UniComData Blogs

Not every ad you are served by Google is good for you, warns Zscaler’s Julien Sobrier, after he spotted a suspicious looking ad for a free Flash Video player in his Google Reader.
By clicking on the link he was taken to the download page of the player, which repeats many times over that the offered [...]

[Read more →]

If you, for example, install multiple media player applications on your Android device, you’ll find that Android will give you the choice of which application to launch by default when you open a media file or document. However, you may later want to change this default setting.
To do so, go to Settings > Applications > [...]

[Read more →]

An Android app developer has published what he says is conclusive proof that millions of smartphones are secretly monitoring the key presses, geographic locations, and received messages of their users.
 
In a YouTube video posted November 28, the developer showed how software from a company known as Carrier IQ recorded in real time the keys he [...]

[Read more →]

As Android market share has shot up in recent months, so has the volume of malware designed for the mobile platform. There has been a 472 percent increase in Android malware samples in the past three months alone, according to research from Juniper Networks. While September saw a 28 percent jump in malware samples, numbers [...]

[Read more →]

Google Chrome allows you the option to search within a specific site. First type the web address of the site you want to search in the address bar, and then press the “Tab” key.
If Google Chrome has a record of the site’s search engine, you’ll be offered the option to search within that site only. [...]

[Read more →]

For companies interested in trying out cloud-based services, email may be something worth trying. Here’s a breakdown of two options from two industry giants that may be worth considering.
Google Apps
Google Apps is a service from Google that started in 2006, with the introduction of Gmail—a hosted email service, and which later incorporated other apps such [...]

[Read more →]

Do you frequently use Google’s online services such as Gmail, Calendar, and Reader? Do wish there were a way you could view all of these services in one page? If you use Mozilla Firefox as your browser, you’re in luck. Firefox has a free Addon called “Integrated Gmail” which allows you to view these services [...]

[Read more →]

Do you ever wish you could save files you find online directly to a cloud storage service provider? With this handy new free tool called Cloud Save you can. Cloud Save is available for the Google Chrome browser at the Google Chrome webstore.
After you install the extension in Google Chrome, you will find a new [...]

[Read more →]

Many users download Adobe Acrobat Reader to open PDF Documents, but it can be slow to start up and load a file. However, you can use Chrome as your default PDF viewer. It’s really fast and unlike other free PDF viewers it’s a breeze to set up and use.
Simply open Google Chrome and type chrome://plugins [...]

[Read more →]

Google is making its searches more effective through the introduction of Google +1, an experimental program that allows users to recommend websites by pressing a +1 icon that appears beside Google search results. Visit google.com/experimental and see what the fuss is all about.
While still in the experimental stage, there is a lot to be excited [...]

[Read more →]