Google disables DRM app for Android due to bug
Submitted by Avinash Tripathi on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 05:41
A security feature that makes it harder to make illicit copies of apps for the latest version of Android OS for mobile devices has been temporarily deactivated by Google. This was done due owing to a bug that rendered the secured versions of certain apps inoperable. The feature was introduced with Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" that encrypted all paid apps downloaded from Google's Play store with a device specific key.
Sony to roll out Android 4.0 ICS update to Tablet S and Tablet P
Submitted by Neelesh Raghuwanshi on Sat, 12/24/2011 - 08:44
Going by the news posted in the community forums of Sony UK, the latest Android iteration - the Android version 4.0 `Ice Cream Sandwich' (ICS) - will come aboard two of the company's devices, Tablet S and Tablet P.
LibreOffice heading for iOS and Android
Submitted by Sumit Yayavar on Tue, 10/18/2011 - 06:40
The Document Foundation has announced that developers were working on bringing LibreOffice, the project that emerged from OpenOffice. org, to Web browsers and iOS as well as Android devices.
The move, which was announced at the recently held LibreOffice Conference, has an aim to port the open source office suite to Apple's iPad and Android tablets.
3LM to roll out enterprise security platform for Android this week
Submitted by Neelesh Raghuwanshi on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 09:06
In a recent statement, the officials at 3LM have revealed that the company intends rolling out its enterprise security platform for Android handsets this week. The unique product, according to 3LM's claims, will provide "seamless" access "simultaneously and securely" to enterprise resources and the Internet.
Android chief Rubin not senior enough to negotiate in patent dispute case: Oracle
Submitted by Avinash Tripathi on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 06:20
Software giant Oracle has objected to Google's Android chief Andy Rubin as negotiator, saying he is not senior enough to negotiate in the ongoing patent dispute.
After agreeing to undertake court-mediated talks to find a settlement and end the patent dispute, Oracle said Rubin wasn't senior enough and suitable to negotiate with its co-president Safra Catz.
Forthcoming BlackBerry handsets to run Android apps
Submitted by Neelesh Raghuwanshi on Sat, 08/27/2011 - 08:41
BlackBerry-manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) has plans to install its "app player" engine into its forthcoming handsets to offer Android compatibility.
Citing unnamed sources, Bloomberg reported that the Canadian manufacturer’s RIM's QNX-based handsets will have the Android compatibility module to allow apps developed for Google's Android platform to be run on RIM's, when they will come out in 2012.
