As Android has grown from a small hobbyists OS to the mainstream-conquering behemoth it is today, so has the amount of malware directed towards it. A large chunk of the problem comes from malicious apps that make it into the Android Market – often time…
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Google Brings In The Muscle: Meet Bouncer, The Market’s Anti-Malware Machine – And It’s Already At Work
February 2nd, 2012 
Aaron Gingrich 
Posted in News 
Tags: Android, anti, app, Applications, Apps/Games, bouncer, google, malware, Market, security, virus 
No Comments »Facebook For Android Updated To V1.8.2 With No Official Changelog – Here Is What’s New
February 2nd, 2012 Artem Russakovskii The Facebook app received an update to v1.8.2 today, but since its developers neglected to include a changelog, millions of users found themselves wondering what exactly this version brought to the table. Thankfully, the Facebook for Android page on Fa…
Posted in News Tags: 1.8.2, Android, app, application, Applications, download, facebook, Market, update No Comments »Facebook Android app gets an update for bugfixes, memory management
February 2nd, 2012 Phil Nickinson Facebook's Android application just got an update that the social network says will bring better memory management, and "all kinds of bug fixes." If history repeats, we should see an update to fix this update any time now. Source: Facebook
Posted in News Tags: Android, app, Applications, Apps, facebook, facebook for android, smartphone, update No Comments »Facebook Android app gets an update for bugfixes, memory management
February 2nd, 2012 Phil Nickinson Facebook's Android application just got an update that the social network says will bring better memory management, and "all kinds of bug fixes." If history repeats, we should see an update to fix this update any time now. Source: Facebook
Posted in News Tags: Android, app, Applications, Apps, facebook, facebook for android, smartphone, update No Comments »Google’s ‘Bouncer’ service scans the Android Market for malware, will judge you at the door
February 2nd, 2012 Amar Toor Google has had its fair share of malware-related problems in the Android Market, but that’s hopefully about to change, now that the company has announced a new security-enhancing service. Codenamed “Bouncer,” Mountain View’s new program sounds pretty …
Posted in News Tags: Android, Android Market, AndroidMarket, app, bouncer, Dev, developer, download, google, malicious, malware, mobilepostcross, mountain view, MountainView, permissions, Sandbox, sandboxing, security, service, virus No Comments »EasySignMobile enters the Facebook fray for iPhone and iPad
February 2nd, 2012 Zachary Lutz Need to sign a contract, like, now? There’s an app for that. Several actually, but the folks who create EasySignMobile have gone and made their service a bit more accessible to the unwashed masses with an updated version that supports Facebook authent…
Posted in News Tags: Android, app, app store, Apple, AppStore, authentication, box.net, Business, cloud, cloud storage, CloudStorage, contract, contracts, digital signature, DigitalSignature, dropbox, easysign, easysign mobile, EasysignMobile, electronic signature, ElectronicSignature, facebook, google, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPhone 4, iphone app, Iphone4, IphoneApp, law, Legal, mobilepostmini, pdf, signature No Comments »Google Docs for Android updates: adds offline support, better tablet experience
February 1st, 2012 Terrence O'Brien Google clearly didn’t want to blow everyone’s mind right away with its Google Docs app for Android. That’s why it’s been slowly rolling out the updates, incrementally adding features and turning what began life (more or less) as a glorified web browse…
Posted in News Tags: Android, app, Apps, Docs, google, Google Docs, google docs for android, GoogleDocs, GoogleDocsForAndroid, mobilepostcross, offline, offline access, OfflineAccess No Comments »Google’s Chrome To Phone Android App Finally Updated (To v2.3) For The First Time In Over A Year
February 1st, 2012 Artem Russakovskii It seemed like Google completely abandoned one of its most useful Android apps – Chrome to Phone, which I personally use almost every day, but an unexpected update that showed up in the Market today shows us they still care about it, even if only a lit…
Posted in News Tags: 2.3, Android, app, application, Applications, chrome to phone, chrome2phone, download, google, Market, update No Comments »Mint App For Android Updated With A Tablet-Optimized Interface, Lets You See How Broke You Are On A Bigger Screen
February 1st, 2012 Cameron Summerson If you use Mint to manage your finances, there’s a good chance that the smartphone counterpart app is one of your most launched (if you manage your finances the way I do, anyway). While using Mint on your smartphone is an ideal way to get a quick look …
T-Mobile updates FamilyWhere location tracking service for worrisome parents
February 1st, 2012 Zachary Lutz It was never intended as such, but The Rolling Stones’ song Under My Thumb could easily pass as the anthem of overbearing parents across the globe. Now, T-Mobile is tossing its paranoid constituents a bone with an updated version of its FamilyWhere li…
Posted in News Tags: Android, Android Market, AndroidMarket, app, Apps, familywhere, FamilyWhere Check In, FamilyWhere Locate, FamilywhereCheckIn, FamilywhereLocate, google, location, Location Labs, location tracking, LocationLabs, LocationTracking, locator, MAP, maps, mobilepostmini, T-Mobile, TMobile, tracking No Comments »
