Microsoft Removes 6 Fake Google Apps From Windows Phone Store

Microsoft Removes 6 Fake Google Apps From Windows Phone StoreAt the end of last week, we brought you word that half a dozen fake Google apps had arrived on the Windows Phone Store, which certainly brought about a fair amount of attention to those who have an interest in this particular subject matter. What was Microsoft going to do about the situation? Why, the answer is pretty simple – Microsoft decided to remove the six fake Google apps from the Windows Phone Store, where those questionable apps included “Hangouts,” “Google Voice,” “Google Search,” “Google+,” “Google Maps,” and “Gmail – email from Google.”

(more…)

  • Follow: Cellphones, , , ,
  • Microsoft Removes 6 Fake Google Apps From Windows Phone Store original content from Ubergizmo.

        



    Google Now Could Help Remind You To Pay Your Bills Soon

    Google Now Could Help Remind You To Pay Your Bills SoonHave you ever given Google Now a chance on your Android-powered device, be it a smartphone or a tablet? If you have answered in the affirmative, and have found it to be extremely useful along the way, perhaps it is time for you to make use of it even more. Word on the street has it that Google Now might eventually function as a reminder for you to pay your bills.

    (more…)

  • Follow: Cellphones, Rumors, , ,
  • Google Now Could Help Remind You To Pay Your Bills Soon original content from Ubergizmo.

        



    “Powered By Android” Boot Screen Required By Google (Rumor)

    “Powered By Android” Boot Screen Required By Google (Rumor)It goes without saying that Google’s Android has a wider adoption rate compared to any other smartphone platform in the market at the moment, but how many folks out there are fully aware that they are making use of Google’s mobile operating system? I am quite sure that you who are more technically proficient would have come across some friends or family who claim that they are using a “Galaxy” operating system, or in some other cases, a “DROID”. Google might be looking into increasing the overall awareness of Android by requiring devices with Play Store access to feature the words “Powered by Android” as the device boots up.

    (more…)

  • Follow: Cellphones, Rumors, , ,
  • “Powered By Android” Boot Screen Required By Google (Rumor) original content from Ubergizmo.

        



    Google Claims Their DNS Has Been Intercepted In Turkey

    Google Claims Their DNS Has Been Intercepted In TurkeyAbout a week ago, Turkey announced that they would be blocking Twitter. Naturally this did not sit well with many of its residents and people overseas but apparently the ban did not help. In fact it actually increased the number of tweets, not to mention many found ways around the ban by downloading and using VPNs as well as utilizing Google’s DNS to bypass it.

    Turkey has since lifted the ban but now that it has been revealed that Google’s DNS could be used to bypass bans, Google has found that Turkey has started to block Google’s DNS and that Turkish internet service providers are actually masquerading as Google DNS, reportedly to spy on its users. (more…)

  • Follow: Web, ,
  • Google Claims Their DNS Has Been Intercepted In Turkey original content from Ubergizmo.

        



    Google Moves To Remove All Erotic Content From Play Store

    Google Moves To Remove All Erotic Content From Play StoreWhile the Google Play app store isn’t exactly chock full of pornographic apps, there are some apps like the one pictured above that will deliver photos of sexy girls onto your phone, which some users might choose to use for wallpapers or other purposes.

    Those photos aren’t exactly explicit but it seems that in an effort to make the Google Play Store safe and open to people of all ages, Google has recently updated their Developer Program policies which will essentially ban apps like the one pictured above. (more…)

  • Follow: Cellphones, , , ,
  • Google Moves To Remove All Erotic Content From Play Store original content from Ubergizmo.

        



    Turkey accused of intercepting Google DNS

    After Twitter and YouTube, it’s now time for Google to cry foul. Apparently Turkey is asking their ISPs to intercept Google’s public DNS service – primary: 8.8.8.8, secondary 8.8.4.4 – … Continue reading

    Google Gets Tough On Misleading Ads In Android Apps

    Google Gets Tough On Misleading Ads In Android Apps

    Pull up search results for an app in the Google Play Store and compare them with results from Apple’s App Store, the difference is evident. Apple strictly enforces a set of guidelines and doesn’t list an app on the App Store unless the criteria is met. Google is relatively open about listing apps on the Play Store, the consequence is obviously a huge number of low quality apps. Some apps even have malware, while others are riddled with deceptive or misleading ads. Google has now made amendments to its Google Play Developer Program Policy, clearly telling developers the kind of content their apps can display.

    (more…)

  • Follow: Cellphones, Tablets, , ,
  • Google Gets Tough On Misleading Ads In Android Apps original content from Ubergizmo.

        



    ‘Google Naps’ Finds You Places To Sleep

    Google Naps Finds You Places To Sleep

    Imagine its a beautiful day and you’re out exploring a new city. Suddenly you’re hit by an urge to take a nap, but you don’t want to travel all the way back to your hotel. In your home city you’ll probably know what the best places are to sleep, one can often find people snoozing in the park. If you’d like to know what those places are in a totally new city, “Google Naps” has you covered. Its a website that lists best places to sleep in a city, with the places being submitted by the users.

    (more…)

  • Follow: Web, , ,
  • ‘Google Naps’ Finds You Places To Sleep original content from Ubergizmo.

        



    Google shows how far Glass has come from goofy prototype

    Google may be turning to the fashion behemoth behind Oakley and Ray-Bans to make Glass more aesthetically appealing, but three years back a set of cable-ties would’ve been more appropriate, … Continue reading

    Google Browser Sync Now Open Source?

    This article was written on June 25, 2008 by CyberNet.

    google browser sync-1.jpgSome of you were disappointed to hear a few weeks ago that Google doesn’t have any intentions of updating the Google Browser Sync extension for Firefox 3. The eagle-eyed Ars Technica has given us reason not to give up all hope quite yet though. Google, believe it or not, has posted the source code for the extension up on Google Code. Heck, they even have instructions on setting up a development environment for working on it.

    There’s been no official mention from Google about Firefox 3 support for the extension, but this almost makes it seem like they want the community to help make the extension functional once again. They have setup a todo list that says they want to figure out how to integrate it with FIrefox 3′s new bookmarking and history system. That list also says that they want to figure out a way to allow multiple computers to be online simultaneously, and continuously sync the data between each. Could that be like collaborative browsing?

    I’m sure many of you are wondering how this extension couldn’t be modified previously since the source code of all Firefox extensions can quickly be seen by anyone. When Google bundled up the extension they compressed the JavaScript code which stripped out any commenting, and renamed variables in a hard-to-understand fashion. So it wasn’t impossible to do before, but it was more work than anyone would have likely wanted to go through. The new open source version contains the Google Browser Sync source code that is uncompressed and has all comments in tact.

    Now we just have to keep our fingers crossed that Google won’t pull down the servers needed for the hosting at the end of 2008 like we originally heard. Otherwise any effort spent trying to get the extension to work would be for nothing.

    Thanks to Cory for the tip!

    Copyright © 2014 CyberNetNews.com