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Matt Johnston (@cimota)
- Twitter Bio:
- Innovation Czar & Culture Architect Married to @dressjunkie. Sailing, civic innovation, digital media, pragmatic vision and games. This is part of my job.
- Location:
- County Down, Northern Ireland
- Website:
- http://cimota.com/blog
Matt Johnston's Selections From the Web
FORTUNE -- Developers often complain about the hoops Apple (AAPL) makes them jump through to get their wares into the iOS App Store. But the company has its reasons -- besides its 30% cut of the revenue -- and one of them was illustrated by the warning issued Friday by the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)."The IC3 has been made aware of various malware attacking Android operating systems for mobile devices," it begins. "Some of the latest known versions of this type of malware are Loozfon and FinFisher."For owners of smartphones running on Google (GOOG) Android platform -- including those made by Samsung, Motorola and HTC -- the Bureau
Doran Else bought his Photon 4G last October, lured by the fast dual-core processor and by the close relationship between Motorola and its new owner, Google. Motorola had recently joined the Android Upgrade Alliance, promising to release operating system updates to all its phones for 18 months following their release. But for Else and thousands of others, those operating system updates turned out to be a mirage. Last Friday, buried in a Motorola forum, the company quietly abandoned its update pledge, killing off plans to ever update the Photon 4G. The Electrify, a re-branded Photon available on the US Cellular network, and the Atrix 4G, a flagship
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