Malicious applications disguised as popular games like Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, Assassin’s Creed and others have been used to steal £27.850 (approx. $43,650) from unsuspecting Android users in the U.K. The fake applications were planted in the Android Market — now Google Play — late last year. Once installed on users’ devices, they sent three text

I’m almost certain I’ve seen more prototypes and mockups for the Samsung Galaxy S III than I’ve ever seen for any other smartphone before. And with just over a week still to go before the device gets its unveiling in London, there’s plenty of time for more. This one comes from the Chinese forum Mobile1.

It has never been easier to search for apps, games, movies, music, and books for your Android device, with Google Play now available directly via the Google.com homepage. Visit Google.com today and you’ll notice that a new “Play” link has been added to the navigation bar along the top of the page. As you might

Draw Something, the new game from OMGPOP, has enjoyed an explosion in popularity since its release. As of writing this story, both the premium and free versions sit either close to or in the top spot of both the App Store and Google Play marketplace. It’s doing well. So well, in fact, that OMGPOP has

Despite being a PlayStation Certified device, the Sony Xperia S launched without access to the PlayStation Store, leaving gamers who had adopted the Android-powered smartphone scratching their heads. But today the PlayStation Store has arrived, bringing with it 14 classic PS One titles. To gain access to the store on your Xperia S — or

Photo sharing service Instagram has become incredibly popular on iOS, with over 27 million people now signed up to the service. But that number is set to receive a huge boost when Instagram finally makes its way to Android. In a recent interview with TechCrunch, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom said that Instagram is currently seeing

Crytek, the studio responsible for the Crysis franchise and the positively regarded CryEngine, are set to take a crack at the mobile gaming sphere with a puzzle game. The game is called “Fibble – Flick ‘n’ Roll” and is currently set to launch for both the iOS and Android platforms during the spring of this year.

Time to reacquaint yourself with Google’s growing content divisions. The company on Tuesday introduced a new initiative that will rebrand all of its content entities – Android Market, Google Music, Google Books – into one big cloud-based Frankenstein. Now, the assembled elements will be known as Google Play and act as the single destination for all of

One of the many improvements to Google’s latest Ice Cream Sandwich operating system is a new camera application that offers all sorts of fancy features that weren’t a part of previous Android releases. But you no longer need to wait for the Ice Cream Sandwich update to hit your device to get your hands on

Dropbox has issued an update to its free Android application today to introduce automatic uploading for your photographs and videos. With a single tap, your content is sent — in full resolution and original size — to a private folder on your Dropbox account called “Camera Uploads,” allowing you to access them from any Internet-connected device.

ViewSonic reportedly has a new 7-inch Android tablet lined up for next week’s Mobile World Congress. According to Pocket-lint, the device will run Ice Cream Sandwich and feature a high resolution 1024 x 600-pixel display with a pixel density of 169ppi, similar to the company’s ViewPad 7x tablet that hit during the second half of

Amazon’s Appstore is generating more income for developers than Google’s own Android Market, according to app analytics firm Distimo. Amazon’s offering is growing at a much faster rate, too, due in large part to the continued success of the Kindle Fire. The information collected by Distimo is from applications that are currently in both the

After waiting months for its arrival, Sky subscribers in the U.K. will finally get access to Sky Go on selected Android devices today. Users can enjoy the same channel selection that has been available to iOS users for some months, and it will be completely free to existing Sky TV customers — depending on your

It’s hard to believe that Apple’s App Store is less than four years old. The store launched on July 10, 2008 with a mere 500 apps, with over 10 million apps being downloaded from the store during the first weekend (25% of those being free apps). A few months later, on October 22, RIM announced

Android users who are participating in the Swype beta program can now enjoy a new update from Nuance that adds a number of “hotly requested features,” including support for the latest Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and Dragon Go! integration. The company announced the update in a post on its Nuance Mobile Life website, and

After teasing “big announcements” for the Google TV on its Facebook page yesterday, Google has issued what seems to be the first of those in the form of a brand new YouTube app that promises to be easier, faster, and smoother than before. The new app is available to download from the Android Market now,

In the third installment of What’s On My, I’m taking a look at what apps are currently loaded onto my HTC Titan, a device that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed using. Windows Phone has quickly become one of my top OSes, due in large part to the the awesome Metro UI and off kilter approach Microsoft has

Having already brought OneNote to iOS last January, breaking its exclusivity to Windows Phone, Microsoft has now launched its popular note-taking applications on Android. The company announced its availability in the Android Market in a blog post on Tuesday: For all of you who’ve been asking (and patiently waiting) for a version of OneNote for

Now that Google’s Bouncer is protecting the digital confines of the Android Market, users can rest easy knowing their experience will be malware free. Or so they thought. A newer, smarter malware has reportedly been uncovered that has the ability to evade “any scans or requests for permission that might catch its intentions on installation,”

There’s been a lot of discussion surrounding Android’s security, or lack thereof, due to a spate of malicious apps that have previously circulated in the Android Market. Most recently, a claim by Symantec estimated that 13 apps containing a Trojan horse called “Android.Counterclank” may have infected anywhere from 1 million to 5 million users. This,

There are cheap tablets, and then there are really cheap tablets. The ZTE Optik proudly falls into the latter category. At just $99 with a two-year contract, the Android 3.2 equipped device is being made available through Sprint beginning February 5. Internally, the Optik will feature a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB of storage

HTC has acknowledged what it calls a “small” issue on certain Android-powered devices, which may expose the passwords to Wi-Fi networks you have connected to. Security researchers Chris Hessing and Bret Jordan first discovered the flaw, which allows third-party applications to see your Wi-Fi credentials in full. Applications with access to the “android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE” permission, according to The

Yahoo!’s App Search engine has made its debut in the U.K. today. The service, which initially launched in the United States back in December, allows smartphone and tablet users running iOS and Android to search from over 500,000 titles from the comfort of their computer. The service works with both the Google’s Android Market and

Valve has officially launched the Steam mobile app for both the Android Marketplace and iOS App Store. It’s available right now and is being sold for $0.00. That price appears to be permanent, of course. What will downloading the application give you access to? You’ll be able to browse and shop the Steam library and

The Call of Duty Elite app launched for iOS devices last week. This week, the application is now live for Android devices brandishing version 1.6 and beyond. Activision touts the Call of Duty Elite service as one that works to connect like-minded gamers and help them better themselves at one of their favorite shooters. The whole