Android for Dummies: July 2015

Friday, July 31, 2015

Auto Android and Apple CarPlay in the new Honda Accord – Onet.pl

The company confirmed that next year’s model of the popular sedan, the Japanese giant will be equipped with both technologies. He assured the director of Honda John Mendel, the Japanese giant’s customers want their vehicles in an intelligent way to integrate themselves with smartphones, so the manufacturer intends them to provide, installing in his car both Auto Android and Apple CarPlay.

systems enable full cooperation with popular mobile systems, which, among others, streaming media, access to navigation, and the ability to use different applications. The latter will allow eg. Read the text message or email, as well as dictate the answer, without taking your hands off the steering wheel.

In addition to new systems infotaiment, Honda will also receive a brand new 7-inch touch screen multimedia system, as well as Honda sensing system. It is a technology for improving the safety of passengers using radar and a front video camera. The system provides the driver because many useful features such as Lane Assistant, adaptive cruise control, and collision warning.

In addition to the new multimedia system, Accord will also receive many other facilities, such as remote engine start, heated front and rear seats, rain sensing wipers, parking sensors, etc. to help. The manufacturer also equip the car with an aluminum hood to reduce weight, Sport rims from light alloys as well as front and rear lights with LED technology with LED lights for daytime driving.

Under the Hood while we find the 2.4-liter 4-cylinder i-VTEC unit or a 3.5-liter VTEC V6 engine. The first of these will be combined with a CVT automatic transmission or 6-speed manual, while the V6 will be available with 6-speed automatic transmission or manual transmission.

The new Honda Accord will be at dealerships next month.

Thursday, July 30, 2015

You can now update your Sony Xperia Z3 to Android 5.1 – Tabletowo.pl

Sony in early July announced via Twitter that by the end of this month will provide an update to the latest version of Android, ie. 5.1 Lollipop for Xperia Z3. Until the end of July were only a few dozen hours, so probably some of the users of this smartphone doubted that the promises will be fulfilled. And yet

Update Sony Xperia Z3 to Android 5.1 Lollipop is now available. So far, however, not via OTA (ie without connecting your phone to a computer), and only by PC Companion. So if you want to enjoy the latest version of googlowskiego system, you must use a dedicated computer software to Sony, which the Japanese company announced via Twitter:

Below you can see screenshots showing the appearance of the software after the upgrade:

Shortly Android 5.1 Lollipop also be made available to holders of Sony’s latest smartphone, ie. the Xperia Z3 +.

Source: Sony Mobile Poland

Lava Pixel V1 officially a new member of the family Android One – Interia

Today, July 30 (5:31)

Lava Pixel V1 joined the family of Android smartphones One. What do we know about this device?

Lava Pixel V1

/ press materials

The second half of the year will be marked by extremely hot prime minister. One of the most interesting will be new Samsung – not only the flagship Galaxy Note 5 or S6 Edge Plus, but also smaller mini-S6. read more

Android One means that the phone must be cheap, decently equipped and without additional software manufacturer. Such is the Lava Pixel V1, which joined the devices Karbonn Sparkle V, Micromax Canvas A1 and Spice Dream UNO.

On the technical specification includes: 5.5-inch screen with HD (720 x 1280 pixels), a quad core MediaTek, 2 GB RAM, 32 GB of onboard storage space, the camera 8 megapixels, two slots for SIM grilles and 2650 mAh battery. The entire course runs under the control of Android 5.1 and will be continuously updated.

The smartphone will be sold in India for the equivalent of $ 175.

Article from category: Smartphones

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Android â € “MMS allows wÅ,amaÄ ‡ up ™ to your phone – CCM

It is the greatest security failure in history. It applies to more than 950 million users of smartphones with Android.

Employees Zimperium , engaged in monitoring the safety of mobile technology, drew attention to an error in module stagefright , responsible for the creation and playback Media .

The vulnerability makes it possible to break on someone else’s phone and take over it remote control , by use of the crafted news MMS. You can also do inclining the phone’s owner to plays to the video and even – Copy multimedia files.

The earnestness of the situation adds that the owner of the phone can be completely unconscious danger, nor the fact that his smartphone was installed malware . A hacker can do remotely , without the consent of the holder of the device, taking control of the camera , mic and space Device .

The threat applies to smartphones, which is installed Android Froyo or later versions. Although Android Lollipop contains the security patch that removes this error, but this edition system is currently only on 12% of devices .

Users of other versions of Android – and it is their worldwide almost billion – have therefore cause for concern.

Photo: © Creative Commons – Pixabay: mammel.

Vulnerability in Android. Difficulty can be 95% of the devices – Television Republic

Researchers have found that Android smartphones can be vulnerable to hacker attacks. Google confirms the existence of defects and promises to work to improve the safety of equipment.

Researchers at the Zimperium Mobile Security conducted a trial, which showed that 950 million smartphones may be prone to take control of the devices.

The disadvantage is particularly dangerous, because hackers are able to attack the system in a manner transparent to the owner. To take control of the phone is enough to MMS. The victim may not even know that the device is “infected”.

All through the gap in the library stagefright, responsible for media on androids. Google promises to work on solving the problem and preparing an appropriate upgrade.

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gazeta.pl, recode.net, wprost.pl

Razer will expand its range of resources Ouya Android games – Telix.pl

Razer, a manufacturer of integrated devices and software for gamers, today confirmed the acquisition of the total resources Ouya software, including games catalog and digital sales platform. The technical team and the staff responsible for relations with developers already standing behind the development of Ouya, a pioneering virtual platform, salon entertainment on Android, joined the team responsible for software development and applications Razer. The parties did not disclose financial details of the transaction concluded on June 12 this year.

“ Razer has a long-term vision for the development of the Android TV and the Android-based console TV, such as Xiaomi Mi Box and Alibaba’s Tmall Box, which provided access to Ouya game so far. ” – says co-founder and CEO, Min-Liang Tan. “ Ouya team achievements in the field of cooperation with developers – both AAA and India – account for a large contribution to the development of interactive home entertainment with Android and Razer will continue this work. This transaction aims to enter other developers and their games on the Android platform TV. “

Soon Razer prepare a special offer to our existing holders of Ouya console that enables migration to a more advanced platform Forge TV set Serval controller. The intention of the producer is to enable holders to transfer their Ouya games, controllers, and accounts for Cortex-TV platforms and micro-console Forge TV, allowing you to bring the experience of playing with Android on your TV to the next level. What’s more, Razer also plans significant reductions for Ouya owners who decide to purchase a Razer gaming devices. Migration to the micro-console Forge will also be accompanied by additional gifts, raffles and special promotions.

Razer also informs about its plans to introduce a number of improvements to the console Forge TV, dedicated controllers and software. Updates will be aimed at improving the broadly defined the experience of home entertainment. By increasing investment in development programs and publishing a number of partnership initiatives and technology, the Razer significantly increase the number of games available for the newfound Android platform.

Shop Ouya Store soon reappear under a new name – Cortex Android TV. It was from him Forge TV owners will have access to games and other content.

Although Razer is not expressed interest in Ouya hardware, the manufacturer plans to issue content and games on Android TV under the name of Ouya, as part of a separate project.

“ When it comes to the game, Min knows what he’s doing. ” – says Brian Fargo, designer, manufacturer and developer of video games and Interplay Entertainment founder and inXile Entertainment. “ I’m sure he has brilliant ideas for using the Forge TV all these games and the hard work that he put into the development platform Ouya team. ” – he added.

Resources acquired with the transaction join an open ecosystem Forge TV, which Razer unveiled in the last year. TV Forge is a modern micro-console allows the use of entertainment with Android TV on the big screen and a dedicated gamingowy controller, Razer Serval. Content on TV Forge, accessible from the Google Play provides the same Razer together with numerous partners and independent game developers and publishers.

“ Razer is the perfect place for Ouya and for the team, which has enabled it all. ” – says co-founder and CEO of Ouya, Julie Uhrman. “ They will take Ouya platform in new locations, inspiring developers and uniting gamers across the world.”

Presented in 2013 Ouya platform allows developers to issue of video games for playing on a large screen TV. Ouya store now offers more than 1,000 games, both from established developers of AAA, as well as from debuting artists. Thanks to the initiative Ouya Everywhere, in 2014 Ouya enables the distribution of content to other devices.

Source: Razer

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Razer will expand its digital offer gaming platform resource … – Telix.pl

Shop Ouya Store soon reappear under a new name – Cortex Android TV. It was from him Forge TV owners will have access to games and other content.

Although Razer is not expressed interest in Ouya hardware, the manufacturer plans to issue content and games on Android TV under the name of Ouya, as part of a separate project.

Source: Razer

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

All about Android Wear – Spider’s Web TV # 30 – Spider’s Web

It is true that smart watches are already available on the market for some time, but few people are aware of their existence. Moreover, many people do not know what they would have come in handy this gadget.

So I decided to briefly explain what is an Android Wear, family watches, which cooperates with mobile devices running Android and thus is of interest to the vast majority of smartphone users. Certainly a lot more than Apple’s Watch, which works only with iPhones.

What watch choose? What to avoid? What to look for choosing him? Do Kosinski is so clumsy floury that lit his face? These and other questions will receive answers after watching this episode. Feel free to watch!

Subscribe to our channel on YouTube! Episodes Spider’s Web TV developed in partnership with the company YT360.

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Nvidia Shield from Android TV in Europe in September – PC World

Nvidia launched the sale of console Shield Android TV
at the end of May this year. Unfortunately, only in the United
USA. Meanwhile, the site Fudzilla reports that
Nvidia Shield will appear in Europe already in
September . Unfortunately, information on pricing are not known.
In America the device in the basic version costs 200 dollars, and
model of hard drive capacity of 500 GB priced at the amount of
$ 100 more. So we can guess that in Europe
Prices will amount to around 200 and 300 euros .

The Shield is a game console that Nvidia unveiled on
early March of this year, is one of the first devices in
which implements the new processor “green” – Tegra X1,
which offers the power of more than 1 TeraFLOPS. It is worth noting that
This SoC, which is designed to mobile devices, but
Nvidia has come to the conclusion that the processor can be successfully used in
game console.

Nvidia Shield Pro Disk 500 GB

Technical specifications Shield covers the following
items:

X1 Nvidia Tegra processor with 256-core GPU
Maxwell;

3 GB of RAM;

16 GB of data (optional Disk 500 GB);

microSD memory card reader (with support for cards with a capacity of
up to 128 GB);

Ethernet connector, microUSB 2.0 and HDMI;

Wi-Fi 802.11ac standard, Bluetooth 4.1.

The works on the basis of this system Android TV, which
designed and TVs and snap-ins for TV.

»See also:
Nvidia Tegra processor presents the X1. The first mobile SoC
1 TeraFLOPS performance

_{source: Fudzilla}

Android vulnerable to a simple attack – KopalniaWiedzy

According to the company Zimperium until 95% of smartphones with Android may be susceptible to simple assault carried out by means of a text message with an attached video file. Employees Zimperium reported that the built-in Android stagefright tool that is used to play multimedia files, there is a hole allowing for total gain control over smartphone. Just that the owner receives a malicious message. Attackers can then, among others, to steal the information stored on the smartphone. According to Zimperium gap has not yet been exploited by cybercriminals.

The hole was discovered in April, and announced that it Zimperium Google. Representatives of the group stated that “the majority of Android devices, including all recent devices use multiple technologies impeding attack. Android also uses sandbox that protects user data and other applications on the device.”
Malicious code that uses said the gap is hidden in the video clip. Once the user receives information, stagefright is preparing to restore the clip. Probably the same process of preparation is enough to infect your system and give cybercriminals control over it.

The exact route of attack depends on the platform that you use. When we use the Messenger to infect just read the text attached to the message. Those who benefit from the application Hangout not even have her open to infection took place because Hangout immediately after receiving the message starts to process the video.

The great problem of Android is fragmented, its environment. Google does not have a decisive influence on how the amendment goes into the system. Both handset manufacturers and mobile network operators control the sending of amendments. When the hole is discovered Android, Google can only prepare an amendment and send it. Whether or not you receive it depends from the phone manufacturer or network operator.

Author: Mariusz Błoński

Source: CNET

Android hole attack stagefright

Android vulnerable to simple assault | KopalniaWiedzy.pl – KopalniaWiedzy

Author: Mariusz Błoński

Source: CNET

Android hole attack stagefright

Monday, July 27, 2015

•• Lava Pixel V1 – Android One 2nd generation getting closer | Android … – PC World

Update: u governance announced
officially and it is now available in India in the said
the price of 11349 rupees.

If you believe the rumors, it’s two days – July 29, will be held
official presentation of the smartphone Lava Pixel V1
which is to be one of the first devices based on
Android One of the second generation .

Relative to Android One of the first views is to make the second generation
many improvements. The heart of the smartphone is a 4-core processor
Mediatek MT6582 clocked at 1.3 GHz, which
It is supported by 2 GB of RAM. The image will be
presented at the 5.5-inch screen on
resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels (the original Android smartphones
They have 4.5-inch screens with a meager resolution of FWVGA), which
Dragon Trail coated glass. Lava equipped V1 will Pixel
and a 32 GB of data, cam 5 megapixels (software-8 megapixels)
for video calls and a camera 8 megapixels (programmed 13
Megapixels), two SIM card slots and battery with a capacity of 2650
mAh.

Lava Pixel V1 – one of the first
One of Android smartphones 2nd generation

Lava Pixel V1 is expected to sell for the price of 11349 rupees
Indian, or about 670 gold .

Android One is the platform that Google announced
last year. On its basis are cheap smartphones that
differ substantially only the housing and the finish. Their advantage is
Warranty receive new versions of Android within two years of the
release.

Below the official video.

»See also:
Smartphone – Buyer’s Guide

_{Source: pclab}

Lava Pixel V1 – Android One 2nd generation getting closer – PC World – PC World

Relative to Android One of the first views is to make the second generation
many improvements. The heart of the smartphone is 4-core
Qualcomm Snapdragon clocked at 1.3 GHz which
It will be supported by 2 GB of RAM. The image will be
presented at the 5.5-inch screen on
resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels (the original Android smartphones
They have 4.5-inch screens with a meager resolution of FWVGA), which
Dragon Trail coated glass. Lava equipped V1 will Pixel
and a 32 GB of data, 5 megapixel webcam for video chat and
8 Mpix camera, two SIM card slots and battery on
capacity of 2650 mAh.

Lava
Pixel V1 – one of the first Android smartphones One 2.
Generation

Lava Pixel V1 is expected to sell for the price of 11349 rupees
Indian, or about 670 gold .

»See also:
Smartphone – Buyer’s Guide

_{Source: pclab}

The cult game Half-Life to … watch from the Android Wear – Articles – Chip.pl – CHIP

Bennett, to reach your goal, uses SDLash3D. This tool allows you to emulate the studio Valve games on Android and Android systems Wear. What is interesting, the game runs at such a watch amazingly well. In some moments, what the truth is unplayable, in others, however, achieves 60 frames per second.

Half-Life was released in November 1998. He lived to see the continuation and expansion and players can no longer wait fabled third part of the game. While no one confirmed that the rise in general.

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Half-Life and Android Wear? Playing with PCs on the wrist – PC World … – PC World

SmartWatch is a relatively new category of electronic devices. In the past few years, a number of applications written with a view to smart watch. But who would have thought that on the screen placed on the wrist can run the game, which was created for the powerful personal computers?

Playing smartwatchu certainly should not be a pleasure, especially in the titles written for personal computers. One of these games is Half-Life, which is a first-person shooter. However, there are enthusiasts for whom this is not a hindrance.

Half-Life running on the watch

As you can see on YouTube, Half-Life, you can run on your watch LG G Watch R. It is used for the SDLash that supports older games on the Source engine. Of course the game is not playable, but still impressive miniaturization technology.

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The first SmartWatch has already established many years ago, but only from 2013 year and the launch of Samsung devices in the family Gear bloom can talk about this category of gadgets. Their popularity continues to grow with the release of Android Wear, including the latest release of Apple Watcha.

Half-Life running on clockwork

watches constantly arise more applications. Usually these are utilities that allow you to add a new item to the list, check the calendar reminders, messages in social media or using other electronic devices segment SMARTHOME.

Among the applications for SmartWatch but missing games. Small screen placed on the wrist simply is not a good environment for engaging entertainment applications. This does not mean, however, that enthusiasts do not try to run on watches already written titles.

Source: kotaku.com