Google Released Android 5.0 Lollipop

After a long period of preview, Google has declared finally the launch of the latest model of Android 5.0 that will be called as Lollipop.

Accessibility in different devices-

This Android 5.0 Lollipop is appearing on 3 innovative handsets of Nexus, for example

•  Nexus 6 Smartphone 
•  Nexus 9 tablet 
•  Nexus Player streaming device

Later, they will also be accessible on Nexus 4, 5, 7 and10,

To make all the things more improved, Android 5.0 is now headed to some Motorola Smartphone, like Moto X, Moto E or G and so on. However, Motorola has not even said, particularly when the upgrade would be obtainable for those handsets, but it has just confirmed its proposals to do such thing. Now with Google's Lollipop, surely more manufacturers are coming ahead with their own announcement.

Features of Lollipop-


The most noticeable new characteristics of Lollipop come in the shape of visual developments and user interface alterations that Google has called as Material Design. This feature has new, more graceful animations, a clear pattern with a bright color palette and a multi-tasking menu. It also provides new means to interrelate with your voice. Most of the latest Material Design qualities can be observed in the current modifications that Google has launched for its own Android applications for example Google+. This Material Design scheme is meant to combine the software's appearance and feel across a range of aspects, whether it is a tablet or a Smartphone or anything else.

Besides a visual modification, Lollipop brings more than 5,000 fresh APIs for manufacturers to tap into and allows multiple various Android devices with a variety of form factors act better together. In this context, Google states that entertaining things for example music, images, apps, and new searches can be effortlessly coordinated across different Android mobiles.

Lollipop moreover comprises new notification system to control alerts during any meeting or other important time, a new type of battery saver method that can save extra 90 minutes of time between charges, user accounts, methods of guest user, and innovative ways to protect your device through a reliable Bluetooth system. Lollipop will furthermore embrace a defense against resetting the mobile to factory defaults that is intended to make it complicated for mobile thieves to utilize a stolen device. Most of these characteristics have been executed by different Android device producers on their Smartphone as well as tablets for some time. However, Google is currently making certain they are part of the basic Android experience.

Android 5.0 Lollipop is really a big release from Google. This is the most vital visual update to Android device since the launch of 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in 2011, and it makes the basis for Android to develop as a platform out of the Smartphone and the tabs. Now Google is much clearly trying to make Android as software for the upcoming days, and it wishes Android to be on all the connected devices. And Lollipop is the foremost step to get there.

Crazy about selfies? HTC Gives you a Grand Opportunity

The Taiwanese company HTC has now given a thought to the camera of the smartphones they are producing as because they are well aware of the craze in selfies among the public. And if you are one among them, then it is good news for you too. The Taiwanese company is trying to build the camera in a way that the pictures come out clearer almost in an HD form so that you are quite satisfied with the results. For that reason, the companies are trying to inculcate the following features in the cameras of the Smartphones.

Features that HTC is trying to fit in

• The HTC Desire Eye has managed to bring a 13mega pixel camera and a dual LED flash above the screen where the phone’s speaker is placed. This will give the extra advantage of increased clarity so that the customers are totally satisfied with the picture quality that they are getting. It is one of the highest resolution front facing camera that has been launched so far. 
• HTC wants to cover the differences between the front facing and the rear-facing camera so that the selfies are as clear and good as the normal other pictures are. And since people are more fond of selfies, this feature will indeed turn out to be one of the most popular of the lot. 
• HTC has beaten others in the field as to where camera is concerned. With a front camera with strong resolution, it has almost made a great leap in the arena of technology. 
•  This camera is fully complete with auto focus and 1080p video recording too which means that if you have a party going on at your background, you can record the whole of it without having to exclude yourself from the scene which is a pretty interesting fact as well. 
•  The dual LED flash is the one, which is responsible for the clarity of the picture. So even if you are in a dark zone, you can always get your picture clear. And yes, the flash has been designed so that the picture appears as if taken from a normal light mode so that the picture does not carry a ghostly white appearance of you, or you do not look pale in it. 
• The Desire Eye has truly been a smart move for all the selfie lovers and those who are not that much addictive to them will soon be obsessed with selfies if they get hold of this gadget just for once. Now it is just a matter of time to see whether the customers are really happy with this new move or not. 
• Desire Eye is giving all these features at much cheaper rates than other smartphones. Though these specifications sound costly, yet they are not so. At least not when HTC is the launching company. Not only the price, but also the quality of the specifications is what makes this phone unique.

NASA Is Preparing Mars Spacecraft For A Close Clash With The Comet

Comet Siding Spring which was discovered on January 2012, is expected to fly pass just 87,000 miles away which is 140,000 km wawy from Mars. This distance is merely half the distance between the Moon and Earth. This is expected to happen on the 13th of October. According to the NASA scientists, this is the first time any comet has passed nearly 10 times close to Earth. On Thursday, NASA announced in a conference, that they have already prepared themselves for the extremely rare and close encounter by the passing comet. This is will be done from the outer boundary of the solar system.

According to Padma Yanamandra-Fisher, Senior research scientist from Space Science Institute in Rancho Cucamonga, California, it is really hard to plan any mission for Oort Cloud comets, as they are not so sure about the behavior of that particular comet as well as the origin point of the comet. This comet is a very rare and special visitor from the far-away Oort Cloud.

The Oort cloud is a collection of the frozen remnants which were formed during the formation of the solar system. Comet Siding Spring which is supposed to be a first-time visitor in the inner part of the solar system was gravitationally thrown out of the solar system nearly a million years ago by a passing star. The comet is believed to be maintaining a distance from the Sun, similar to that of Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and even Neptune.

This first time movement of the comet has been named as water-ice line. During the initial stages, NASA was very much concerned with the fact that the dusty tail of the comet might interfere and become a threat to the spacecrafts orbiting around in the solar system as it passes by Mars.

During the latest assessments, the threat has been confirmed as much as 90% and based on these assessments, NASA has already made changes to the orbits of the satellites to ensure that they are behind the planet when the comet passes by.

According to Rich Zurek, a NASA Mars scientist and also working with Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, during this event, there are high chances that the remnant cloud might be very close to Mars and there are other chances of the comet completely missing Mars and will not leave any kind of particles. NASA’s current curiosity and the perfect opportunity is being protected by the fact that the atmosphere on Mars is very thin compared to Earth. NASA is very curious about this comet as it might lead to triggering of meteor showers.

Apart from India and the European Space Agency spacecraft orbiting the planet, NASA has two rovers apart from their three operational orbiters which are currently orbiting Mars. All of this probe is part of the study, which is based on a grand science campaign focusing on the comet during its contact time. NASA scientists are curious to learn about the impacts of the planet’s gravitational force on the comet and how the comet will be impacting the Mars atmosphere.

Importance of the Google Chromebooks for Work in the Business Field

Google decides to launch a new feature that is recognized as the Chromebooks for work. It would include the advanced options that would help the users with the better performance. The features provide the increased security system that would enable the businesspersons to manage the system without facing any intricacies.

You can obtain the single sign-on facility here that aids you to maintain the systematic procedure along with the better output at the work place. Also, he employees can experience the suitable environment that inspires them to perform well. The Chromebook uses the Security Assertion Mark Up Language in short the SAML that restricts the space for the unauthorized users.

Other Technical Opportunities

You can even recognize the Wi-Fi connectivity that enables your business to set up a strong network. It gives you online access using which you can develop the overall business infrastructure. Here, the consumers would also need the authenticated licenses to enter the platform. The wireless networks allow you to maintain the overall condition along with the optimistic features for your business.

In this way, your business can attain the smart outlook accumulating the advanced approaches. Alongside, the signed-in employees can explore other manifold options and even the administrator can control the complete system. The administrator need to use the Admin console option using which they can view the entire status of the employees. So, it eliminates any sort of malfunction and sustains the suitable work environment increasing the business opportunities.

The Suitable Graphics Option

Moreover, the system consist the comprehensive graphics that you can easily understand. It represents the feasible 3D applications along with a suitable display on the Chromebooks. The advanced desktop settings also allow you to carry out the procedure efficiently at your ease. You can explore the options such as the Google Cloud print along with the effective visual opportunities.

In addition, the secured SSL connections increase the overall security measures. It improve the status of the entire system helping the users as well as the administrators. Also, it does not involve any large investment due to which you can easily incorporate the suitable option for your business. Currently, the new price range is available in US and Canada where the businesses can experience the outputs. So, you can recognize the improved business results using the particular technical apparatus from Google.

Have a Detailed Communication with the Technical Expert

After you decide to implement the suitable features, once consult with a technical person knowing the detailed opportunities that you would receive. Make sure that you obtain the customized attributes that would take your business to a different level.

Gradually, your business would accumulate the advanced technical facets that would enable the users to maintain a clean profile. Also, it would save the time and effort, as it completely maintains the automated system. You can even browse the reviews where you can gain ample information. It would help you to understand the usability of the system. While installing the system make sure that you handle the entire technology efficiently along with the suitable performance.

Windseeker – A Malicious App

A malicious app dubbed Windseeker has been detected by security experts at Lacoon Mobile Security that utilizes a rare injection in hooking techniques to spy on the users. It is one of those dangerous Android apps which have drawn the attention of experts at the Lacoon Mobile security and the main features of the app are its injection and techniques to spy on mobile users. The techniques are very rare in mobile ecosystem wherein Windseeker operated on rooted Android devices enables attackers to probe on popular instant messaging apps in China, WeChat and QQ.

Lacoon noticed Windseeker in third party app marketplace though an attacker would need physical access to the device to get installed and to register the app. In a recent interview with SC Magazine, Avi Bashan, CISO at Lacoon Mobile Security states that the app’s injection and hooking techniques are a focal point of the threat wherein the techniques has two sections.

The first being the injection that occur on the native file which uses ptrace procedure and is also used to inject a second file to target instant messaging app while in the second section, the injected native file loads a java file which enables to monitor the activity of the messaging app through the API hooking.

Threat – Cause for Worry

This discovery is a cause for worry and Bashan explains that these types of treat could be utilized in spying data of any kind of application. In his blog he has also mentioned about the threat that it was `important to understand that this type of threat could be implemented anywhere’. Bashan further states that `hooking over an API code would mean that each time the app calls to the API, instead of going directly to the system, the data is intercepted by the attacker and when it is on the device, it is called “hooking” and when it is over the network it is known as a man-in-the-middle attack which PC malware has been doing it for years. Bashan has also highlighted in his blog post that the hooking techniques does not seem to be a common attack method in the mobile field.

How Does the Windseeker Functions

Initially the Windseeker checks if the device is rooted since it is essential for the app to run and if rooted, it performs the following process:

• Creates a process monitoring thread which is used to identify if IM apps such as WeChat or QQ are active. 
• Request the user to register with its management server through SMS 
• It injects a malicious code which in fact is the hooking process that enables the Windseeker to spy on WeChat and QQ 
• It directs the monitored data back to the threat actor’s controlled server where the details from the IM chat could be viewed conveniently from a web interface.

The target gets the opportunity of viewing the Windseeker app that is installed but will be unaware of its capabilities of monitoring their instant messaging chats. According to Bashan, till now commercial mobile surveillance apps sought an app’s data through a file system or a memory dump and the hooking techniques indicates a new step in the evolution of threat in mobile resembling the way PC based malware evolved all through the years.

Steps to be taken for Protection - 

• Avoid rooting the device since it exposes the device to these kinds of threats. 
• Avoid installing application from unreliable application marketplaces or unknown sources. 
• Ensure to review your list of installed applications frequently to see if there is anything that is unfamiliar.