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How To Monitor Application Permissions

YOUR PRIVACY IS IMPORTANT Today’s post is on Privacy , which is perhaps one of the -not so properly- addressed issues of all topics in the smartphone users’ community, especially in the developing countries. When it comes to the issue of privacy, most Smartphone users just wave it aside (claiming not to have anything to hide). The truth is: Most applications that run on your smartphone (especially Third-Party apps), request for and collect way too much information about you from your phone than they actually need. Why collect so much? I have on so many occasions asked myself what these apps need the collected info for…the obvious answers were. 1

Put Your Android Phone To The Test: How To Use Benchmark Apps On Our Android Phones

This is more of a geeky post but i think it is all important considering the amount we spent on our new device. Most friends ask me a lot of questions as regards which android phone is the best, i tell them that sometimes specs could be misleading and the best way to determine a powerful device is to test its performance.    Why guess at the performance of your device when you can run some tests and get detailed statistics? This is a test  of your device’s CPU, GPU, and other hardware components – in addition to your browser. Whether you’re curious about how your Android stacks up against the latest devices on the market, trying to determine the benefits of an overclock, or looking for the best browser, This test can help you. Benchmarking apps are useful for measuring the performance of your device and comparing the scores with similar devices. They test the performance of processors, graphics systems, Web browsing, and more. Here are five benchmarking apps for Android devices that y