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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Motorola Mobility has named Rick Osterloh as its new President and Chief Operating Officer.
He replaces Dennis Woodside, who left his CEO role earlier this year to join Dropbox.
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The new iPhone no-one was expecting
Mark Bridge writes:
New Apple products! New Android smart watches!
You’d be forgiven for not having noticed either of those news stories last week. Apple did indeed announce a new iPhone – but it was simply a new iPhone 5c with just 8MB of memory.
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Google has announced a new project designed to bring Android to wearable devices.
It’s called Android Wear and is designed to take advantage of Google’s Android-based speech control.
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Google says it’s produced a smartphone with a 5-inch screen, movement sensors and custom Android-based software that can track 3D motion of the device. Data from the phone can then be used to produce a 3D map of the surrounding environment
Potential uses could be for indoor location-based services, virtual reality gaming or simply measuring internal spaces.
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