W3W WEEK#45
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The document discusses the release of 'Lollipop,' the latest Android version, which features an updated 'material design' for improved user experience and has received positive reviews. It also highlights concerns from a survey by the EFF regarding the security of popular messaging apps, noting that many prioritize features over encryption. Lastly, it mentions Apple's new patent for tracking smartphone connectivity to identify network blind spots, raising questions about whether this data will effectively lead to network improvements.
W3W WEEK#45
- 1. 1 THE WEEK IN 3WORDS
- 2. 2 WEEK #45
- 3. LOLLIPOP 3
- 4. 4 Lollipop, the latest Android release, is out for public, shipped with the Nexus 9 tablet. Its main (visible) update is its layout and look & feel: Google introduced the “material design”, which is supposed to mimic real life materials (paper and ink) for a more intuitive user experience. But there are a lot of other improvements under the hood. So far so good, critics are quite enthusiastic. The new design is applauded, and is said to relegate the previous version to a kind of prehistoric design. Features such as the automatic screen unlock in presence of a second trusted device (such as a smartwatch) or the encrypted data, the new keyboard layout, etc. are innovative and definitely facilitate the usage of the device. The Lollipop version, coming with critical acclaim and following the rather tedious launch of iOS8 – which wasn’t really disruptive – may propel Android even further ahead in the mobile OS market.
- 5. ARE YOU SAFE? 5
- 6. 6 Are the apps you’re using because they claim your safe with them really safe? The EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, has released the results of a survey* where they tested popular messaging applications against a set of security practices or potential threats. Those results don’t always look great… Despite all recent issues regarding privacy (from social networks sharing users’ personal information w/ NSA to hacking of iCloud or Snapshat), the app makers do not yet prioritize encryption and other security measures over features. It’s only when we’re sorry that we understand that we should (h*) ahttvpse:// wbwwe.eeff.onrg /sseacurfee-mre…ssaging-scorecard
- 8. 8 Frequently annoyed with your smartphone telling you there is no network when you dramatically needs one? Apple has patented a new method to keep track of end-users’ connectivity: when the smartphone looses its connection, the last antenna it was connected to is recorded. This allows to identify quite precisely the mobile network blind spots and… help fix them? This technology is definitely aiming at providing carriers with information about their networks. But will mobile operators use such information to actually improve their network, given the fact that blind spots are very likely to be in areas with few consumers?