Facebook is reportedly testing a Truecaller like app called ‘Phone’, which shows information about who is calling, and automatically blocks blacklisted numbers, according to a report.
Android Police says that several Android users have spotted the feature inside the Facebook Android app. Facebook describes the app as, “Phone is a new app that shows you info about who’s calling and automatically blocks calls from commonly blocked numbers.”
The update is titled “Try Phone [FB-ONLY],” hinting that the feature was meant to be tested internally by Facebook’s employees only, but has been accidently unveiled to a handful of Facebook Android users.
The app is very similar to called ID app ‘Truecaller’ which also identifies callers identity, has a reverse-lookup feature and also has a phone dialer app. Facebook already has a large database of its users’ phone numbers, so it will be easy for the social networking site to collate the information.
The report states, “Phone will block calls from commonly blocked numbers and show you detailed information about incoming calls, a lot like the Whitepages Caller ID app. Presumably, Facebook will also be anonymising your incoming call data for marketing and research purposes, because why else would they want to release an app like this?”.
Facebook Messenger already has calling capabilities and Facebook has also launched the feature on WhatsApp. The dedicated ‘Phone’ app will help keep the functionality inside the main app, a strategy Facebook has been increasingly pursuing.
Recently Facebook introduced the ability to send and receive money through its messengers app. To use the new feature users have to link their Visa or MasterCard debit card to their messenger app and simply click on the dollar icon. Facebook has stated that it is not planning to monetise the feature as of now.
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Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Chandigarh are the top malicious cities in the country says the latest F-Secure Labs’ report on ‘The state of Internet in India’.
F-Secure Labs’ latest report affirms rise of malware infections in the country. According to F-Secure Labs’ ‘The state of Internet in India’ Report, Delhi suffered the maximum malware infections in 2014.
The report further says the top malware infection in India is still Botnet related. Hackers manage to own your PC’s and use them for spamming, DDOS (Type of Denial of Service (DoS) attack) or other malicious activity to make substantial amount of money.
The report also states that banking related malware has been consistently topping the chart in India. The ‘Ramnit’ malware steals bank user names and passwords and it mostly spreads through USB removable drives. Furthermore, PC’s in India are moving away from Windows XP. What was also observed was the decline in Downadup/Conficker infection over the past 3 years in India.
Sality, Ramnit, Trogan.LNK.Gen, Trogan.Script and Virtob are the top 5 malicious family detections; and Delhi (20%), Hyderabad (9%), Chennai (9%) and Chandigarh (7%) were the top malicious cities in 2014.
On the mobile front, premium rate SMS is still the No.1 reason behind a high number of SMS-related malware in the Android platform in India. This is in line with what the CERT-In (Computer Emergency Response Team of India) found in December of 2014. The mobile malwares are capable of collecting API key, Application ID, Carrier, Device manufacturer, Device model, GPS location, International Mobile, Equipment Identity (IMEI) number, Network operator, Package name and SDK version from your device. Mumbai, Delhi, Chandigarh, Chennai and Gurgaon have emerged as the top mobile infected cities in 2014.
Commenting during a press meets to announce these findings, Pekka Usva, VP, Corporate Security, F-Secure, said, “Malware trends and the state of mobile threat landscape places cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Chennai straight as the focal point of the attackers. Despite the decline of Downadup/Conficker, infections like Sality, Ramnit and Virtob have continue to mark their presence in the Indian threat landscape over the period of last 3 years. 2014 has highlighted many threats and F-Secure has timely highlighted them to keep its existing and prospective users safe. We will continue with our constant effort to secure you and ensure you switch on freedom.”
WhatsApp is rolling out the voice calling feature to all Androidusers. WhatsApp, the most popular messaging app in the world with Over 700 million monthlyusers, recently introduced this feature and initially it was available to only a handful of users. However, since then WhatsApp is making free voice calling available to all Android users.
If you are not on Android you’ll have to wait a while to get this feature. But if you use Android, and haven’t yet activated voice calling on WhatsApp, you can follow this procedure. If these steps don’t work, it’s possible WhatsApp has temporarily paused the rollout, and you should try again after some time.
If you are ready to activate WhatsApp free voice calling, remember the process isn’t as simple as updating WhatsApp to start using these features. It involves a couple more steps that you need to follow. We’ve described these below, so take a look to enable voice calling on WhatsApp for Android.
Download the latest version of WhatsApp for Android from here. The latest version on WhatsApp’s website is 2.12.14, but if you’re downloading from Google Play, ensure that your device has version 2.11.561. Older versions don’t support this feature for all users.
Once you have the latest version of WhatsApp installed on your Android phone, ask someone who has WhatsApp calling enabled to make a WhatsApp call to your number.
Multiple users have reported that giving a missed call doesn’t work. You’ll have to receive the call and wait for a few seconds before disconnecting to activate WhatsApp voice calling.
When the feature is enabled on your smartphone, you’ll see a new three-tab layout on WhatsApp, one each for Calls, Chats and Contacts.Have you used WhatsApp calling on Android? Does the feature work well? Let us know via the comments.
Microsoft announced Windows 10 and it focused on making a strong step towards its goal of One Microsoft by looking forward to connect all the Windows devices more effortlessly. Microsoft made lots of announcements and surprised the people with its venture into the virtual reality with its HoloLens glass.
Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1/8 users for the first year.
Windows 10 will be launched in late 2015.
New build of Windows 10 will arrive next week and for Windows Phone, it’ll arrive in February.
Windows 10 was the major feature of the event. Let’s take a look at the most important Windows 10 features and announcements related to Microsoft’s OS:
Return of the Start Menu:
Microsoft tried hard to make a single operating system for desktop PCs and touch devices with Windows 8 but the absence of the classic start menu wasn’t welcomed. With Windows 10, Microsoft has brought the start menu back. The start menu has undergone drastic visual change and it expands to a full-screen view.
As I’ve written in earlier posts, Microsoft has designed a special feature called Continuum for the convertible devices. There is an action center which provides fast access to settings like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth etc.
Cortana meets PC:
Microsoft has brought the power of voice search assistance to the Desktop.Cortana has got her ownplace very next to the start button on the taskbar and can perform basic tricks as seen in Windows Phone.
Cortana can be used via voice queries or text. At the event, Microsoft showed off some handy commands like “Play my music” to launch the music app and “Please be quiet” to silence the music. Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore showed off the power of Cortana by asking few more questions and it worked pretty well.
Spartan Browser is a reality:
Brand-new Spartan browserwill be arriving both on PCs and Windows Phone. Microsoft has decided to launch a cleaner web-browser with new features in Windows 10.
As I’ve written in earlier posts, Spartan has some of the most advanced features ever for a web browser. These features include web-page annotation, brand new way to group tabs together etc.
Cloud is more prominent with OneDrive:
Microsoft wants to make OneDrive a larger contributor when it comes to Windows 10. It will be used for syncing data like music and photos.
Xbox meets PC:
Microsoft has decided to launch the Xbox app for each kind of device running on Windows 10. Microsoft has a prominent presence in the gaming market and it is looking forward to make PC gaming Network Windows Live more playable.
With Xbox app, users will be able to stream games from Xbox One on Pc and this is definitely an exciting addition.
Windows 10 for phones:
Unifying the devices of all shapes and sizes, Microsoft’s Windows 10 will come for phones too. There is a special version of the OS which made of the devices smaller than 8 inches. The notifications and information will be syncing in real-time between the desktop and mobile device.
Universal apps:
Microsoft announced that universal apps will be coming to the Windows ecosystem.
With Windows RunTime coming to Windows Phone 8.1, developers can now write the app using a common code and it’ll work across phones, tablets, PCs and even the Xbox One.
With the universal apps, Windows 10 can fulfil the dearth of apps because mobile and desktops will be able to support each other.
Microsoft has made some bold and risky moves in the announcement and is trying to leave the failures of Windows 8 and Windows Phone behind. It showed believe in cloud and the goal to achieve a unified operating system for all devices. To ensure its success, Microsoft will have to show the customers the superiority of Windows 10 over Windows 8.
Here we have in no particular order the top Android apps for hacking using an android smartphone.
1. SpoofApp:- SpoofApp is a Caller ID Spoofing, Voice Changing and Call Recording mobile app for your iPhone, BlackBerry and Android phone. It’s a decent mobile app to help protect your privacy on the phone. However, it has been banned from the Play Store for allegedly being in conflict with The Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009.
2. Andosid:- The DOS tool for Android Phones allows security professionals to simulate a DOS attack (an http post flood attack to be exact) and of course a dDOS on a web server, from mobile phones.
3.Faceniff:- Allows you to sniff and intercept web session profiles over the WiFi that your mobile is connected to. It is possible to hijack sessions only when WiFi is not using EAP, but it should work over any private networks.
4.Nmapper:- (Network Mapper) is a security scanner originally written by Gordon Lyon used to discover hosts and services on a computer network, thus creating a “map” of the network. To accomplish its goal, Nmapper sends specially crafted packets to the target host and then analyses the responses.
5. Anti-Android Network Toolkit:- zANTI is a comprehensive network diagnostics toolkit that enables complex audits and penetration tests at the push of a button. It provides cloud-based reporting that walks you through simple guidelines to ensure network safety.
6. SSHDroid:- SSHDroid is a SSH server implementation for Android. This application will let you connect to your device from a PC and execute commands (like “terminal” and “adb shell”) or edit files (through SFTP, WinSCP, Cyberduck, etc).
7. WiFi Analyser:- Turns your android phone into a Wi-Fi analyser. Shows the Wi-Fi channels around you. Helps you to find a less crowded channel for your wireless router.
8. Network Discovery:- Discover hosts and scan their ports in your Wifi network. A great tool for testing your network security.
9. ConnectBot:- ConnectBot is a powerful open-source Secure Shell (SSH) client. It can manage simultaneous SSH sessions, create secure tunnels, and copy/paste between other applications. This client allows you to connect to Secure Shell servers that typically run on UNIX-based servers.
10. dSploit:-Android network analysis and penetration suite offering the most complete and advanced professional toolkit to perform network security assesments on a mobile device.
11. Hackode:- The hacker’s Toolbox is an application for penetration tester, Ethical hackers, IT administrator and Cyber security professional to perform different tasks like reconnaissance, scanning performing exploits etc.
12.Androrat:- Remote Administration Tool for Android. Androrat is a client/server application developed in Java Android for the client side and in Java/Swing for the Server.
13.APKInspector:- APKinspector is a powerful GUI tool for analysts to analyse the Android applications. The goal of this project is to aide analysts and reverse engineers to visualize compiled Android packages and their corresponding DEX code.
14.DroidBox:- DroidBox is developed to offer dynamic analysis of Android applications.
15.Burp Suite:- Burp Suite is an integrated platform for performing security testing of web applications. Its various tools work seamlessly together to support the entire testing process, from initial mapping and analysis of an application’s attack surface, through to finding and exploiting security vulnerabilities.
16. Droid Sheep:- DroidSheep can be easily used by anybody who has an Android device and only the provider of the web service can protect the users. So Anybody can test the security of his account by himself and can decide whether to keep on using the web service.
17. AppUse:– Android Pentest Platform Unified Standalone Environment:- AppSec Labs recently developed the AppUse Virtual Machine. This system is a unique, free, platform for mobile application security testing in the android environment, and it includes unique custom-made tools created by AppSec Labs.
18. Shark for Root:- Traffic sniffer, works on 3G and WiFi (works on FroYo tethered mode too). To open dump use WireShark or similar software, for preview dump on phone use Shark Reader. Based on tcpdump.
19. Fing:- Find out which devices are connected to your Wi-Fi network, in just a few seconds.
Fast and accurate, Fing is a professional App for network analysis. A simple and intuitive interface helps you evaluate security levels, detect intruders and resolve network issues.
20.Drozer:- drozer enables you to search for security vulnerabilities in apps and devices by assuming the role of an app and interacting with the Dalvik VM, other apps’ IPC endpoints and the underlying OS. drozer provides tools to help you use and share public Android exploits. It helps you to deploy a drozer agent by using weasel – MWR’s advanced exploitation payload.
21. WifiKill:– Second app, developed also by B.Ponury is an app which can kill connections and kick site-hoggers from the site. This app definitely kick then net user from the site so he cannot use it anymore. The app also offers the list of viewed sites by the hogger.
22. DroidSniff:– Similar to DroidSheep but with a newer and nicer interface is DroidSniff – sniffing app not only for Facebook. This app shows you what is the hogger looking for and then you can “take” his control, steal the cookies and rock’n’roll. Works perfectly.
23. Network Spoofer:– The last app, called NetWork Spoofer is very similar to dSploit but it’s more easier to use. Only hitch is that you need to have at least 500MB of free data. It offers you a lot of troll features – change Google searches, flip images, redirect websites, swap YouTube videos and others.
24. Droid SQLI:- allows you to test your MySQL based web application against SQL injection attacks. DroidSQLi supports the following injection techniques: Time based injection, blind injection, error based injection, normal injection.
25. sqlmapchik:- is a cross-platform sqlmap GUI for the extremely popular sqlmap tool
Samsung has launched its flagship Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge smartphones in India, within three weeks of the global launch, as the Korean electronics giant looks to compete with rival Apple’s iPhone6.
The company said it will also manufacture the sixth edition of the flagship devices at its Noida facility in the first half of the year.
“India is among the select 20 countries for the first phase of launch of Galaxy S6 and S6 edge. The Indian R&D team has made a valuable contribution in making these smartphones… We also plan to begin manufacturing these devices in India in the first half of this year,” Samsung India vice president marketing (mobile and IT) Asim Warsi told PTI.
He added that India-manufactured devices will be primarily targeted at the domestic consumption.
Warsi said the pre-booking for the devices is open from today and would be up for sale from April 10.
Samsung, which is the world’s as well as India’s largest smartphone player, had unveiled the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this month.
The company’s facility at Noida has a capacity of producing over four million mobile phones a month and manufactures both affordable and high-end devices.
The Galaxy S6 will be offered in three storage options — 32 GB (Rs 49,900), 64 GB (Rs 55,900) and 128 GB (Rs 61,900).
The Samsung Galaxy S6 edge is priced at Rs 58,900 (32 GB), Rs 64,900 (64GB), and Rs 70,900 (128 GB).
In the past years, Samsung’s global competitor Apple has made inroads in the Indian smartphone market. Its latest offering — the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus — were launched in India in October 2014 with prices starting at Rs 53,500.
The high-end model was available for Rs 80,500 at the time of launch. Both iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are available in 16GB, 64GB and 128GB versions.
Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge will compete in the premium category, which accounts for less than a percent of sales in volume terms but about 20% in value terms.
According to IDC, about 22.5 million smartphones were shipped in India in the October-December 2014 quarter with Samsung accounting for 22% share.
The Indian market, which is driven primarily by affordable devices, saw domestic firms like Micromax and Intex following in the tally with 18% and 8% share, respectively in the reported quarter.
The S6 and S6 edge feature 5.1-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED screens, have the world’s first 14 nano meter mobile processor with 64-bit platform, 16MP rear and 5MP front cameras and 2,550 mAh battery (2,600 mAh in S6 edge).
Google may soon come up with a new Android feature that would help smartphone users get rid of the hassle of unlocking their phones dozens of times a day when it’s simply unnecessary.
The tech giant is working on a feature, known as ‘on-body detection’, that would make sure that a smartphone remained unlocked while the user had it on person, which could possibly solve the problem of unlocking it multiple times.
Some Android Police readers, who posted its screenshots to the site, recently spotted the new feature and explained that it would disable the lock screen once in the user’s hand, pocket or purse and revert it back to the lock as soon as it was placed onto some other surface, The Verge reported.
The security option has been joined by other useful security options like trusted places, trusted devices, and trusted faces which might appeal some users.
However, the feature would not be able to identify the user and the smartphone would most likely remain unlocked even if it was with someone else or a pickpocket, since it uses the device’s accelerometer to determine its continual move.
Ever find yourself talking about a tech brand and suddenly realizing you have no idea how it’s pronounced? It happens to me all the time — and I write about this stuff for a living. (Hey, writing and talking are two very different things.)
Sometimes it’s the result of a lost-in-translation effect — a tech brand that might have worked in the company’s native country but doesn’t quite make sense to our English-tuned brains. Other times, it’s the result of a silly name that’d seem strange no matter where you saw it.
So how many names have you been saying wrong? Time to find out. Here are 20 of the most confusing tech brands — and how they’re meant to be said.
1. Huawei
This Chinese phone-maker may take the cake for most butchered name in technology. In fact, so many people are baffled by the brand that the company actually thought about changing it for the American market — despite having a well-established reputation elsewhere in the world.
Counter to popular belief, Huawei isn’t “HOO-uh-way” or “wuh-WEE.” It’s “WAH-way.”
No way? Yes way:
2. Xiaomi
Most Americans first heard of Xiaomi when tech celeb Hugo Barra — who’d been a Google VP in charge of Android product management — announced he was leaving Google to join itsranks last year. And most Americans have been struggling to say the company’s name ever since.
The mystery ends here: According to Barra, the best way to pronounce Xiaomi is to “think of ‘show me’ and then pronounce the first word as if it [were] ‘shower.'”
Technically, the first syllable is more “SHIAO” than “SHOW,” but the difference is fairly subtle to most American ears.
3. Qi
If you’ve ever used a phone or tablet with wireless charging, odds are you’ve used Qi — the most prominent wireless charging standard. But you may not have realized you were using “chee,” not “kee” or “kyoo-EYE.”
The reason? The name Qi comes from the Chinese word for energy flow. And — you guessed it — that word is pronounced “chee.”
4. Rezence
Qi may be the current wireless charging norm, but some tech companies are hoping a different standard called Rezence will soon take its place.
Rezence is based on the words “resonant” and “essence” — insert sarcastic-sounding sigh here — and consequently, its creators have decided the name is pronounced “REH-zence.”
Ruh-roh. Good luck getting the world to say that one right.
5. Asus
You could talk to 20 different tech enthusiasts, and each one of ’em would say Asus in a slightly different way. In fact, even Asus itself seems to have shifted its official pronunciation around a few times over the years.
These days, the company claims the correct way to say its name is “AY-soos” — “AY” like the letter “A” and “soos” like Dr. Seuss, with the emphasis on the first syllable. (Yes, it used to be the other way around.)
6. Zagat
Now that it’s owned by Google, Zagat is technically a tech company — and that means we techies join the ranks of millions who have no idea how to say its name correctly.
Here’s all you need to know: “zuh-GAT,” not “ZAH-get.” Kind of like someone with a thick German accent saying “the cat.”
Meow.
7. Casio g’zOne
Samsung’s got Galaxy, HTC’s got One — and Casio, bless its confused little heart, has the g’zOne line of Android phones.
It may look like a text-based approximation of the sound of a sneeze, but the strangely spelled and punctuated g’zOne is, in fact, a gadget. So how the hell do you say it? “GIZ-own”? “GEE-ZEE-wun”? “GEE-zone”? “guh-zuh-OWN”?
Sorry, Charlie, but those are all wrong. It’s pronounced “JEEZ-wun.” (Yes really.)
I think I liked it better when I didn’t know how it was said.
8. Gigaom
If you read much tech news, you’ve probably found yourself on the pages of the online publication Gigaom at some point. And you’ve probably wondered what its name is all about.
Well, wonder no more: Gigaom is pronounced “gig-uh-OHM,” with the last syllable rhyming with “foam.” It’s named for its founder, Om Malik, an author and former Forbes writer.
9. Techmeme
A tech insider favorite, Techmeme aggregates trending technology headlines from across the Web. But even with “meme” becoming a more mainstream word, lots of people look at it and scratch their heads.
A meme, according to Merriam-Webster, is “an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture.” And it’s pronounced “meem” — not “mee-mee.”
10. Andreessen Horowitz
One of tech’s most famous venture capital firms is also one of the most frequently mispronounced. So let’s set the record straight: It’s “an-DREE-sen HOR-uh-wits,” named after founders Marc Andreessen (a.k.a. the hard-to-pronounce guy) and Ben Horowitz (a.k.a. the other chum).
Say it with me: “an-DREE-sen.” “an-DREE-sen.” “an-DREE-sen.”
Damn — no genie.
11. Nokia
This one seems simple, but hang on: If you say it “no-KEE-uh” or “NO-kyuh,” you might not be getting it right. At least, not by the company’s own standards.
There’s quite a bit of divergence on this one, but according to Nokia’s official YouTube videos, Nokia is said “NAW-kee-ya.” Who knew?
12. McAfee
Quick: How do you say McAfee?
If you said “MAC-uh-fee,” congratulations: You’re spot on. (I’ll also accept the pronunciation “Crazy-zee dood.”) The more common pronunciation of “mick-AAH-fee,” however, is as wrong as the company’s founder is nutzo.
The good news: You won’t have to say the name much longer. Intel recently announced it’s shedding the McAfee moniker and rebranding the software — which it’s owned since 2010 — to Intel Security.
13. Qriocity
The original name for Sony’s music streaming service was supposed to be said like the word “curiosity.” Riiiight. I think it was more commonly pronounced as “that dumb Q word I don’t know how to say.”
Thank qoodness Sony qame to its senses and qicked the name to the qurb.
14. Ativ
Ativ is one of Samsung’s many brands for its multitude of mobile and computer products — so how is it said? It ain’t “uh-TIV” or “AAH-tiv,” as many people think; rather, it’s “uh-TEEV.”
Capisce?
15. Exynos
Samsung’s Exynos chips are scattered throughout the mobile world and avoided daily in conversation by folks who have no idea how their name is pronounced.
Fear no more, my friends: Exynos is “EX-in-ohse.” I don’t know about you, but I certainly feel enlightened.
16. *ist
No, that isn’t a typo: Pentax actually has a line of cameras called *ist.
So is it “star-ist”? “asterisk-ist”? Just a series of guttural clicking sounds? Nope — the general consensus is that the symbol itself is silent and the name is simply said “ist.”
If you ask me, that sounds like a crock of **it.
17. Ainovo
Ainovo is a brand of low-cost Android tablets made by a Chinese company called Ainol. Thankfully, the “ai” is pronounced like the letter “I,” not the letter “A.”
Close call there, Ainol. Close call.
18. MIUI
This aftermarket firmware for Android is hands-down one of the most confusing brand names I’ve ever encountered. You might think it’s just pronounced as initials — “emm-eye-yoo-eye” — but nay: MIUI is evidently said “MEE-yoo-eye.”
19. 🙂
Think Samsung’s phone names are silly now? A few years back, the company actually released a device called :).
The phone was pronounced “smiley.” Unfortunately, its successor :O~~ — pronounced “vomit” — never made it to market.
20. Cius
With a name like Cius, is it any wonder Cisco’s business-centric tablet didn’t survive? Almost every article I’ve found on the Cius finds it necessary to include a parenthetical pronunciation guide for the product.
FYI, it’s “SEE-us.” As in, “Now you see-us, now you don’t.”
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