Three new security phones have come into the spotlight recently: The Geeksphone Blackphone, the Boeing Black, and FreedomPop’s Privacy phone.

These phones take similar routes to security, from what we know so far. They’re loaded with encryption, security apps and other features.

But there are two feature on at least one of these phones that should be a standard part of Android.

The $629 Geeksphone Blackphone, made in partnership with Silent Circle, uses a forked version of Android called the PrivatOS. First, the system confronts you with choices when you install an app, enabling you to choose exactly what personal information is available to each app — individual permissions on each source of data that each app requests. And second, after apps have been installed, a “Security Center” lets users enable or disable specific permissions for each app.

Why aren’t these two features built into standard Android?

Earlier today, AT&T announced it will be the first operator in the United States to use the newly-established LTE-Advanced technique, ‘Carrier Aggregation’, to produce significantly faster 4G upload and download speeds on its rapidly-growing LTE network, which coincidently still holds the title of being the fastest in the U.S.

In less than two weeks from now, Oppo will reveal its latest flagship handset — the Find 7. Surprisingly, details about the handset are sparse excluding the fact that it would come in two variants, one with a 1080p display and another with a Quad HD display.

Today, the first photos of the Oppo Find 7 have made their way on the Internet showing off its sleek body and the crescent-shaped notification LED at the bottom.

Samsung unveiled its second scaled-down portable Galaxy Tab 3 variant, the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0, back in June, 2013, and a month later the device was available to buy in the United States from several independent retailers for $399. However, if you haven’t had the opportunity to get your hands on one before now, it may be of interest for you to know that Best Buy is currently offering the slate with a $70 discount.

Rovio took to its official YouTube account earlier today to preview the release of a new Angry Birds game in a rather mystical and mysterious video teaser. Unfortunately, as usual, not much is revealed in the short movie in terms of gameplay, for the most part we are presented with shots of a medieval suit of armour, however, things start to get a little bit more interesting when you get to the end of the trailer.