T-Mobile, Sprint go unlimited, Google phone rumors, Duo video chat, and Honor 8 revealed | Pocketnow Weekly 214

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

T-Mobile and Sprint are delivering “optimized” unlimited data plans. What does this mean for your phone bill? We’ve spent some time with Google’s Duo video chat. Will this pull people from Facetime? Plus we went hands on with the new Honor 8 at the launch even in San Francisco, and it seems we have yet another premium budget phone to compete against Oneplus, ZTE, and Alcatel. Make sure you’re charged and ready for episode 214 of the Pocketnow Weekly!Watch the live video broadcast from 2:00pm Eastern on August 18th (click

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BlackBerry patches Quadrooter, first Android partner to do so

Posted on by Jules Wang

BlackBerry’s main stake in the mobile industry is security. If it can’t tout the hardware it comes out with as a unique selling point, it’s got to be security, security, security. And secure it has for its DTEK50 and Priv phones.The company’s first Android smartphones that were ...

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LG V20 Quad DAC, all glass iPhones, and Android security concerns | Pocketnow Weekly 213

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

Apple gets smart about BETA testing software, while we’re already tracking rumors about next year’s iPhone. Google and Samsung respond to security concerns exploited at this year’s Def Con. And the LG V20 looks to impress audiophiles with a Quad DAC system! What does that even mean?!?!?Those stories, and we’ll tackle your viewer emails! Make sure you’re charged and ready for episode 213 of the Pocketnow Weekly!Watch the live video broadcast from 2:00pm Eastern on August 11 (click

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Google’s take on Quadrooter doesn’t change the fact that the last fix is weeks away

Posted on by Jules Wang

Google already had three vulnerabilities patched of the four publicized by Check Point Security over the weekend. It had them patched since Android 4.2. That’s the conclusion we’re getting from Google’s statement on the Quadrooter vulnerabilities found in Qualcomm-based Android devices, a device group totaling in the neighborhood of 900 million.A spokesperson wrote to Android Central that:Our Verify Apps and SafetyNet protections help identify, block, and remove applications that exploit ...

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