LBE Privacy Guard gives users the ability to manually configure each and every permissions of the different apps installed. Users can outright deny a particular permission, approve it or decide whenever the permission is required.

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Facebook has launched a new messaging app for Android and iOS. The app, called Facebook Messenger, brings a SMS like messaging system that is based on Facebook’s messaging system.

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Google is discontinuing the Android App Inventor. Google has announced that the App Inventor will be closed within the next 90 days.

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In the patent battle between Apple and Samsung, a very surprising agreement has been reached – Samsung agreed to not sell of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia. Apple is suing Samsung for infringing on ten patents which ranges from “looks and feel” to the touch screen.

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Last week, we published a story about Oracle removing blog posts by former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz congratulating Google on Android. However, things may not be what it seems. There is a possibility that Schwartz published his blog post prematurely without a full understanding of what Google was planning.

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The patent war between HTC and Apple is about to get a lot interesting. Earlier this month, HTC announced that they are acquiring S3 Graphics Co. for $300 million. By acquiring S3 Graphics, HTC will come in possession of S3 Graphics’ patent portfolio. HTC is now threatening to use these newly acquired patents to take the fight back to Apple.

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A while back, I read something amazing on Twitter. Someone has tweeted an article at TechCrunch which claims that the return rate of Android smartphones are in the range of 30-40%. That is an outrageously huge return rate and I find such number hard to belief. However, being a long time reader of TechCrunch, I…

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According to security researcher Neil Daswani, around 8% of the apps on the Android market are leaking private user data.

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Today, at Google’s Mobile Revolution conference in Tokyo, Google Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt made an attack on Apple and its litigious way. He said that Apple’s lawsuits against Android are a result of their lack of innovation with the iPhone and jealousy because of Android’s success.

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