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Android has 79% of threats to mobile devices

Sun, 25 Aug 2013 15:00:25 +0000

Android, Google’s mobile operating system, accounted for 79% of digital threats created for mobile devices in 2012. A year earlier, that figure was 66%, and in 2010, 11%. The data was released this Thursday (7) by F-Secure, a Finnish security software company. The company identified 301 new threats and variants targeting smartphones and tablets exclusively during the year.

LinkedIn buys Pulse

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:48:28 +0000

The largest professional networking site is broadening its horizons, on the 18th LinkedIn announced the purchase of the mobile application Pulse, which works as an aggregator of internet content, such as news and blogs.

LinkedIn paid 90 million dollars for the application that emerged from an academic project by Ankit and Akshay in 2010 at Stanford University and was currently held by the California company Alphonso Labs.

The amount will be paid 90% in shares and 10% in cash, the social network said, according to it, Pulse has more than 30 million users from around 190 countries and distributes content from more than 750 publishers.

Android was software for cameras

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:55:08 +0000

That’s right, Android began with a focus on cameras, according to Andy Rubin, creator of the original system, the initial intention of his invention was to reach the photography market.

However, Google acquired Android Inc in 2005 and the plans gradually changed and became more ambitious, making the platform the success it is today.

Recently Android reached 1.5 million activations per day, to think that the story could have been different, Android an operating system for digital cameras.

Smartphone prices will drop in Brazil

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:00:37 +0000

With the aim of making smartphones (which have internet connectivity among their functions) more accessible to lower-income groups, the Government approved a decree today that reduces the PIS and COFINS rates on these devices to zero. This measure will bring consumers a price reduction of up to 30% compared with imported devices, and only devices costing less than R$ 1,500.00 and manufactured in Brazil will qualify for the measure.

The price drop is expected next week, since an ordinance with the specifications of the mobile devices that will qualify for this measure still needs to be published.

Get to know Facebook Home

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:42:23 +0000

On April 04 (last week), the launch event took place for Facebook’s new functionality called “Home”. This new feature was presented by Mark Zunckerberg himself, the functionality is available for smartphones running the Android operating system.

With the aim of turning any phone into a personalized device on the social network, Home will use the phone’s home screen as the Facebook homepage, overlaying the other applications on your device, so when you turn on your device you’ll be connected to Facebook.

Responsive Sites gain points in Google's rankings

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:36:20 +0000

On mobile devices, research shows that 61% of visitors to a non-responsive page return to Google’s search page looking for a site that lets them view the content better.

Knowing this, the responsive web design market has been consolidating and becoming unified. Because keeping all the elements of the page’s desktop version viewable on other devices has already gone beyond an advantage and become a requirement. Mobile devices are gaining strength every day, in 2012 for every five computers sold one tablet was sold, compared with 2011, when for every fourteen computers one tablet was sold.

Tablets as Tools in the Corporate Environment

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:07:18 +0000

According to a survey by consultancy IDC, in 2012 tablet use grew by 159% in the home and 303% in the Corporate environment compared with 2011, this growth was generated by the range of functionality mobile devices have. Today we can manage our bank accounts, make payments without moving, using only an internet connection and an application provided by the bank, eliminating the possibility of losing our lunch break in a queue.