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FaceNiff for Android – Hack Facebook, Twitter sessions in seconds
June 6th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Faizan
You may know about FireSheep, the Firefox extension that used to hijack Facebook, Twitter sessions of users connected to an unsecured Wi-Fi Network. With recent success of Android, some developer has taken same concept of FireSheep to next level by creating an Android app. FaceNiff lets you hijack Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more social network’s sessions of users connected to same Wi-Fi network with a tap of a thumb. It even works with secured (WEP, WPA or WPA2) Wi-Fi networks. All you need is a rooted and compatible Android Phone. Free version lets you hijack only three accounts and you can donate to buy unlock code. With my HTC Desire running MIUI rom, I was able to hijack Facebook account of my neighbor who uses my Wi-Fi network.
To protect your Facebook and Twitter profiles from being hijacked, you must secure your accounts using SSL encryption. Click here for information on how to secure your facebook account and here for information on securing your Twitter account.
Microsoft Acquires Skype for US $8.5bn
May 10th, 2011 / No Comments » / by AF8AB
This is Microsoft’s largest purchase till now. Skype is a communication platform famous for its low price international calls and great VOIP voice and video chat. It has over 8 Million paying customers.
Facebook & Google were considering buying Skype but Microsoft made the mark by offering cool 8.5 Billion dollars in cash. After literally owning the technology market in late nineties and early 2000s, Microsoft began to decline with Windows Vista & Windows Mobile 6.5.
I think now its time once again for Microsoft to shine. It has already started making amazing products like Windows 7 & Its mobile counterpart. IE9 and services like Windows OfficeLive and SkyLive. Microsoft is doing great and is on the right path. If Nokia develops Windows based smartphones in near future, things can start changing for iPhone.
Face Time for Android? Google Talk for Android gets Video chat
April 29th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Faizan
As we know Android has already taken over iPhone sales in first quarter 2011. Yesterday, Google announced Android 2.3.4 update to their Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS which brings Video and Voice calling features to Gtalk for Android. You can make video calls to your family and friends right from your android phone over Wi-Fi or 3G Network to their compatible Android tablet or phone or Gtalk on computer.
New Nintendo Wii in 2012 – Launch at E3 in June
April 26th, 2011 / No Comments » / by AF8AB
This is it. Nintendo has announced Wii successor and the console war will begin all over again. The rumored ‘Project Café‘ will be playable in June at E3 and will be available in 2012, Nintendo announced.
Read ahead for more details
Android takes over iPhone in First Quarter 2011
April 26th, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by AF8AB
2011 is turning out to be a game changer in smartphone OS selection. 31% Americans want to buy Android as their new cell phone whereas 30% want to get an iPhone. 2010 on the other hand was totally dominated by Apple.
Recent survey done by Neilson in March ‘11 shows that 50% of All cell phone sales in last 6 months were Android based smart-phones. RIM Blackberry OS has still a huge market share.
Lets’ take a look at some recent interesting graphs to see how Android is competing with Apple and RIM.
Mac Users Vs Pc users – infographic
April 23rd, 2011 / No Comments » / by Faizan
So far I had thought that Mac users are mostly showoffs as pc offers similar functionality for less the price, but hunch blog conducted a survey among their 388,315 users and cross-referenced their answers to highlight different aspects of a Mac person and a Pc person.
Some highlights of the survey are
- 52% of Mac users lives in a city.
- Large number of Mac users say that they frequently through parties.
- Mac users are more likely to see themselves as unique.
- Mac people are 21% more likely than Pc people to consider themselves computer-savy gearheads.
Checkout the full infographic (click for larger version) and let us know what you think in comments.
HTC Desire – Gingerbread vs Froyo Benchmark
April 18th, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by Faizan
While official Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for HTC Desire is not out yet and it may take couple of month before HTC starts rolling it out, xda member LeeDroid has released custom Gingerbread rom for HTC Desire with HTC Sense. Today, I installed this rom on my HTC Desire and so far its looks awesome, navigation is much more smoother then Froyo, GMT+6 bug for Pakistan is fixed, updated version of default software, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM are working fine. I’ve done some benchmarks to compare performance of this gingerbread rom with my previous Android 2.2 Froyo Vs Eclair benchmark.
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