App Lookout

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  Google Tests Gemini AI Integration With Messages App, Rolls Out Multiple Productivity Features for Android

  Google rolled out nine new features for Android devices, including several generative artificial intelligence (AI)-based features, on Monday, February 26. The announcement of the features comes on the first day of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024. The highlight among the features is the integration of Gemini, the company’s latest AI-powered c...

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  Google Announces New Accessibility Features for Android Devices: All Details

  Google unveiled a series of accessibility products and feature updates on Thursday to commemorate Global Accessibility Awareness Day. The day is marked to highlight the importance of digital accessibility. The company claimed that the products and features introduced are built by and for people with disabilities.

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  Lookout Notice Issued Against 3 Chinese Nationals For Operating Illegal Loan App

  The Bureau of Immigration has issued a lookout circular against three Chinese nationals for allegedly operating an illegal digital loan app in India, officials said on Sunday.

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  Google Blocked Over 1.9 Billion Malware Installs From Non-Play Store Sources Last Year

  Google has been taking steps towards safeguarding the Play Store from all kinds of malware and frauds. According to the company, it prevented more than 1.9 billion malware installs from non-Google Play sources in 2019.

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  Google Introduces App Defense Alliance to Curb Malicious Apps from Entering Play Store

  The three partners will integrate Google Play Protect detection into their own scanning engines, to bring an extra layer of eyes for all the apps that are queued to publish.

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  Google Lookout App for Visually Challenged Now Available for Pixel Phones in US

  Google Lookout is currently limited to Pixel phones; however, the company has promised to expand the app’s availability to more devices.

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  Eight Great Apps and Software Services That Launched In 2018

  We've picked out the 8 best software and services launched in 2018

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  Google Lookout App to Help the Visually Challenged

  Lookout app will be released by Google in the US later this year.

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  SonicSpy Android Malware Family Spotted on Google Play Store, Says Lookout

  Samples of SonicSpy most recently found on Google Play Store is marketed as a messaging app, the researchers said on Sunday.

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  Google, Lookout Detail 'Chrysaor' Android Malware, Related to Pegasus iOS Malware

  Google and Lookout researchers have found that Chrysaor can potentially give remote control of the device to the exploiter and even remove its traces by itself.

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  Google Removes 13 Malicious Apps From Play Store

  The researchers said the apps, besides boasting high download numbers, automatically gave positive app reviews on Google Play without user permission.

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  Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC 'Smart Protect' Feature Detailed

  The Smart Protect detects zero-day malware threats in real time and alerts the user to take necessary action.

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  Stagefright Vulnerability Detector App Now Available on Google Play

  Zimperium, the cyber-security firm that discovered the wide-reaching vulnerability, has released an app to test Android devices.

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  Apple Maps May Soon Go Cross-Platform, Reveals Company Job Listing

  Apple is on the lookout for a Maps JavaScript Engineer to help make Maps work seamlessly on the Web.

• Security App 'Lookout' Clicks Thief's Selfie, Gets Her Arrested

  An app called 'Lookout' has hunted down a woman thief who stole a smartphone from another woman's car in Florida.