Defense lets Android security toolkit development

In order to work safely on Android tablets and smartphone has a special Defense security toolkit developed. Safe means in this case at the departmental level confidential, said the Delft Fox-IT security toolkit that builds. Information is labeled as "Departmental Confidential" as familiarity with the information by non-beneficiaries may cause harm to the interests of one or more ministries.

According to Delft preventer are Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and safety on Departmental Confidential-level hard to combine. "System administrators lack the necessary control and security enforcement is difficult. And with remote wipe or monitoring privacy and security are diametrically opposed."

Android
As a solution based on different security levels. On an approved device ensures the security toolkit for security on the Departmental Confidential level. Also, a uniform layer of protection introduced allowing both storage and communications are secure.

The toolkit is independent of a specific end-user app, allowing rapid and easy to develop new apps would be. The first version of the software for the Android platform, but the underlying security concepts would also apply for other platforms. The toolkit should appear this year.

Droid RAZR: Save the Battery by the application of SMARTACTIONS

Actually I use Smart Actions app for Droid RAZR very easy, but because there are some friends who asked how to use the Smart Actions, let me answer, I addressed this tutorial for my friends who asked a few days ago, sorry I The new bias to answer today:
Actually I use Smart Actions app for the droid RAZR
1) to Apps> Smart Actions

2) create / choose a costume timeframes: press the Menu key> select My Profile> Timeframes
there is a choice: Morning, Evening Weekend, Night and Work

Or can add your own, then press the + icon to add time frames to taste

3) After selecting / making costumes timeframes, press the Back button to return to the Smart Actions.

4) Create a Smart Action: Press the + Add the new rule and select Start from Scratch.
1. Name your heart's content
2. Triggers press the + sign and then select a time frame. Then select the timeframes which the select / created.
3. Triggers press the + sign and then charging. Then select Not Charging
4. Triggers press the + sign and then Display. Choose Off
5. press the + sign on Actions and then GPS. select Off
6. Actions press the + sign again and then Wi-Fi. Choose Off
7. Actions press the + sign again and then Background Sync. Choose Off
8. Actions press the + sign again and then Cellular Data. Choose Off

5) Can select New Rule according to which we want. Just an example and share ..

Note: The timeframes for the set time. For example, at certain hours smartaction will turn off some of the hardware that makes wasteful baterey, such as WiFi, internet data, etc.. If I use the timeframes to air plane mode at night (23:00 to 05:00).
means at the Droid RAZR will automatically to air plane mode, and returned to normal at 5:01 am

Instagram 3.0: rick your photo to map

The latest version of Instagram let your photographs to stick on a map. Clear, but possible consequences for privacy lurk.

Instagram 3.0, which is now available for Android and iOS, has both improved by the new Photo Maps feature.

This allows users to add geo tagged photos to a map, making them easy to browse their collection on location. These tags are added if you take a picture with your GPS enabled and permission to add location data.

Photo Maps is intended for personal convenience, but it is also possible to use the card to share with other users. Who's afraid of possible privacy violations do not have to worry about Instagram. If the function for the first time, get clear warnings in the picture and it's easy to take pictures of the card account.

"All the photos that a user has with a geographic tag are already publicly available through the app or the programming interface (API)," said Instagram founder Kevin Systrom. He emphasizes that privacy is paramount to the map function and only provides a new way to visually browse photo collections.

Tight control
Photo Maps for each new image must be individually turned on to prevent accidental pictures appear on the map. In addition, Instagram made it easy to take pictures quickly to remove the overview, the photos in your collection and keep only the location data will be erased. It is then only possible to not more than that to be added later.

Although Instagram not have chosen a full opt-in, where you must indicate so by hand if you want to use it anyway Photo Maps, it has not the Facebook route chosen. The social network has a handful of new features for everyone to turn on automatically and then to the user to let them back off (opt-out).

Instagram is now in the hands of Facebook and although Systrom opposite Wired emphasized that the companies have a separate privacy policies, this may change in the future.

Hurry
Last Thursday it was announced that Facebook is a little known California law would apply to its acquisition of the photo department as soon as possible to finalize.
Since its IPO, the share of networking in a downward spiral hit and need all the help its attractiveness to advertisers to increase.

Although Facebook has said it will integrate Instagram not blindly, but once the acquisition is completed, it is still not clear what the business or will do.

Humble Bundle for Android 3 provides a five-game cheap

The Humble Bundle Inc. has wrapped up the third package for Android. The bundle includes a maximum of five games that can be played loud Humble Bundle on Linux, Mac OS X and MS Windows.

As usual with the Humble bundles, the buyers decide how much they are worth the games. The Humble Bundle for Android 3, the game Field runners, BIT.TRIP BEAT, SpaceChem and uplink included. To pay buyers who are willing to pay more than the average price obtained from currently about $ 6.10, also received the Spirit game. You may also choose this time, as is her Amount paid between developers, nonprofit organizations, Child's Play charity and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the "Humble Tip" split.

A Field runner by Subatomic Studios is a strategy game in which the enemy must be prevented to cross a battlefield. The enemy can be defeated with fire, ice, laser beams and electric shock. BIT.TRIP BEAT Gaijin Games of a rhythm game for up to four players, the floors need to avoid is and produce music. Who will hit disturbs the rhythm.

Zach Tronics Industries manages his game slip at SpaceChem in which players assume the role of a nuclear engineer. Your task is to build complex reactors that convert raw atoms in chemicals and ensure the survival in space colonies. Uplink from Introversion Software requires players to break into computer systems to capture confidential information. The bonus game Spirits Company Spaces of Play plays in the fall. Players help the spirits of the fallen leaves will find their way home. All they need to bring ghosts to build stairs to change directions of the wind, and spirit to lead others to sacrifice themselves to save many.

The games are all in the apk format and require prior Android 2.1, 2.2 and 3.0. Uplink and SpaceChem only run on Android Tablets. The Humble Bundle for Android 3 is still up to 29 Available in August. Purchased separately would cost the games offered together USD 52.

Android apps easier and faster to update

Google has the new update method for apps in the new version of the Play Store activated. The new method called Smart Google Apps and this was all during Google I / O developer conference, Google, announced in June. The difference is that only the difference between the new and the old app is downloaded.

Google turns on the so-called incremental update principle, known as Delta. If you have installed an app on your Android smartphone and you should upgrade to a new version. Dan was formerly the full app again downloaded and installed. That's over now, when a developer makes available an update in the Play Store, Google will see the difference between the two apps in code and here is a special update file. This you do then only the difference between the two apps to download and install.

The new update feature makes for smaller apps, of course not a very big difference. But for example in games of 30MB or more when only a few lines of code have been adapted to a bug to solve such an update can suddenly less than 1 MB, while otherwise the whole app to be downloaded again.

Eventually the user will save a lot of traffic along and there is less power required for the updates, which is good for the battery.

Another new feature in this Play Store is that you can now redeem for gift cards to a credit for buying apps.

Fujitsu Stylistic M532: New Tablet with Android

Fujitsu is mainly known from the Windows notebooks and tablets. With the M532, Fujitsu Stylistic now an Android tablet. Fujitsu focuses this tablet at the business user and the consumer who byod tablet device (bring your own device) also for the work to use.

The desire to tablets not only for private purposes but also for the work to be used increasingly. What could be easier than a stack of documents on a tablet to carry around than that with a cargo of paper around. Where the role of Fujitsu with this tablet in.

The Stylistyc M532 is great. He has a beautiful and slim design. The tablet is 8.6 mm with a thickness of the thinnest tablets and weighing only 560 grams. The 3G module is standard for the use of the mobile data netework. Due to the rough-surfaced coating on the back of the tablet is very pleasant in the hand. Also highly appreciated is that the charger with a flexible cable to the docking connector is connected. The required cable length 1.5 m with you not to sit near the outlet.

The 10.1 inch screen is a high quality IPS screen. Brightness, color reproduction and viewing angles are excellent and the sharpness of the image is 1280 x 800 pixels with very well.

As often in this tablet also play all popular video formats by default off. Some only without sound. This is to overcome with additional codec’s. The sound quality from stereo speakers, the dimensions taken into account properly. The 8MP camera delivers good image quality for a tablet. Both with and without flash or video recording. The webcam shows for purpose little to be desired.

The performances of the 3-quadcore Tegra processor at 1.4 GHz are excellent and consistent with other similar tablets Tegra 3-speed. The battery life is to 8.4 hours and that seems to us not too intensive use feasible.

We find this tablet as Android 4.0.3, it does a great job. For the price you also some business you do have the necessary business software. There are apps installed for the virtual work with Citric and VMware, ITAB for remote desktop use. Norton Internet Security comes with one year upgrades. A security against loss or theft with Comp trace. Think Free Office is responsible for the productivity and Touchdown for Exchange connectivity.

Android 4.1 Jellybean for Galaxy S3 leaked

Samsung has a test firmware for the Galaxy S3 published. The firmware is based on Android 4.1.1 Jellybean and is in the pre-release status. The build was compiled on July 31.

Visible changes include a new clock in the notification bar, of course, Google Now, a few new wallpapers and a live "palm swipe a screenshot which you can make. The Samsung fan site normal advises users to wait for the official update, since in this version are some bugs.

In addition, the site reports that the Galaxy S 2 and Galaxy Note also an update to Jellybean. Under current planning, which updates should be distributed in September or October. That would mean that both smartphone get their second major update: from 2.3 Gingerbread to 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and now to 4.1 Jellybean.