Eric Schmidt's dog whistle to mobile developers: abandon Windows Phone

Release Date 25 Jun, 2010 in The Guardian

Google Flips "Kill Switch," Deletes And Downplays Botnet Demo Android Apps Forbes (blog) - 25 Jun, 2010 Turns out Google isn't a "Twilight" fan. At least, not when the film is used to cloak an Android app aimed at demonstrating how easy it would be hijack ...
Google remotely wipes apps off Android phones CNET - Elinor Mills - 25 Jun, 2010 One of the proof-of-concept apps was disguised as a preview of the "Twilight Saga: Eclipse" movie. Google has remotely removed two free apps ...
Google remotely deletes Android apps Telegraph.co.uk - Claudine Beaumont - 25 Jun, 2010 Google has confirmed that it has remotely deleted two applications from mobile phones running the Android operating ...
Google claims its Android apps are safe Inquirer - Spencer Dalziel - 25 Jun, 2010 ANDROID'S SECURITY TEAM has announced it has remotely removed two apps it doesn't like from peoples' phones without anyone's permission ...
	Google Flips Remote Kill-Switch on Android Apps Wired News - Charlie Sorrel - 25 Jun, 2010 In a blog post, Google has described how it remotely removed two safe but “practically useless” applications from Android phones. ...
Google uses remote-kill functionality on Android apps ZDNet UK - David Meyer - 25 Jun, 2010 In a blog post, Android security lead Rich Cannings said Google had "developed technologies and processes to ...
	5 Things That Can Make Android the No. 1 OS Techtree.com - Prasad Naik - 25 Jun, 2010 Google's Android OS went from being just an idea to a roaring success in a very short time. It just seems like yesterday when the first Android phone was ...
Google vanishes Android apps from citizen phones Register - ‎Jun 24, 2010‎ Google has reached out over the airwaves and removed a pair of applications from users' Android phones, saying the two apps violated its terms of service. ...
Google Remotely Deletes Android Apps PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - ‎Jun 24, 2010‎ Google this week removed two applications from its Android Market, and exercised a feature that lets the company remotely delete the apps from a user's ...
Google Remotely Removes Android Apps PC World - ‎Jun 24, 2010‎ Google disclosed in a blog post on Thursday that it remotely removed two applications from Android phones that ran contrary to the terms of the Android ...
	More than 160000 Android phones activated every day CNET (blog) - Scott Webster - ‎Jun 24, 2010‎ Google Vice President Andy Rubin says more than 160000 Android devices are sold and activated every day. The Android momentum has kicked ...
Google denies malicious Android apps report Inquirer - Rob Coppinger - ‎Jun 24, 2010‎ ANDROID APPS HAVE NEVER been so controversial as now with search engine creator and operating system developer Google's public relations ...
Many Harmful Android Apps Wear a Friendly Face, Study Warns PC World - Julie Sartain - ‎Jun 24, 2010‎ PCs have been the victims of malware, spyware, and viruses since their inception. Why would mobile devices be any different? ...
CNET retracts article on Android app privacy threat ZDNet (blog) - Ed Burnette - ‎Jun 24, 2010‎ On Tuesday, security firm SMobile Systems published a report saying that many Android apps exposed private or ...
	iPhone 4 shortage to frustrate Apple fans The Guardian - ‎Jun 23, 2010‎ Thousands of British gadget fans are likely to be left empty handed today as stocks of the newest version of the iPhone appear likely to run out within ...
	1 in 5 Android apps pose potential privacy threat: report Sydney Morning Herald - ‎Jun 23, 2010‎ Mobile security company SMobile has looked into the potential privacy and security issues in more than 48000 apps in the Android Market. ...
	Over 160000 Android devices sold every day: Google CEO AFP - ‎Jun 23, 2010‎ NEW YORK �" More than 160000 mobile phones powered by Google's Android operating system are being sold every day, the Internet giant said Wednesday on the ...
Google's Android: 160000 Devices a Day Wall Street Journal (blog) - Spencer Ante - ‎Jun 23, 2010‎ One of the most surprising bits of news to emerge from the Motorola Droid X launch was the announcement that 160000 new devices running on ...
Google Finds Flaws In Android Security Report InformationWeek - Thomas Claburn - ‎Jun 23, 2010‎ SMobile Systems' suggestion that two-thirds of Android apps are 'suspicious' fails to consider Android's security mechanisms, Google says. ...
Report criticizes Android app model CNET - Elinor Mills - ‎Jun 23, 2010‎ In this screenshot, an Android user downloading the MyTracks app is informed of the data and resources the app has access to. ...
Google 'activating 160000 Android phones a day' The Guardian - ‎Jun 23, 2010‎ Google is now activating 160000 mobile phones using its Android software a day, equivalent to 4.8ma month, according to the company's chief executive, ...
Android apps: Shifty little bleeders Register - Bill Ray - ‎Jun 23, 2010‎ A fifth of Android applications aren't playing fair, according to SMobile Systems which reckons that mobile ...
	20 Percent of Android Apps Can Threaten Privacy, Says Vendor PC World - ‎Jun 23, 2010‎ Twenty percent of applications on Android Market let third parties access private or sensitive information, according to a report from security vendor ...
One in five Android apps is insecure Inquirer - Edward Berridge - ‎Jun 23, 2010‎ A REPORT on the security of Android mobile phone applications claims that one in five is insecure. Insecurity experts at Smobile Systems ...
A week in security: Google Android security concerns V3.co.uk - Phil Muncaster - 25 Jun, 2010 This week in the security space has been dominated by new security concerns over the apps that may be lurking in Google's Android Marketplace. ...
Weekend Open Thread Dslreports - Karl Bode - 25 Jun, 2010 Google has remotely removed two free apps from several hundred Android phones because the apps misrepresented their purpose and thus violated Android ...
	Android apps removed by Google for security reasons TweakTown - Don Lynn - 25 Jun, 2010 Google has had to remove several apps remotely from Android phones and from the Android Market for what they have deemed “security concerns. ...
Google Has An Android Kill Switch The Market Financial - 25 Jun, 2010 Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) had removed a phony Twilight-related application from any Android mobile phone that downloaded it using a “kill switch. ...
The full story on Google's remote app detonation from yesterday MobileCrunch (blog) - Devin Coldewey - 25 Jun, 2010 There was a minor flap yesterday when it came out that Google had used their remote kill ability to delete apps from a ...
Google pulls the kill switch TECH.BLORGE.com - John Lister - 25 Jun, 2010 Google has remotely removed two Android applications over security concerns. But it's downplaying the risk posed to users. ...