Google and BlackBerry have both confirmed that aspects of their mobile software are affected by the Heartbleed bug.
Heartbleed, which became public last week, exploits a flaw in the OpenSSL software. OpenSSL is one of the options for protecting online information and preventing criminals from ‘listening in’ to internet traffic.
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Podcast - 9th April 2014
This week's podcast starts with news from Microsoft about an update to its Windows Phone platform and a cost-free OS offer to hardware manufacturers.
There's also a new flagship smartphone from Nokia, a roaming announcement from the European Parliament, a UK virtual mobile network from The Co-operative Group, a change at the top for Mozilla, retail expansion for Vodafone and an awkward end to BlackBerry's relationship with T-Mobile in the USA.
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The Geeksphone Revolution smartphone, which lets users choose between Mozilla´s Boot2Gecko platform or the Android operating system, is now on sale via Amazon in the UK, France, Germany and Spain.
It was originally launched in Spain two months ago.
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Mozilla, the organisation behind the Firefox web browser and Firefox mobile OS, says its recently-appointed CEO has stepped down from his role.
Brendan Eich, who was co-founder of Mozilla and had previously been Chief Technology Officer, had been in his new position for less than a fortnight.
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Nokia has announced its first three smartphones based on the new Windows Phone 8.1 mobile operating system.
It’s also said a Windows Phone 8.1 update is due to be offered this summer to all Nokia Lumia devices running Windows Phone 8.
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