Monday, December 31, 2018

Android through the ages: the history of Google’s smartphone OS

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In the beginning there was Cupcake 2008, when pinch-to-zoom was a right reserved for iPhones and BlackBerrys were still the business, a new kind of smartphone hit the scene: the Android smartphone.  Starting at version 1.5 for public consumption, Android was launched on the HTC Dream (known as the T-Mobile G1 in the US), a QWERTY keyboard-packing...

 

9 New Year's resolutions smartphone manufacturers should make

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Some of you may be working on your 2019 resolutions. Want to try being vegan for a month, start doing to the gym again or stop stealing from the stationery cupboard at work because it's all getting a bit out of hand? Good for you. But, as we all know - hand on heart - giant companies are citizens too. According to the 14th amendment, corporations...

 

Google in 2018: a retrospective

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These days, it’s impossible to look anywhere in the tech world without seeing Google’s fingerprints. This was definitely still true throughout 2018 – even Microsoft conceded to Chrome’s web browser dominance.  However, with all the news that’s constantly flying around the internet about Google, it can be hard to pinpoint the year’s most pivotal...

 

EU to fund bug bounty program for top open-source software

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The European Union will help cover the expenses of bug bounty programs for 14 open-source projects according to an announcement made by EU Member of Parliament Julia Reda. The projects that will receive funding for their bug bounty programs are 7-zip, Apache Kafka, Apache Tomcat, Digital Signature Services (DSS), Drupal, Filezilla, FLUX TL, the GNU...

 

Major US papers hit by malware attack

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The Los Angeles Times and several other major US newspapers, owned by Tribune Publishing CO such as the Chicago Tribune and Baltimore Sun, were hit by a cyberattack last weekend that led to major printing and delivery disruptions.  According to a source with knowledge of the incident, the cyberattack, which led to distribution delays in the Saturday...

 

New York police will use a drone to monitor tonight's New Year's Eve celebrations

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There'll be something new soaring among the fireworks over Times Square during tonight's New Year's Eve celebrations: a police drone. According to The Associated Press, cops plan to use a quadcopter to keep an eye on partygoers and help them respond to any trouble before it gets out of hand. It's the first time a drone has been used this way during...

 

A new Digital Cockpit in the 2019 VW Jetta is a sign of things to come

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Photo credit: Josiah Bondy One of the key tech trends with cars is that the ‘elite’ features usually found in luxury vehicles has trickled down to everyday passenger cars that are more affordable. Lane-keeping tech, adaptive cruise, and even blind spot monitoring were reserved for the upper echelon only, those who could afford a Mercedes-Benz, a BMW,...

 

The best Samsung Galaxy Note 8 deals in the January sales 2019

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So the Galaxy Note 9 has been out for a little while, making the Note 8 old news. Right? Well that's what you would think. But the 2017 model is so incredible that it still performs just like a new model and not to mention it is so much cheaper than its successor. Samsung Galaxy Note 8 deals are definitely still well worth a look. And it's still getting...

 

K7 Antivirus Premium

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K7 Computing may not have the profile of the big-name competition, but there's more to the Indian company than you might think: 25+ years of antivirus experience, VirusTotal and OPSWAT partners, a range of home and business products, and more than 20 million users around the world. K7 Antivirus Premium is the starter product in the range, but don't...

 

Do your kids need an early night? Netflix has your back this New Year's Eve

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Instead of partying until the early hours, many of us will be spending New Year's Eve curled up in front of the TV this year, and this is especially true if you have young children at home. If you're spending the evening with the kids, you might be worried about letting them stay up until midnight in case they are overtired the next day – or maybe...

 

13 weird and wonderful niche Linux distros of 2018

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Note: Our weird and wonderful niche Linux distros roundup has been fully updated. This feature was first published in December 2011. Fed up with the bog-standard Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and so on? Looking for a distro that reflects your individuality? In this roundup we've discovered no less than 13 of the quirkiest and most useful distributions that...

 

Samsung reportedly working on Galaxy A50 and Galaxy M20 smartphones

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Although the Samsung Galaxy A8s has yet to hit Indian markets, we can safely expect it to do so soon, given that the company brings all its offerings to the country, and moreover, its closest competitor, the Honor View20, is set to come to India in a short while. Meanwhile, the South Korean company is busy working on the launch of its upcoming flagship...

 

Secure and easy authentication will become a business advantage in 2019

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At RSA’s 2004 security conference, Bill Gates predicted, “There is no doubt that over time, people are going to rely less and less on passwords,” adding that passwords “just don’t meet the challenge for anything you really want to secure.”  A pertinent truth that is often forgotten when discussing the importance of authentication is that passwords...

 

Games of the year 2018: TechRadar’s favorite Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC titles

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It’s been a heck of a year for videogames. We’ve navigated the ruins of Greece, trekked through ancient Midgard, ran down trains in the wild west and even raced through the cobbled streets of Britain. But which games have really stood out to us this year? It’s been a hard task, but the TechRadar team has put their heads together and thrashed out which...

 

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