Google’s CEO thinks Android users know how much their phones are tracking them

Google's CEO thinks Android users know how much their phones are tracking themGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai thinks Android users have a good understanding of the volume of data Google collects on them, the time they agree to use the Android mobile operating system. Even on Apple's platform, known to be fairly privacy-forward, apps have been collecting consumer data — including location — and selling it to 3rd parties, as noted by a recent New York Times investigation. Google's defense on the data collection front is similar to Facebook's — that is, Pichai replied that Google provides equipment that put users in control. "It's really important for us that average users are able to understand it," said Pichai, stating that users do understand the consumer agreement for Android OS. In addition, it has become clear that simply "opting out" of Google's data collection methods is not always enough.

Probation officer: Android phones best for tracking sex offenders

Probation officer: Android phones best for tracking sex offendersAdam Besaw Adam Besaw Photo: Contributed Photo Photo: Contributed Photo Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Probation officer: Android phones best for tracking sex offenders 1 / 1 Back to GalleryMILFORD — A man accused of plying a 12-year-old by cash and gifts in exchange for sex may receive probation in a plea deal — provided he gets a new phone that going to allow court officials to monitor him. The man, Adam Besaw, 40, appeared in Superior Court Wednesday before Judge Peter Brown. The judge asked a probation officer, Greg Sperling, to assure him court officials would be able to monitor Besaw's whereabouts and phone use adequately. Sperling said they could install software to track Besaw's location and Internet use - provided he gets a new phone. The judge then continued the case to Feb. 21 for Besaw to return to court by a new phone.

AnTuTu's top 10 Android phones with best performance for December 2018 released

as informed in Each month, AnTuTu benchmarking platform releases the list of highest 10 best performing Android phones. In November 2018, the highest 10 best performance Android smartphones was dominated by Kirin 980 chipdetermine powered Huawei and Honor phones. The original Xiaomi Black Shark gaming phone and Nubia X have made it to the highest 10 list of best performance Android phones by respectively scoring 294,193 and 294,032 points. Hence, it appears that Snapdragon 855 may begain leading AnTuTu's list of best performance Android phones by the end of first quarter of this year. Hopefully, it could be a good elect for the Snapdragon 855 mobile platform.

With Snapdragon 855 chip, Android phones get iPhone's photo-packing ability

But that changed last year the time Apple, that supports a specific variant called HEIC, designed to hardware and software to utilize the technology. "You'll be able to capture HEIF photos at really high speed and really low power by burning it into the hardware." The HEIF backing is part of Qualcomm's general push to advance image processing in its chips and to promote computer vision in phones. Another potential challenger is a modernized version of 25-year-old JPEG called JPEG XL. extremely don't count on an ability to view HEIC photos in a browser anytime soon.

Qualcomm: 5G Android flagship phones will storm the 2019 holidays

Angela Lang/CNETGet availiable for lots of 5G phones in time for the holidays next year. By the holidays next year, eextremely flagship handdetermine -- at least the time it comes to those running Google's Android software and using Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor -- going to tap into 5G, said Qualcomm Pinhabitant Cristiano Amon. Offering 5G could give Samsung, OnePlus and other Android vendors an edge over Apple. Qualcomm and Samsung on Tuesday displayed prototype 5G devices running on "live" 5G networks from Verizon and AT&T at the conference. A slide Amon showed during his keynote earlier Tuesday provided a list of hardware companies working by Qualcomm on 5G devices.

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