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Kiran Kuppa

Google strengthens Android security muscle with SELinux protection | Ars Technica - 0 views

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android security

shared by Kiran Kuppa on 25 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Kiran Kuppa on 25 Jul 13
     
    The other big security enhancement introduced in Android 4.3 is a more robust way to store cryptographic credentials used to access sensitive information and resources. This means changes to the Android KeyChain, which stores digital certificates used to access Wi-Fi networks and virtual private networks used by large corporations and government agencies. With the keychain enhancements, the system-wide keys are bound to a hardware-based root of trust process devices that support this.The phone needs to have a secure element such as a Trusted Platform Module so that private keys can't be stolen even if the phone is rooted and the attacker has full access to the operating system. Phones that don't have this hardware capability will fall back to software protections for securing credentials.Enhancements to the Android Keystore, a similar resource that also stores credentials, allows users to create keys that can be accessed and used exclusively by a single application. Under version 4.3, "apps can create or store private keys that cannot be seen or used by other apps and can be added to the keystore without any user interaction A third enhancement is Android's ability to create secondary user profiles that implement fine-grained restrictions.
jiang zhan

Send Links from Firefox to an Android Phone - 1 views

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android

shared by jiang zhan on 02 Aug 10 - Cached
  • jiang zhan on 02 Aug 10
     
    e things you can try: * send a Google Maps link and the Google Maps app from your phone should handle it * send a link to a YouTube video and the video should start playing on your phone * copy a
  • Vincent Tsao on 02 Aug 10
     
    Good finding
Kiran Kuppa

Tapping into Android's sensors - 0 views

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android article

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  • Kiran Kuppa on 17 Sep 12
     
    Android, a rich platform for application development, has an attractive set of user interface elements and data-management capabilities. Android also offers a healthy array of interfacing options. In this article, learn how to interact with Android's varied sensor options to monitor your environment. Sample code shows you how to record audio on an Android phone. Want to build your own baby monitor? Unlock your phone or a door with your own voice activation? Learn how to leverage the hardware capabilities of an Android-equipped device.
Kiran Kuppa

Android Fragmentation Visualized - OpenSignal - 1 views

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android statistics devices review

shared by Kiran Kuppa on 26 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Kiran Kuppa on 26 Jul 13
     
    "Fragmentation matters to the entire Android community: users, developers, OEMs, brands & networks. It's a blessing and a curse. The Blessing. Fragmentation allows users to take their pick from thousands of devices. You can choose from phones with 3D screens, projectors, CDMA, GSM, or even CDMA & GSM. You may not care that Tag Heuer has made an Android phone but at least one person does (and they use OpenSignalMaps). It's a triumph for Android that as a single OS it can target so many markets. The Curse. The proliferation of devices with their associated screen sizes, internal hardware and custom ROMs creates some difficulties. We spend a lot of time making the app presentable (or at less functional) on exotic devices - this is the most common request we get from app users"
Vincent Tsao

Android - Detect The Phone Orientation « Eureka! - 0 views

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android display orientation tech

shared by Vincent Tsao on 26 May 10 - Cached
  • // Get display for detecting the phone orientation display = ((WindowManager) getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay(); // Get the orientation int orientation = display.getOrientation();
  • android.view.Display class provide a simple way to determine the phone orientation.
Vincent Tsao

Android Dev Phone, Ubuntu and VMWare Server : Johan de Koning - 0 views

www.johandekoning.nl/...phone-ubuntu-and-vmware-server

ubuntu VMWare android

shared by Vincent Tsao on 14 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Create a new file (as root) sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/50-android.rules with the following content SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666" Make sure that the text after {idVendor} is the same as the device id found when using the lsusb command. Save and exit the editor To make execution of the rule possible, perform a chmod sudo chmod a+rx /etc/udev/rules.d/50-android.rules To make the rule active, restart udev sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart
  • You can perform a check, to see that the Android Dev Phone is shared with Ubuntu, by opening a Terminal (inside Ubuntu. Open a VMWare Remote Console to make use of the Ubuntu) and type the following command lsusb A list of USB devices will be shown. For example: Bus 002 Device 001: ID ld6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bb4:0c02 High Tech Computer Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID ld6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Vincent Tsao

February 2010 Mobile Metrics Report « AdMob Metrics - 0 views

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mobile android iphone news

shared by Vincent Tsao on 30 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Some of the highlights from the report include: Smartphones accounted for 48% of AdMob’s worldwide traffic, up from 35% in February 2009, fueled by heavy application usage on iPhone and Android devices. Although the share of feature phone traffic in AdMob’s network declined from 58% to 35%, the absolute traffic from feature phones still grew 31%.  This means that while the overall traffic from feature phones is growing, traffic from smartphones and mobile Internet devices is growing faster. The mobile Internet device category experienced the strongest growth of the three, increasing to account for 17% of traffic in AdMob’s network in February 2010.  Although the vast majority of traffic in this category comes from the iPod touch, the category also includes devices like the Sony PSP and Nintendo DSi.
Vincent Tsao

Will Android phones ever achieve iPhone's level of polish and usability? | TiPb - 1 views

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android review

shared by Vincent Tsao on 24 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Current Instapaper and former Tumblr developer Marco Arment wonders out loud if Google Android phones can ever achieve the levels of usability and polish Apple’s iPhone has arguably had since day one
  • Android will continue to exhibit what Google does best: great low-level engineering and tight integration with Google’s other services. But it’s never going to be Apple-like in user experience, polish, or design. Attention to detail, like most facets of truly good design, can’t be (and never is) added later. It’s an entire development philosophy, methodology, and culture
Vincent Tsao

Bump Android App Review by AndroidTapp.com | Android Tapp. Android App Reviews - 0 views

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android app review bump

shared by Vincent Tsao on 08 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Bump™ makes sharing photos, contacts, and apps with people as simple as bumping your phones together. Compatible with Android to iPhone too!
  • Bump for Android is an awesome app for quickly exchanging Contact info, Pictures and even Android apps! It’s such an easy way to share information on smartphones running the Bump app. It even works between Android and iPhones, so not just Android to Android or iPhone to iPhone bumps, but a mix of any phone running the app. Many users complain that you can’t Bump music transfers but understand there are legal issues involved there, something I’m sure Bump would not knowingly want to get involved with.
Vincent Tsao

How to connect your Android phone to Ubuntu to do development, testing, installations o... - 0 views

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android ubuntu devices N1

shared by Vincent Tsao on 27 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • $ sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/99-android.rules
  • $ sudo restart udev
  • $ adb kill-server $ adb start-server
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  • Add the following line to it and save it: SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ATTRS{idVendor}==”18d1″, SYMLINK+=”android_adb”, MODE=”0666″
    • Vincent Tsao
      Vincent Tsao on 27 Sep 10
       
      for Nexus one
  • $ lsusb
Vincent Tsao

Onscreen Input Methods | Android Developers - 0 views

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android IME tech

shared by Vincent Tsao on 21 May 10 - No Cached
  • The android:inputType attribute has three pieces: The class is the overall interpretation of characters. The currently supported classes are text (plain text), number (decimal number), phone (phone number), and datetime (a date or time). The variation is a further refinement on the class. In the attribute you will normally specify the class and variant together, with the class as a prefix. For example, textEmailAddress is a text field where the user will enter something that is an e-mail address (foo@bar.com) so the key layout will have an '@' character in easy access, and numberSigned is a numeric field with a sign. If only the class is specified, then you get the default/generic variant. Additional flags can be specified that supply further refinement. These flags are specific to a class. For example, some flags for the text class are textCapSentences, textAutoCorrect, and textMultiline.
  •     <EditText android:id="@+id/edtInput"        android:layout_width="0dip"        android:layout_height="wrap_content"        android:layout_weight="1"        android:inputType="textShortMessage|textAutoCorrect|textCapSentences|textMultiLine"        android:imeOptions="actionSend|flagNoEnterAction"        android:maxLines="4"        android:maxLength="2000"        android:hint="@string/compose_hint"/>
Vincent Tsao

libphonenumber - Project Hosting on Google Code - 1 views

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google phone num parse

shared by Vincent Tsao on 06 Jan 11 - Cached
  • oogle's common Java library for parsing, formatting, storing and validating international phone numbers. Optimized for running on smartphones. A direct port to Javascript is also available.
David Martin

Future of Android OS for Mobile Phones - 4 views

www.onlinephonecontracts.co.uk/...-expected-googles-android-2020

android android update

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  • David Martin on 06 Dec 13
     
    The post focuses on some great points which I believe Google should accept in their next update of Android version.
Vincent Tsao

Android 2.1′s speech-to-text feature reviewed - it's "OK", just about » EuroD... - 0 views

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android speech-to-text

shared by Vincent Tsao on 20 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Their conclusion is that Android 2.1′s new speech-to-text thing works, just about, although there’s a delay of a few seconds while the phone crunches your spoken words and tries to get the gist of what you’re saying – and a few errors sneak in, particularly when dealing with those smaller words we tend to hurry over. Basically, it looks like you have an awkward choice to make – speak your messages then spend a bit of time awkwardly tidying up the few errors that will inevitably sneak in, or carry on as normal with traditional text input methods.
Vincent Tsao

Build | Android Developers - 0 views

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android Build

shared by Vincent Tsao on 25 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Information about the current build, extracted from system properties.
  • Vincent Tsao on 25 Oct 10
     
    using this API to get mobile information which display in "Settings --> About phone"
Vincent Tsao

Android Rises in Mobile Web Usage, iPhone Stagnates, Declines - 0 views

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mobile android iphone news

shared by Vincent Tsao on 30 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Worldwide, it doesn't look so bad for Apple yet; it's still the king of the hill by a long shot, steady at about 50%. Android is making inroads, though, now accounting for almost a quarter of the world's mobile web usage.
  • And now we get to the interesting part: the United States. The top-notch Android phones have been available in the US for longer than in other countries, and carriers there have been pushing them longer. This shows: in the US, Android has almost overtaken the iPhone OS (which excludes the iPod Touch!) in mobile web usage - 42% vs. 44%.
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  • In November 2009, the iPhone OS accounted for 55% of the mobile web usage in the US; now it's down to 44%. In the same timespan, Android grew from 27% to 42%. The US can be seen as a test bed for the rest of the world, since Android hasn't been pushed as much outside of the US as it has been inside of the US. In Apple's defence, though, the arrival of the iPad in the coming weeks may reverse the declining trend of the iPhone OS. And, as noted, the iPod Touch is not included in these figures. All in all, it's clear that Android is no longer just a speck on the horizon. Google's mobile operating system is a serious threat to Apple's iPhone, which could further explain why Apple decided to sue HTC. Jobs might be drinking coffee with Schmidt in a nicely staged press moment, but in the meantime, the '80s and '90s are happening all over again for Apple: the PC business model beating the Mac one.
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