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Eric Schmidt Confirms Android Activation Number Per Day. It’s 1.3 Million

Eric Schmidt Confirms Android Activation Number Per Day. It’s 1.3 Million

Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, revealed some impressive statistics about Android activations. At Motorola’s press event in New York, Eric Schmidt said that now 1.3 M Android devices are getting activated each day. The previous activation statistics were – 700k/day in last December, 900k/day earlier this summer and 1M/day in last July.

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Anti-Piracy Organizations Continue Sending DMCA Notices Against Non-Existent Torrent Sites

Anti-Piracy Organizations Continue Sending DMCA Notices Against Non-Existent Torrent Sites

In recent past, a number of popular file-sharing and torrent sites have been taken down by the U.S. authorities. The pretext to do so is simple – the whims of the content industry. Online pirates lost Demonoid, Megaupload and BTJunkie this year, besides others. But a number of anti-piracy over-active groups seem quite ignorant of this.

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Jelly Bean Reaches 1.2 Percent Android Devices

Jelly Bean Reaches 1.2 Percent Android Devices

Android Jelly Bean is the latest iteration of the mobile OS by Google. It was launched only two months ago and yet, statistics now report that it has been installed on 1.2 percent of the Android devices already. Ice Cream Sandwich has seen an even bolder growth over last one month.

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Judge Deems Sniffing Open Wi-Fi Networks As Legal

Judge Deems Sniffing Open Wi-Fi Networks As Legal

Sniffing data packets on a network is usually considered an unethical practice. Packet sniffing can be done to steal information, to alter the communication between two channels and cause disinformation, or to simply gather intel. Now, a court in U.S. has ruled that sniffing performed on open Wi-Fi networks is legal.

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RadioShack Starts Offering Wireless Service

RadioShack Starts Offering Wireless Service

RadioShack is expanding the scope of the products and services it offers. The company has long been selling handsets. And, it is now offering a wireless service of its own in collaboration with Leap’s Cricket Communications.

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Microsoft Attempts To Gain More Control By Changing TOS

Microsoft Attempts To Gain More Control By Changing TOS

After the change in Terms of Service (TOS) by Google, now it’s time for Microsoft. They have proposed a new TOS mainly concerning policy on privacy and dispute settlement issues. Microsoft informed its clients about the changes in policy via mail, saying that the new TOS will in effect from October 19, 2012.

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Walmart Testing iPhone Scan-And-Go App For Mobile Checkout

Employees and friends of Wal-Mart are now testing a new mobile checkout system using a Scan-And-Go app for iPhone. Mobile checkout system is not a new thing, but Wal-Mart’s system is significantly different compared to existing systems. If the system achieves success, then one day it could replace the cashiers.

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British Spyware On Smartphones And PCs Under Repressive Regimes

British Spyware On Smartphones And PCs Under Repressive Regimes

Commercial spyware is a lucrative market because repressive regimes around the world tend to deploy spyware to monitor dissidents. Two security researchers have now found out that a spyware, FinSpy, is being used to spy on activists in Bahrain and numerous other countries.

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