, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Android 14 QPR2 Beta 1 includes a new settings stub for a “Private Space” feature. While the feature is not live, it appears to be similar to “Private Space” features on other Android skins that create a separate user...
by dbadmin | Nov 15, 2023 | Android, Google, Google Pixel, News
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google unexpectedly dropped Android 14 QPR2 beta 1 today. This includes features we’ll see in the March 2024 feature drop for Pixel smartphones. This release signifies that the beta for QPR1 is closed, and we should see that...
by dbadmin | Nov 15, 2023 | Android, Google, Google Play Store, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Back in 2008, Google only wanted to collect a small charge to cover the costs of handling and billing on the Android Market. The company then settled on keeping 5% of the app store proceeds as revenue share. In contrast, by...
by dbadmin | Nov 13, 2023 | Android, Android Customization, Poll results, Survey Results, Surveys
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Colleague Rita El-Khoury used the Nothing Phone 2 and came away feeling that monochrome themes aren’t actually boring.
by dbadmin | Nov 3, 2023 | Android, Apple iOS, Apple iPhone 15, Bluetooth, hacking, iOS, News, Windows 11
Credit: Flipper Zero Flipper Zero is a $200 portable pen-testing tool that can read and emulate a variety of radio waves. Bad actors have used the Flipper Zero to send a barrage of Bluetooth requests to nearby iPhones, Android phones, and Windows devices. On iOS 17,...