How big is Flashback compared to Windows malware?

by Ian Betteridge on April 7, 2012

I’ve heard some comments on forums which suggest that Flashback isn’t that important or successful because it’s “only” infected around 1% of the Mac installed base – around 500,000 machines, from about 50 million. Unfortunately, this displays the kind of ignorance about malware and its prevalence that I’ve often found from Mac users. [click to continue…]

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Teens love the iPhone

April 6, 2012

Cells like teen spirit – The Daily: A new survey shows that 34 percent of U.S. teens have iPhones — while another 40 percent plan to buy one within the next six months. It looks like teens have moved on from the BlackBerry, and instead of diving into cheap Android, have held out for cheaper [...]

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Project Glass is go

April 6, 2012

I’ve said on many occasions before that while I often find Google’s products underwhelming, I really do admire their ambition. What Project Glass amounts to is the next natural step in creating a cloud of data around the physical world.

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With friends like Samsung, does Google need enemies?

April 6, 2012

Android 4.0 Forces Samsung To Delay Galaxy Tablets: Google released Android 4.0 in October. Samsung released the global variant of Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0 on board in November, followed by the U.S. Verizon version in December. Other OEMs didn’t gain access to the Ice Cream Sandwich source code until November, about a month after [...]

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Sad but true

March 24, 2012

Harry McCracken takes a look at the New iPad: “Even a year after its release, the iPad 2 is superior overall to any of its Android competition, including some contenders that sell for more.” I’d love for there to be some serious competition for the iPad. But at the moment, it’s just not there. And the [...]

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2012 could be a dangerous year for Android

March 4, 2012

Google exec hints Android 5.0 will launch in the autumn: Speaking to Computerworld, Hiroshi Lockheimer, vice president of engineering for mobile at Google, suggested Android 5.0 will launch in the fall. He stated “In general, the Android release cadence is one major release a year with some maintenance releases that are substantial still.” Since its launch, [...]

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That’s some leaky firewall, Mr Rubin

February 27, 2012

Andy Rubin on the “firewall” between Motorola and Google. Rubin said he was “painfully aware” of concerns, but stressed that Google has “literally built a firewall” between the Android team and Motorola. “I don’t even know anything about their products, I haven’t seen anything,” he said. Given that Motorola needed Google’s explicit permission to launch [...]

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Is Andy Rubin playing a clever bluffing game, or is he stupid? My bet’s on the former

February 27, 2012

Andy Rubin of Google on the issues facing Android tablets: Of course, one of Android’s biggest challenges in the tablet market is the lack of high-quality apps designed for the larger screen, but Rubin was somewhat dismissive of those concerns. “Android’s unique in that it’s a single platform that spans device types,” including tablets and [...]

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Dave Winer, comments, and blogging: some thoughts

February 25, 2012

Dave Winer has turned off comments on his blog, and I have just started reading him again after a hiatus of a couple of years. I do not think that these things are unconnected. These days, I don’t get that many comments here. That’s not surprising: I’ve gone from being a fairly prolific blogger who [...]

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Chrome for Android updated

February 25, 2012

  Chrome for Android’s been updated: full details available here. There’s a couple of nice features introduced (including the ability to use Android’s Beam feature on NFC-equipped devices to send URLs) but otherwise this is mostly a bug-fix release. I’ve been using Chrome for Android since its release on my Galaxy Tab, and it’s a [...]

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