Google I/O Is In!

Google I/O Is In! We’ve talked about Google I/O being on the horizon here before, but we can do that no longer.  It’s here! (Actually once it’s over we’ll probably immediately start writing about 2019’s event). Yes, today marks the kickoff of Google’s 11th annual conference.  And as such the entire Android population has a lot of stuff to talk …

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Reverse Engineering Apps. A Primer

Reverse Engineering Apps.  A Primer Reverse engineering is a pretty cool concept.  Someone builds something, you want to see how they did it, so you take it apart and see how it was put together in the first place.   It can be a great way to learn, and it pushes technological progress forward.  But there’s also a dangerous side to …

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Malicious Apps: Mining Your Own Business

Malicious Apps: Mining Your Own Business Whether you know it or not, you may be an investor in bitcoin.  Ok, that’s not entirely true.  But your phone may have helped someone else mine it without your consent. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab, a cybersecurity company, have recently found multiple “mining” apps on the Google Play Store that are disguised otherwise.  Apps …

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Building Your First Augmented Reality App

We’ve talked before about how influential augmented reality is going to be in the future.  What we didn’t mention is how easy it can be to take part in shaping that future.  Over the course of the next two posts we’ll show how to incorporate AR into an app, and when it’s all said and done we’ll be able to …

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Android Adding Animated App Ads

Android Adding Animated App Ads Whether you like them or not, ads are here to stay.  They’re the reason so many apps are free to us as consumers, and without them we’d have to pay a few more valuable dollars out of pocket.  That being said, the less of a nuisance an ad is the better.  Google is exploring how …

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