Google has been cracking down on potentially harmful apps being installed from the Play Store, so much so that currently, as of Google’s latest security report, only 0.15% of Android devices have been able to successfully install PHAs or potentially harmful apps. Google first started the initiative in which several OEMs became participants in. Stagefright was the first real security problem that faced Android since the beginning of the Android Platform. The vulnerability took advantage of a bug present in the method used to preview multi-media messages received through an SMS…

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Yesterday we saw some leaked images depicting Motorola’s upcoming 4th generation Moto G, and today the device has leaked yet again. This time around however we’re treated to a brief hands-on video of the handset. The video does a good job of showing us all of the new Moto G’s angles, but one thing is missing in this representation of the phone – the fingerprint scanner that we saw on the front in yesterday’s shots. Otherwise though, the design is identical, so we assume that the prototype in the video is simply an earlier iteration of the device, and the fingerprint reader was only…

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Earlier this month, WhatsApp has announced that everything you communicate through it can now be end-to-end encrypted, and today one of its biggest competitors has done the same. Viber is the app in question, and it’s no small deal, this, as it currently has more than 700 million users. With the latest version (that’s already available in both the iTunes App Store for iOS and the Google Play Store for Android), all of your communications are end-to-end encrypted, provided all the people in a conversation have the new Viber iteration. Like always, end-to-end encryption means no one…

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This February Sony bid farewell to its Z line of smartphones as it introduced the new Xperia X, Xperia X Performance, and Xperia XA. And now it seems like a new member will be added to the X family at some point in the near future. We’re talking about the Xperia X Premium, which according to a new rumor is going to be the successor to the Z5 Premium from last year. That particular device was the first smartphone to sport a display capable of showing 4K content, and if this report is accurate then the X Premium’s main differentiator will be the screen too. Namely, it’s said to come…

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Without much fanfare, Apple today released a small hardware refresh of its MacBook 12″ and MacBook Air notebooks. The refreshed MacBook now sports sixth-generation Intel Core M, which can be configured with either 1.1GHz or 1.3GHz clock speed. The RAM is also upgraded from 1600MHz to the faster 1866MHz and the Intel HD 515 GPU promises 25% better efficiency. And, yes, there’s a new rose gold color available to mark the slight bump in specs. Thanks to the latest components, the battery life has been increased to 10 hours web browsing and 11 hours of continuous video playback. Prices…

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Nearly a month after Samsung started rolling out the Marshmallow update to the Galaxy S5, the most widely available model (SM-G900F) of the South Korean company’s 2014 flagship has begun receiving the update. Currently, the update – which brings Marshmallow version 6.0.1 – is hitting units in SriLanka, with European and other SM-G900Fs likely to get it soon. Given that the roll-out has just begun, it may take some time for the update to hit your Galaxy S5. However, if you’re feeling impatient, you can manually check for it by heading to the Settings menu on your device. Via

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Samsung is in the development of a large 1/1.7″ CMOS sensor that’ll be put to use in the company’s upcoming flagships, according to information obtained by PhotoRumors. The new sensor is purported to have an aperture as wide as f/1.4 and would be in the 18-24MP range. According to the report, Samsung is on a mission to step up its camera game even further and has an aggressive roadmap. The company is also working on a new compact 1/2.3″ sensor, but its use isn’t known yet. Finally, Samsung’s long-term game is to lure NX camera users to switch to its smartphones and part of the…

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According to IHS Technology’s analyst Kevin Wang, Xiaomi has managed to sell 14.8 million smartphones in the first quarter of 2016. This number includes sales outside China as well. For the same period last year, the company managed to ship roughly the same number of phones – 14.98 million. While it’s certainly not the growth the company hoped for, it’s not too shabby either. In 2015, Xiaomi sold 70 million units and didn’t meet its own expectations of 80 million units. Xiaomi started 2016 on a strong note with the Mi 5 and the Redmi 3 Pro. The 6.4″ Xiaomi Max is also expected…

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Remember a few years ago when lockscreens had shortcuts and widgets and multiple screens? Well, these over-stuffed kind of lockscreens have fallen out of favor now, but if you miss the glory days, you should look at Samsung’s new app – Good Lock. It’s a lockscreen replacement that is not 100% sure whether it wants to replace the lock screen or the home screen. It has shortcuts – frequently used but also recent apps. It has widgets and quick toggles too: One thing I do like is the advanced notification actions – they are treated almost like calendar events, you can save…

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ZTE’s sub-brand Nubia has a new member – the Nubia Z11 Mini. The phone features a 5″ screen (the term “mini” has grown) and has a strong focus on photography. The main camera uses a 16MP Sony IMX298 sensor (same as Xiaomi Mi 5 and Huawei Mate 8). It’s behind an f/2.0 lens and offers phase-detection autofocus and “3D noise reduction.” You get RAW DNG shooting mode and ISO that goes up to 12,800 (ZTE is promising no added noise, but we don’t buy it). For video shooting, the camera maxes out at 1080p. There’s an 8MP selfie camera too, with large 1.4µm pixels and 80° lens (with a…

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