Google says Hello Moto …

 

What is the deal..

Google Inc. has acquired Motorola Mobility Holdings in $12.5 billions. This deal is one of the biggest deal done by the Internet gaint. Motorola which is known for its excellent build quality products will now work with the Google and with Android to be more exact.

Market Scenario..

This deal can be seen as another alarming deal done. Android which already rules majority of the smart-phones, marginally less than the  Apple’s iPhone OS and far more than the Blackberry OS. The primary reason behind this popularity in so short span of time of Android is being it as a Open Source Project. Any open source project is far more better than its priced contemporaries. Be it MS Office Vs Open Office or Adobe Photoshop Vs GIMP Image Editor. The present situation is a win-win situation. Why because if Apple has Twitter, Microsoft has Facebook then, now Google has Motorola. Every gaint company has got an allie to help it to compete in the market. There are more people now browsing net from a mobile device than earlier and the count is still on.

What is going to happen..

Personally I feel that this deal is going to lower the price of the smart-phones, which is a key factor in the country like India. It is always easier to compensate with the price than with the features. If we take a look on the smart-phone companies no one seems to be lacking in the race. Microsoft has joined hands with htc, Blackberry has launched a super Playbook, Samsung has a complete new version of Galaxy Tab, LG has introduced slimest smart phone. And now perhaps the leap will be taken by the Google. No doubt that iPhone Os is one of the best in its interface, Blackberry is best in security of the datas and informations, but the price is a barrier in country like India(although Blackberry has launched a 8520 model at 9K but the phone has optimum specifications) . Lets hope this ambitious deal is in the favour of the Indian customers and the price of the next motorola android phone comes at a price of Levis Jeans.

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A Wonder Apps FaceNiff Allows the Clueless to Hack Facebook in Seconds Over Wi-Fi

Stealing cookies to potentially steal users' credentials just got so easy and portable that loony stalkers are probably jumping for joy. Picture this mobile-type scenario, as a person with a rooted Android smartphone casually strolls by a Starbucks, he or she taps once on a new app, and whammo, hops on and takes over Facebook profiles.
Like a wicked mobile cousin of Firesheep, FaceNiff could allow even a clueless noob to hack Facebook over Wi-FI networks. The hacking app requires root access on Android phones. FaceNiff allows users to sniff and intercept web sessions for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Amazon, and Nasza-Klasa (a Polish site). Unlike Firesheep, the FaceNiff app listens in on wireless networks encrypted with WPA and WPA2 (WEP too) so that with one tap and within seconds, users can hijack the account types supported.
Not that you intend to try out FaceNiff, but you can't hijack more than three profiles. However, FaceNiff app developer Bartosz Ponurkiewicz says more sites for hopping onto user accounts will soon be supported. He noted if you want to hijack more than three profiles with FaceNiff, there will be an option to pay and unlock the code.
FaceNiff has been confirmed to work on rooted mobile phones: HTC Desire CM7, original Droid/Milestone CM7, SE Xperia X10, Samsung Galaxy S, Nexus 1 CM7, HTC HD2, LG Swift 2X, LG Optimus black (original ROM), LG Optimus 3D (original ROM), and Samsung Infuse.


Watch How Can It Be Done::::

 

As a portable sniff and snoop, FaceNiff presents yet another possible assault on privacy and security. Imagine how happy this might make off-their-rocker-stalkers, cause it's not just for public wireless networks. Depending how you manage your wireless network at home, someone could park outside or walk by your house and FaceNiff you.

This one-tap-wonder app again underscores the importance of using HTTPS. If you have not done so, you can tweak your Facebook and Twitter settings to always enable HTTPS. Or use the EFF's Firefox add-on HTTPS Everywhere or another addon of your choosing to force SSL. HTTPS is your friend. It is way past time to start applying major public pressure in order to force sites to use HTTPS. Or perhaps time to get serious about security and use a VPN; stay under 100MB and this one is free, or you might want to search for other free VPN services to protect your privacy.
While we are on the subject of Androids and apps, Lookout Mobile Security reported finding 26 malware-laced applications in the official Android Market. The smartphone security firm said the infected apps are a "stripped down version of DroidDream" and were probably maliciously crafted by the same developers. The new malware is being called “Droid Dream Light” (DDLight). Malware in the tainted apps can be activated by an incoming call, meaning users do not actually have to launch the app to trigger it.
Anyone who downloaded an app on Lookout's list could have their personal information compromised. It is suspected that between 30,000 and 120,000 users were affected by DroidDreamLight.

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Pay Through your Mobile Using Google's Wallet & Google'sOffer's Get Discount Also

Google unveiled its wireless payment system and its new Groupon-like deals site at a press event in New York on Thursday. Called Google Wallet and Google Offers, the two features can operate either separately or together to make it easier to pay for things in person and get deals while shopping.
"Our goal is to bring together all the pieces of the ecosystem. Your phone will be your wallet. Just tap, pay, and save," Google VP of commerce Stephanie Tilenius told the crowd. "We believe 2011 and beyond will be the age of MoLo—Mobile Local commerce."

Here's how the whole thing will work, starting with Google Offers. Just like Groupon, LivingSocial, and a plethora of other daily deal sites, a coupon for a local business will be sent to your inbox as an "offer of the day." It will also be able to send offers to people who check into certain businesses and make offers tied to certain places—Google said the service is "very contextually aware."
That's where Google Wallet comes in. Among other things, Google Wallet will be able to store your credit card information (Google's launch partners include MasterCard and Citi) as well as loyalty rewards, purchase points, and any saved-up Google Offers that might apply. Then, users who have Near Field Communications (NFC) enabled Android phones will be able to simply whip out their devices when shopping and tap them on electronic payment processors in order to get deals and pay for their goods.
Google said that more than 20,000 US merchants—including Macy's, Subway, American Eagle, Jamba Juice, CVS, and Walgreens—are already set up to work with Google Wallet, which functions with the PayPass systems that many merchants already have in their stores. Users don't even have to open up the Google Wallet app in order to pay, either; if they've already chosen which cards they want to use, they can simply tap the phone on the PayPass terminal.
But what about security? Google said that as long as the device's screen is off, NFC is disabled so that nearby skimmers can't steal any information. And NFC-capable Android phones—of which the Nexus S is the only one, for now—will store your credit card information on a secure chip that is both tamper- and laser-resistant. Even if you lose your phone, a thief wouldn't be able to extract the information on his own (though stopping that person from immediately buying thousands of Subway sandwiches with your phone could be a challenge).
The company said that the first markets it's targeting for Google Wallet are San Francisco and New York, with more on the way in the coming months. Google reps also said that more features are coming, such as digital receipts that transfer back to your Android device after you pay.
"We plan to aggressively enable everything a consumer would want to put in their wallet," Google VP of payments Osama Bedier said.
As we mentioned earlier, the Nexus S is currently the only Android phone available with NFC capabilities, but Sprint's Fared Adib said at the event that the carrier is working with Samsung, Motorola, and HTC to bring more NFC phones to the market. Google also indicated during a post-event Q&A that Google Wallet could even work with an NFC sticker on the back of a phone, and said that it's looking at bringing such stickers to market for those without NFC-capable phones.
Both Google Offers and Google Wallet have been rumored for some time now, so it was only a matter of time before the company made a public announcement. Apple is also expected to unveil a NFC-capable iPhone sometime in the future, but no one knows whether NFC will come as part of the next iPhone or the one after it.
Even if Apple does follow up with its own NFC offerings, it's clear that Google and its partners strongly believe in the future of Google Wallet. "There can be no doubt that today's announcement will be looked at as the inflection point where mobile payments move from concept to mass production," said Citi's Paul Galant.

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Android Market's Most Popular Emulators Yong Zhang Disappear

If you're an Android gamer, chances are you've heard of Nesoid, Snesoid, Gensoid, N64oid, Ataroid, Gearoid and Gameboid: they're all video game console emulators developed by yongzh, and many ranked among the most popular paid apps on the Android Market. This week, they've got something else in common, too -- they've all been abruptly removed. Following a complaint from Sega, two emulators were nixed late last month, but we're hearing that Google has since revoked yongzh's developer privileges, just like PSX4Droid comrade-in-arms ZodTTD. We're currently reaching out to both yongzh and Google for comment, and hope to hear back soon, but it's looking like a bleak week for the emulation community.

Update: We got in touch with yongzh (or Yong Zhang, as he's known in real life) to discuss the matter, and he confirms that his developer account has been removed and his apps pulled without warning -- cutting off his primary source of income and leaving him with an inbox stuffed with worried email from customers. He has, however, already migrated a number of emulators to third-party app store SlideME, where they'll be free for a while, allowing existing customers to get updates without paying a second time, and likely helping a number of new individuals to mooch off his troubles. He's not too optimistic about his prospects at SlideME, though.

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Why Google Delays Opening Of New Android Honeycomb Coad

As we all know that android is an open source operating system so its source code are used free by the programmer to develop the new version.That is also true to the Android 3.0, Honeycomb, the first Google has created specifically thinking into tablets. Andy Rubin, the head of Android at Google, has ensured that this operating system is "an open source project, we have not changed their strategy." However, "to respect the timing of exit of tablets have made some concessions. We have not thought about what would be needed to do to make the system work on the phones. We will add resources and slow down our schedule beyond what is reasonable." Rubin ensures that publish the source code when possible. Currently, Xoom Motorla tablet is equipped with Honeycomb. The reason that Google would want to avoid market fragmentation resulting in the smartphone, the ability to make versions of its operating system it entails, for example, that some manufacturers specifications unique request for applications on Android which is detrimental dissemination and annoying to the developers that they must create more of an adaptation of his application on Android.
Coinciding with this information, news emerged on the draft just leaving Motorola's Android operating system and create your own. Motorola since 2009 working with Google for its smartphones and tablets. The AmB would be based on the need to differentiate from other competitors who also work with Android and not rely on a single supplier.
Oracle and a French company have raised lawsuits against Google for alleged patent infringement Android what worries manufacturers who use the consequences of an eventual ruling against the company's operating system. Other companies like HP or Blackberry, have opted to develop its own operating system for tablets of the brand.
However, they never break bridges. Blackberry, for example, has announced that its tablet Playbook will have a reader application that will run Android with simple adjustment operation. Once adapted, the developer must receive approval from the BlackBerry application store. With this move, the company wants to take advantage of the offer of 200,000 applications that currently work with Android.

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