Known instances of Android-related malware — “virtually all” involving apps — have jumped steadily month by month from 400 in June to 15,507 in February, according to Sunnyvale security firm Juniper Networks. So far, hundreds of thousands of phones and other devices have been infected. And although Google says it is working to block the malevolent downloads, experts fear what may be coming.
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Open, even to malware.
Business Wire reports on a slowdown of App development on Android.
The reasons for the smaller interest in Android involve time and money. Apple apps can be quicker to develop and it’s easier to generate revenue from them, thanks in part to Apple’s iTunes system.
Purchasing apps on Android is not always easy, and as bad as iTunes is for new App discovery, Android Market is even worst. Then there is the fact that apparently, a big chunk of the people buying Android equipments, don’t know or don’t care for apps. Time will tell if this is temporary, or a sign of a deeper problem in Droid Land.
Trick your friends with the Fake iPhone!
Trick your friends into thinking you have the new iPhone 4S! This app is a full-screen working replica of the iPhone 4 home screen. It even replaces your phone’s status bar, so there’s no hint of Android underneath.
It would be easier to just buy an iPhone, but if you want the look and feel of iOS, with the customization and “openness” of Android, here you go. [Android Market link]
No se por qué se tardaron tanto, siendo la misma compañía, pero bueno. Para aquellos que usan Android, está disponible Google Chrome…para Ice Cream Sandwich. O sea, para menos del 1% de los que usan Android. Pero algo es algo. Por supuesto, es Beta, como todo lo que hace Google.
Por fin Google toma un paso proactivo en la seguridad del Android Market:
If it’s a repackaging of known malware, we’ll flag it,” says Android vice president of engineering Hiroshi Lockheimer. “We also run apps on the server side in a simulated device environment, to monitor what it’s doing. If we see anything fishy, it gets flagged for manual review.
En el Android Market ha habido casos de virus y troyanos escondidos en aplicaciones que parecen ser legítimas, este es un paso necesario que hace tiempo Google debió haber usado. Mas vale tarde que nunca, Apple y Microsoft deben hacer algo parecido ya que el que no haya ocurrido aún no significa que no vaya a ocurrir.
Banned Android Apps? But isn’t the Android Market OPEN?
