Google-funded study reveals Android security is a total disaster

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You can now see why BlackBerry has been devoting so many resources lately toward making Android more secure — it’s clearly an area that needs a lot of work. Via ZDNet, researchers at the U.K.’s University of Cambridge recently conducted a study (PDF) that was funded partially by Google and revealed that the state of security on Android devices is a complete horror show.

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Get a 50-inch 4K TV on Amazon for under $450

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Sometimes Amazon offers a deal so good that you have to do a double-take, and this might just be one of those instances. A few years ago, the difference between a premium HDTV from a top vendor like Sony or Samsung and a more affordable TV was night and day. Now, in 2015, that’s no longer the case. Companies like Vizio and Sceptre have completely disrupted the TV industry by offering low-cost televisions with high-quality display panels, and a sale currently taking place on Amazon helps illustrate that point.

From now through the end of the day on October 16, you can get a Sceptre U508CV-UMK 50-Inch Glass 4K Ultra HD 120Hz LED TV for a hair under $450 with free Prime shipping.

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iPhone 6s Plus vs. Galaxy Note 5: Real world performance test (it’s not even close)

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Enthusiastic Android fans have historically relied pretty heavily on benchmark test scores when making the case against Apple’s iPhone lineup. This “fight” is ridiculous to begin with, of course, but relying on benchmark scores that don’t even represent real world performance is even sillier. Of course, many of these fanboys came around to agree with that line of thinking on benchmarks once iPhones started to crush the competition in benchmark performance tests, beginning with the iPhone 5s and continuing right up to this year’s iPhone 6s.

Performance tests that measure real world use might be considered a better gauge than tests that measure things like processor performance, and one recent test pitted the new iPhone 6s Plus against the king of Android phablets, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5, in what could be a relatively accurate depiction of how these phones perform in the real world.

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An in-depth look at Apple’s biggest edge over the competition

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Steve Cheney recently posted an interesting article detailing the platform advantages Apple enjoys on account of its in-house chip development team. When Apple first introduced the A4 back in 2010, many folks were shocked that Apple would invest the amount of time and money needed to bring such a complex component to fruition. But Steve Jobs, once he returned to Apple in the late 90s, became borderline obsessed with not having to rely on third-parties for anything. Whether it was developing Safari or buying a fingerprint sensor company outright, Apple today makes a point to own, whenever possible, all of the important technologies that comprise its products. The fact that Jobs was able to successfully extend this strategy to include the very processors that power Apple’s line of mobile products is truly impressive.

In fact, Cheney goes so far as to suggest that Jobs’ decision to hire an in-house team to create the A4 and the company’s subsequent line of blazing fast A-x processors was one of his greatest and most important strategic decisions.

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