HTC’s global market share in the smartphone arena is obviously running short of breath in competition with giant rival Samsung and other players, so the company has been rumored to be pinning its hope for a rebound on a tablet: the Nexus 9.
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Despite strong encryption, human factor remains the weakest link in iOS 8 security
Apple has recently bolstered the encryption in new updates to the iOS 8 operating system in such a way that nobody, not even the law enforcers or Apple itself, could break into the security boundary. It sounds as though it’s a tough job decrypting iOS 8 data. Fortunately for hackers and law enforcement agencies alike, […]
Long-standing vulnerability threatens 45% of all Android devices
Over the past month, Rafay Baloch, a security researcher, has been investigating two lingering vulnerabilities in the built-in Web browser of Android devices, and security vendor Lookout conducted a study that indicates an alarming data: nearly half or 45 percent of devices running Google’s mobile operating system are susceptible to the flaw.
HTC expands beyond the smartphone business with the launch of RE camera
HTC CEO, Peter Chou, is quite right when he said the Taiwanese phone maker is evolving beyond, well, making phones into producing other device offerings such as the recently launched RE camera. The device had been circulating the rumor mill and just this week, HTC broke the gossip cycle to unveil what is to become […]
After failing to win WhatsApp, Google is building its own mobile messaging app
Before Facebook was finally able to snap up WhatsApp, there was a tight tug-of-war between the social networking giant and Google over who would acquire the mobile messenger app. In the end, Google lost its more than $10 billion takeover bid to Facebook, which bought WhatsApp for $19 billion.
The differences between GoPro Hero 4, Hero 4 Silver and Hero 4 Black
GoPro is set to roll out the three models of its new Hero 4 action camera family in October: the standard GoPro Hero 4, a GoPro Hero 4 Silver and the higher-end GoPro Hero 4 Black. Although the cameras have many similarities overall, there are slight differences that each cater to the needs of different […]
