Skype will not run on these Android and Windows smartphones

Microsoft-owned Skype has announced that its transition from P2P to cloud is nearing completion. And so the company will be dropping support for some older versions of Android and Windows phones. The deadline set is October 2016. To run the latest version of Skype for Android (Skype 6.2 and higher), users will need to have […]

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10 million Androids infected by Chinese malware: Report

More than 10 million Android devices around the world have been infected with malware linked to China, according to a CNET report. CNET, citing an analysis from cybersecurity software maker Check Point, wrote that the “HummingBad” malware was developed by a team linked to an otherwise legitimate Beijing-based firm called Yingmob. The malware installs a […]

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Google need you to help name its new ‘Android N’ OS

Google wants your help naming Android N. It’s launched a website that’ll let anyone suggest names for N, and Google says it’ll search through them to pick out a final name. Does that mean it could choose something aside from a dessert? Who knows. Google didn’t really go into detail about what the selection process […]

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Microsoft acquires Swiftkey app

MICROSOFT has officially revealed that it has acquired the popular third-party app Swiftkey. The amount of the deal is not disclosed, but as per a report by Financial Times it amounts to $250 million. The Swiftkey keyboard app was launched in 2008 and is installed on 300 million mobile devices and has support for 89 […]

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