See ya, Safari! Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android
Googlebot, the giant webcrawler that Google uses to scan webpages and update its index, is ditching its iPhone disguise to become an Android.
Rather ironically, the tool has been masquerading as an Apple device running iOS 8.3 for years, but it will soon become a Nexus 5X running Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow to become more efficient.
Samsung’s Galaxy S7 mini could be pretty special. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android
Samsung is already developing a Galaxy S7 mini that will go head-to-head with Apple’s upcoming iPhone SE, according to a new report — and it won’t be a disappointing version of its latest flagship like previous iterations of the Galaxy S mini series have been.
Instead, the new device is expected to pack exactly the same processor — and exactly the same punch — as its bigger brother.
The iPhone camera app is clearly visible. Photo: Osen
Eric Schmidt has been outspoken about his belief that Apple’s smartphones are nothing but a Samsung Galaxy clone, that user data is safer with Google than Apple, and that (slightly oddly) jumping ship from iOS to Android is not dissimilar to switching from PC to Mac.
So why wouldn’t Alphabet chairman and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt use an iPhone to document his recent trip to South Korea? Makes perfect sense to us!
It’s as easy as that! Photo: Michigan State University
Your fingerprint is supposed to be the most secure method of locking your smartphone, but that’s not the case if your device can be easily fooled.
Researchers have been able to hack those from Samsung and Huawei using only an inkjet printer and conductive ink.
You might want to avoid Amazon’s Fire OS 5 update. Photo: TechSmart/Flickr (CC-licensed)
While Apple is embroiled in an ugly battle with the FBI in the hope that it can protect the privacy and security of its users, Amazon is throwing away the encryption it previously offered its own.
With its latest Fire OS 5 update, the company has removed the ability to encrypt data on its Fire tablets.
