Want to play Windows games on your iPhone? Run macOS on an iPad? Or maybe you’ve dreamed of putting Android or Linux on those devices? It’s possible. Sounds crazy? Not really—iOS can run virtual machines with different…
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Beyond the App Store: Installing Third-Party Apps on iOS Without…
Apple tightly controls what users can and can’t do with their devices. On iOS and iPadOS, that control borders on the absurd, to the point where a device’s rightful owner can’t freely install apps. In this article,…
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Sailfish OS: A De-Googled, Privacy-Focused Android Alternative for Your Smartphone
Android has dominated the mobile OS market for years, leaving iOS as the only other major player. What about alternatives? In this article, we’ll look at one: Sailfish OS, the mobile operating system from the Finnish company…
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Building a Custom Android Dialer: Low‑Level Call Control with the…
Android provides a software interface to the phone’s low-level hardware stack. Using it, you can write an app to dial numbers, trigger the transmission of the current coordinates, handle an incoming call, or even silently switch on…
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De-Googling Android: Using Android Without Google Play, YouTube, or Google…
Google collects a ton of data from your smartphone—location, app activity, contacts, calendar, search history, app-data backups—just to name a few. You don’t strictly have to link your phone to a Google account, but if you don’t,…
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Which Operating System Is Most Vulnerable? Security Comparison of iOS,…
We often write about mobile OS security—publishing details on newly discovered vulnerabilities, outlining defensive weak spots, and explaining methods of compromise. We’ve covered surveillance of Android users, malicious apps baked right into firmware, and the uncontrolled exfiltration…
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8 Practical Ways to Use Android’s Fingerprint Scanner for Security…
Official fingerprint reader support arrived in Android 6.0, yet many people still think it’s only for unlocking the phone. In fact, if you know your way around Tasker, you can map it to virtually any action.
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Android Performance Optimization: Eliminate App Lag, Jank, and Long Loading…
Performance is one of the most critical aspects of a mobile app. Your app can be as feature-rich, polished, and useful as you like, but if it feels sluggish, failure is almost guaranteed. The good news is…
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Android Code Injection with Frida: Hooking and Instrumenting Third-Party Apps
When we talk about reverse‑engineering and modifying third‑party applications, we usually mean using a decompiler, a disassembler, and a debugger. But there’s a tool that takes a very different approach: Frida—a toolkit that lets you inject into…
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Why Smartphone Home Screens Are Broken—and Why I Built AIO…
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always found it odd that a powerful smartphone—connecting people to each other and to the rest of the world—uses an utterly useless, uninformative screen of icons as its primary interface.…
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HDR+ Explained: What It Is and How to Enable It…
Over the past four years, the cameras in Google’s Pixel and Nexus lineups have made a major leap forward: Google introduced a software-based photo post-processing system called HDR+. In this article, we’ll explain how it works and…
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Building a Mobile App with Firebase: Google’s Free, Powerful Backend-as-a-Service
Google’s new Firebase can cover most mobile developers’ needs—and even solve problems you don’t have yet. It’s free within a generous tier, and you’ll have to try hard to exceed it. In this article, I’ll start outlining…
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From Android 1.0 to 8.0: How the World’s Most Popular…
Ten years ago, Google’s engineers released the first Android SDK and the first emulator, letting anyone get a feel for the new OS. Back then, few people took it seriously. Which makes it all the more interesting…
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AhMyth: Using a Simple Builder to Create an Android RAT
Thanks to Elon Musk’s efforts, you can drive a Tesla today without even knowing how to drive. And thanks to a developer who goes by the handle AhMyth (the same name he gave his tool), anyone can…
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Why iPhone Performance Beats Android—Now and in the Future
Why is the iPhone 7 faster than the Samsung Galaxy S7, and the iPhone 8 faster than the Galaxy S8? What’s the “Apple magic”? Setting aside fanboy takes like “Android is better!”, let’s break down the factors…
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Repurpose Your Old Tablet: Use It as a Second Monitor,…
Older Android devices can’t keep up with modern games and resource‑hungry apps anymore, but it’s a shame to give them away or toss them out—and nobody wants to buy them. Using the Nexus 7 as an example,…
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Android vs iOS Security: Is Android Actually Safer?
Strange headline, isn’t it? The author must be nuts to compare iOS security—something even the FBI can’t crack—with that leaky bucket called Android. But I’m serious: Android and iOS can, and should, be compared. Not to prove…
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How Phone Makers Ruin Android with Bloatware, Heavy Skins, and…
In one of our previous pieces, we took a deep dive into why iPhones have been—and will continue to be—faster than current Android flagships. The article sparked heated debate and mixed reactions. So we decided to expand…
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Turning an Old Android Smartphone into a Fully Functional Home…
Imagine this scenario: you have an old Android smartphone. Its primary function is long gone – maybe the screen is shattered, the mobile connectivity module has died, or the device is simply outdated. Selling it for next…
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The Ultimate Guide to Android Performance Optimization
Running out of battery? Tired of sluggish apps? Don’t panic—and don’t rush to buy a new smartphone. Even a slow phone can be made snappier, and its battery life extended significantly. In this article, we’ll share a…
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