Tag: Android
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AVAST Mobile Security & Antivirus detecting everything as a virus?
This morning I opened my Gmail app on my Android phone only to have it unexpectedly intercepted by Avast as being infected with malware. Strange, I thought. Gmail has always caught malware while still on the Google server. Still, it was conceivable, and so I uninstalled the updated version and reverted to the factory one.…
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Cool Kids Use Old Devices
I’m not what you would call an environmentalist, but I’m trying. I’m also frugal and pragmatic, so my life choices are sometimes guided by less noble ideals than protecting the earth. That said, I’ve recycled for all of my adult life… since university graduation at least. I’ve been buying all my clothes (except socks and…
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Android Video Player Roundup 2010
If you’re like me, you want the latest and greatest apps on your phone, and you want them for free. Linux has spoiled me to expect top quality, nag-free, ad-free software. In that regard, Android is a bit of a letdown (as are all the mobile phone platforms, to be fair). In developing a Marketplace…