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BlackBerry on Friday confirmed its plans to launch an Android-based handset. The upcoming Android phone will be called ‘Priv’, will have a slide-out keyboard & “combine the best of BlackBerry security and productivity with the expansive mobile application ecosystem available on the Android platform.”
Reports: BlackBerry (blog) VentureBeat, MacRumors, The Next Web
Android is now the most popular mobile operating system in the world by some distance. One billion devices were shipped in 2014 (800 million more than second-place Apple), & it controls 82% of the market. That’s great news for Google, but also means it’s disastrous when bugs and flaws are found – the problems can affect a huge percent of the planet’s population. Unfortunately, a new Android security flaw was found earlier this week by researchers at the University of Texas. We take a look at what it is & what you can do about it.
With the concept of Android emulators spreading from mobile application developers to gamers & to the general population, people have learned that they no longer need an Android phone to use Android apps. Android emulators bring more than 1 million games & apps from the Google Play Store directly to your computer.
Google has started rolling out Android Pay, a “secure” way to pay with a Android phone at over 1 million locations across the US.
Reports: Wall Street Journal (blog), Greenbot
Google to return to China? Well, at least that’s what some Online reports seem to say. Not the main search engine but its mobile app store Google Play.
Reports: Digital Trends, Phys.org, iSchoolGuide
Andriod app users, here’s something that will get your attention. e-commerce Site Amazon has announced an Android app called Amazon Underground, where you can get even premium apps for free. Here, you can find everything that’s there in the conventional Amazon app as well as a revamped store for Android apps & games.
Reports: SlashGear, VentureBeat, Phandroid, The Verge