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News highlights for 16 October 2017 Battery startup taps carbon in race to replace lithium-ion cells DETROIT (Reuters) – In an auto industry race to develop electric vehicle batteries that charge faster and are cheaper and safer than lithium-ion cells, startup Zap&Go will do all that with its carbon-ion alternative ‘within a few years’, a […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday unveiled tools to make augmented reality apps for mobile devices using the Android operating system, setting up its latest showdown with Apple Inc’s iPhone over next-generation smartphone features. Phone-based augmented reality (AR), in which digital objects are superimposed onto the real world on screen, got a […]
(Reuters) – Mobile phone apps took center stage at the Google annual developer conference on Wednesday as the search giant announced new features for its digital assistant and its popular photo app while devoting little time to the Android mobile operating system. Addressing an audience of thousands of developers in Mountain View, California, Google executives […]
Android’s success shows up Google’s deficiencies. Android has surpassed Windows as the No.1 platform for accessing the Internet globally, highlighting just how bad Google is at monetising Android as it remains only a small percentage of total revenues. I think that this could be a growth opportunity if Google can fix the many problems that exist […]
Jan 6 (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s digital assistant appeared almost everywhere at the CES technology show this week in Las Vegas, even making an unexpected appearance on rival Google’s Android system. Companies ranging from appliance maker Whirlpool Corp to Ford Motor Co unveiled products featuring Alexa, the digital assistant from Amazon that responds to voice […]
Google advances further towards full control of Android. It appears that mobile operators ranging the Pixel and Pixel XL will not be customising the devices in any meaningful way as well as relinquishing control of software updates. This will allow Google to move one step closer to full proprietary control of the software that runs its ecosystem. […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators plan to order Alphabet’s Google to stop paying financial incentives to smartphone makers to pre-install Google Search exclusively on their devices and warned the company of a large fine, an EU document showed. The document, running to more than 150 pages, was sent to complainants last week for feedback. […]
Security is just another reason to close Android down. Another vulnerability has emerged that exposes over 900 million Android devices to the possibility of granting root access to hackers potentially making the device part of an illicit botnet as well as the theft of all data on the device. Checkpoint has released details of four […]
The quest for proprietary software begins. Google is planning to “put more thought” into its Nexus line of devices which to me is yet another signal that Google’s is beginning to prepare the market for taking complete control of the Android software. At the Recode conference being held this week, Sundar Pirchai, CEO Google discussed plans to […]
Google is trying hard to fix the endemic security issues that continue to plague Android devices but unfortunately it is making almost no progress. Since August 2015, Google has been releasing monthly security updates to address the security flaws but there are two big problems. First.Any security patches that Google makes to Android only apply […]
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