Tag: Activation
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Samsung Updates Worrying Smart TV Policy
Yesterday we reported on Samsung’s questionable privacy policy for their smart TV’s, which had some users up in arms as the company revealed that voice input data collected by the television sets would be passed on to a mysterious third party once gathered. “Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other […]
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Samsung Smart TVs Raise Spying Concerns
There’s a current climate of suspicion in the tech world right now around the way companies use our data. Whilst the governments of the world are notorious for their spying, snooping and general shiftiness online, other concerns have been raised around the way devices handle our personal information and other private data. Whilst mobile phone […]
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Apple Activation Status Check – Is Your Preowned iPhone Stolen?
Thinking of purchasing a pre-owned iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad? Most sellers are respectable folk but sadly there are a few out there looking to shift dodgy goods – particularly stolen tech. Apple is now offering a service through its iCloud website for potential second hand buyers to check the legitimacy of the item in […]
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EE (Everything Everywhere) Network Activation Figure Drops – 4G Not Bringing Home The Bacon
After much criticism from rival networks, the combined force of Orange and T-Mobile rebranded and reemerged late last year as Everything Everywhere (the name of both firms parent company) and became the first provider to bring LTE and 4G mobile data speeds to the U.K. The Gadget Helpline, like many others, thought that this would […]
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Google Celebrates Mobile Milestones: Android Passes 1-Million Activations Per Day with 600,000 Apps Now Available
Google’s I/O Developer’s Conference this week showcased the upcoming Android OS update to version 4.1 Jelly Bean which is expected to go live in the next few weeks and come pre-loaded on gadgets such as the ASUS made Nexus 7 tablet and the next Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone. Google also took the time to mention […]
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Google’s VP of Mobile Tweets 900,000 Android Activations Daily
The VP who oversees Google’s Android mobile platform reports a record number of activations on smartphone & tablets.
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Google’s 500,000+ Android OS activations a day
Google’s VP of Mobile and head honcho Android man Andy Rubin has taken to Twitter to announce that the Android Operating System is now getting a whopping 500,000 (that’s five hundred thousand!) Android device activations a day, and that number is still rising! Rubin tweeted: “There are now over 500,000 Android devices activated every day, and it’s growing […]