Android Stories for 2015

Google Confirms Next Android Version Won't Use Oracle's Proprietary Java APIs 215
TAG Heuer Increasing Weekly Production To Meet Demand For Its Smartwatch 86
Remix Mini Review: a $70 Android Desktop PC 82
Hackers Get Lazy, Build Trojan On Top of Android Rooting Utility 53
Ballmer: Microsoft Mobile Should Focus On Android Apps Not Universal Apps 121
Even the Dumbest Ransomware Is Almost Unremovable On Smart TVs 151
Google Previews Android Studio 2.0 40
Microsoft's Plan To Port Android Apps To Windows Proves Too Complex 131
New Android Phones Hijackable With Chrome Exploit 45
With Respect To Gaming, Android Still Lags Behind iOS 166
TAG Heuer Launches "Connected" Android Wear Smartwatch With Intel Inside 55
Report: Google Wants To Design Its Own Smartphone Chips 90
Android App Mutates Source Code, Spreads Virally and Enables Mesh Networks 74
First Remote-Access Trojan That Can Target Android, Linux, Mac and Windows 63
Google Patches More Stagefright Vulnerabilities In Android 56
Hacking Jules Coaxes Android Wear To Run Nintendo 64 and PSP Emulators 37
Report: Google To Fold Chrome OS Into Android 104
Motorola Unveils Droid Turbo 2, Claims Shatterproof Display, 48 Hour Battery 111
Hands-On With the Fairphone 2 Modular Android Smartphone 107
Google Makes Full-Disk Encryption Mandatory For Some Android 6.0 Devices 150
LTE 4G Networks Put Androids At Risk of Overbilling and Phone Number Spoofing 113
Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P Reviews Arrive 190
The Pepsi P1 Smartphone Takes Consumer Lock-In Beyond the App 166
Google Helped Cause the Mysterious Increase In 911 Calls SF Asked It To Solve 166
Porsche Chooses Apple Over Google Because Google Wants Too Much Data 423
CodeWeavers To Release CrossOver For Android To Run Windows Programs 66
Samsung Decides Not To Patch Kernel Vulnerabilities In Some S4 Smartphones 144
Motorola Marketed the Moto E 2015 On Promise of Updates, Stops After 219 Days 123
Stagefright 2.0 Vulnerabilities Affect 1 Billion Android Devices 123
Google Shows Off 2 New Nexus Phones, a New Pixel, and More 208
FTC Begins Investigating Google For Antitrust Violations Over "Home Screen Advantage" 151
BlackBerry Launches Android Smartphone 127
Ask Slashdot: What To Do About Android Malware? 191
Appeals Court Bans Features From Older Samsung Phones 69
Apple's First Android App, Move To iOS, Is Getting Killed With One-Star Reviews 206
Android Lollipop Can Be Hacked With Very Long Password 170
iPad Mini-Style Specs, On the Cheap, In Android-Based ASUS ZenPad S 8.0 87
Apple's First Android App Makes It Easy To Move To iOS 174
Purdue 'HUSH' Tool Promises 16% Battery Life Gain For Wasteful Android Phones 80
Google's Android Pay Mobile Payments Service Arrives In US 101
Adblock Plus Returns To Android and Arrives On iPhone For First Time 102
Porn-themed Android Ransomware Takes Your Picture Before Asking For Money 108
20+ Chinese Android Smartphones Models Come With Pre-Installed Malware 74
Cheap Smartphones Quietly Becoming Popular In the US 209
Former Apple CEO Creates an iPhone Competitor 143
Since-Pulled Cyanogen Update For Oneplus Changes Default Home Page To Bing 87
Many Android Users Susceptible To Plug-In Exploit -- And Many Of Them Have It 61
Samsung May Release an 18" Tablet 177
Google Relaxes Handset Makers' Requirements for "Must-Include" Android Apps 80
Google Targets Low-Cost Android One Phone At African Markets 43
Android M's Official Name Is Marshmallow 92
The Realities of a $50 Smartphone 141
Oracle: Google Has "Destroyed" the Market For Java 457
Stagefright Patch Incomplete and Zero Day in Android Google Admin App Found 42
Severe Deserialization Vulnerabilities Found In Android, 3rd Party Android SDKs 105
Cortana Can Now Replace Google Now On Android Devices 155
Ask Slashdot: How To Safely Use Older Android Phones? 133
Certifi-gate: Another Huge Android Vulnerability 69
Zimperium Releases Stagefright Detection Tool and Vulnerability Demo Video 54
Samsung To Push Monthly Over-the-Air Security Updates For Android 126
Samsung Woos Developers As It Eyes Tizen Expansion Beyond Smartphones 80
GasBuddy Has a New Privacy Policy (Spoiler: Not As Customer Friendly) 113
Maliciously Crafted MKV Video Files Can Be Used To Crash Android Phones 92
OnePlus Announces OnePlus 2 'Flagship Killer' Android Phone With OxygenOS 154
950 Million Android Phones Can Be Hijacked By Malicious Text Messages 120
Razer Acquires Ouya's Storefront and Technical Team 91
'Stagefright' Flaw: Compromise Android With Just a Text 203
The Android L Update For Nvidia Shield Portable Removes Features 117
Hacking Team's RCS Android May Be the Most Sophisticated Android Malware Ever Exposed 92
Meet "London," Marshall's First Android Smartphone 67
A Quick Leak, As Microsoft Tests the Waters For Cortana On Android 44
Commodore PET Smartphone Comes Loaded With C64 and Amiga Emulators 62
Google Asks Android Developers To Show Sensitivity To Disasters and Atrocity 96
Microsoft Brings Office To Android Smartphones For Free 85
IT Pros Blast Google Over Android's Refusal To Play Nice With IPv6 287
Ask Slashdot: Keeping Cloud Data Encrypted Without Cross-Platform Pain? 107
Planned Sequel To Fairphone Promises an Ethical, Repairable Phone 83
Google Expands Security Rewards To Bugs In Android Devices 20
Is BlackBerry Launching an Android Phone? 113
LG Arbitrarily Denying Android Lollipop Update To the G2 In Canada? 131
An Early Look At Android M's Multi-Window Mode For Tablets 95
NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV Reviewed: Gaming and Possibly the Ultimate 4K Streamer 54
Android, Chromecast To Get HBO Now 39
Android M Arrives In Q3: Native Fingerprint Support, Android Pay, 'Doze' Mode 83
Android M To Embrace USB Type-C and MIDI 106
The Tricky Road Ahead For Android Gets Even Trickier 344
GM To Offer Apple CarPlay and Android Auto API In Most 2016 Vehicles 76
Microsoft Bringing Cortana To iOS, Android 65
Hyundai Now Offers an Android Car, Even For Current Owners 86
Google Developing 'Brillo' OS For Internet of Things 227
Chrome For Android Is Now Almost Entirely Open Source 51
Factory Reset On Millions of Android Devices Doesn't Wipe Storage 92
Adblock Plus Launches Adblock Browser: a Fork of Firefox For Android 111
Google Can't Ignore the Android Update Problem Any Longer 434
Researchers Detect Android Apps That Connect to User Tracking and Ad Sites 74
Android and iOS App Porting Will Not Be Available At Windows 10 Launch 51
LG G4 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 808 Benchmarked 45
Windows 10 Can Run Reworked Android and iOS Apps 223
Crowdfunded Android Console Ouya Reportedly Seeking Buyout 123
Google Officially Discontinues Nexus 7 Tablet 160
Microsoft Increases Android Patent Licensing Reach 103
Broken Beer Bottle Battle In Debate Over Merits of Android Over iPhone 134
Google Adds Handwriting Input To Android 124
Cyanogen Partners With Microsoft To Replace Google Apps 179
Google Lollipop Bricking Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 Devices 179
Popular Android Package Uses Just XOR -- and That's Not the Worst Part 277
Forking Away: OnePlus Introduces Android-Based OxygenOS 38
Google: Less Than One Percent of Android Devices Are Affected By Harmful Apps 91
Visual Studio 2015 Can Target Linux; Android Apps Anywhere Chrome Can Run 96
Android's Smart Lock Won't Ask You For a Password Until You Set Your Phone Down 127
Apple May Start Accepting Android Phones As Trade-Ins 148
Google 'Experts' To Screen Android Apps For Banned Content 139
Google, Developers Demo Impressive Gaming and VR Apps For Project Tango Tablet 15
Flaw In Dropbox SDK For Android Lets Attackers Steal Data Sent To Users' Account 23
Microsoft Asks US Court To Ban Kyocera's Android Phones 148
Google Announces Android 5.1 172
NVIDIA Announces SHIELD Game Console 116
Google Backs Off Default Encryption on New Android Lollilop Devices 124
Google Prepares To Enter Wireless Market As an MVNO 43
Who's Afraid of Android Fragmentation? 136
YouTube Kids Launches On Android and iOS 81
Antitrust Case Against Google Thrown Out of SF Court 62
New Android Trojan Fakes Device Shut Down, Spies On Users 118
Google Faces Anti-Trust Probe In Russia Over Android 149
Report: Samsung Replacing Its Apps With Microsoft's For Galaxy S6 148
EU Parliament Blocks Outlook Apps For Members Over Privacy Concerns 24
Facebook Brings React Native To Native Mobile Development 78
Google Quietly Unveils Android 5.1 Lollipop 167
Ask Slashdot: Gaining Control of My Mobile Browser? 223
Microsoft Launches Outlook For Android and iOS 175
Microsoft To Invest In Rogue Android Startup Cyanogen 280
Embedded Linux Conference Headlined By Drones 22
Google Explains Why WebView Vulnerability Will Go Unpatched On Android 4.3 579
Could Tizen Be the Next Android? 243
Ask Slashdot: Can I Trust Android Rooting Tools? 186
The Free Educational Software GCompris Comes To Android 75
Google Throws Microsoft Under Bus, Then Won't Patch Android Flaw 629
Is Kitkat Killing Lollipop Uptake? 437
Sony Thinks You'll Pay $1200 For a Digital Walkman 391