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Kaspersky Internet Security (for Android)
2013-11-25 18:33:36| PC Magazine: New Product Reviews
The latest Android offering from Kaspersky comes with a major design overhaul, but it's still tricky to take full advantage of all this app has to offer.
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Silverson Releases Conversion Tools App for Android Platform
2013-11-25 15:19:00| Chemical Processing
Volume calculation tool for processors now available as a free download.
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ADVANTGES OF USING A ROOTED ANDROID PHONE FOR WIRELESS FIELD MEASUREMENTS
2013-11-25 04:19:28| X-TEL Communications Inc.
There are some clear advantages why wireless carriers, engineers and wireless consulting companies soon will look to Xpedite as the device of choice for wireless RF field measurements and analysis of cellular 3G and 4G networks. The first of which is the delivery system which has never been done before. The delivery system is on-demand, 24/7, 365 days a year on Google play. Xpedite is ready when you need it. The days of requests for proposals, requests for quotations and the wasteful time spent on the back of forth with the competitive bid process for drive test tools and indoor measurements tools should soon be gone forever. As of this post, X-TEL has delivered the first and only field measurement tool for wireless drive testing and indoor RF coverage measurements available to anyone with access to Google play. This next generation tool, named Xpedite, is of course the perfect complement to the implementation of Wireless Distributed Antenna System (DAS) Networks and Heterogeneous Networks (HetNet), as the industry aggressively battles to meet the data demands of its users. So besides the availability of the tool on Google play, what makes Xpedite unique from other tools? THE DEATH OF TEST PHONE FLASHING | THE BIRTH OF TEST PHONE ROOTING Probably one of the most important milestones achieved by X-TELs development team over the past several months has been the ability to develop, configure and deliver a platform that no longer requires dependency to any single test equipment vendor to deliver a field measurement test handset such as Xpedite. For 15 or more years wireless carriers, wireless engineers and wireless engineering consulting companies have been dependent on drive test vendors to FLASH their test phones with special software in order to perform wireless drive test measurements and indoor signal strength air interface data collection. Xpedite unchains this dependency by using ROOT ACCESS to empower the user with administrative privileges enabling them to keep their phone up to date with current releases of software used by their customer base. Years ago FLASHING test phones was a minor inconvenience for users, since before the smartphone, a phones operating system (OS) was relatively simple requiring few changes. In the Smartphone world this is not the case, and for both competitive and operational reasons the OS is indeed updated more frequently than ever before. If a user needs to pack, ship, and send their phone back and forth to the vendor for the update, then wait for its return valuable time is wasted. In some cases, because of this delay and inconvenience, updates are simply ignored altogether and radio field measurements and optimization work continues, but with an outdated OS, sometimes providing erroneous results from what a typical subscriber would experience under similar circumstances. Xpedite never has a problem with updating because the phone is ROOTED. When new updates are made, they are automatically downloaded to the phone from the Google play store, as Google intended it to be, easy, fast and convenient for the user. Now wireless carriers, wireless engineers, and wireless engineering consulting firms dont have to wait to get their old Android phones updated so they can test what millions of subscribers are already using. They can perform their wireless drive testing and indoor coverage measurements with the same Android test phones and software version their subscribers are using. There is also another overlooked and rarely considered issue. The fact remains that other Android test phones from other drive test vendors are actually "mashed" into test phones with a MODIFIED KERNEL. (Whats a kernel? Please do a Google Search.) While this can provide some benefits, in most respects its potentially as bad as putting Microsoft Windows on top of a Unix kernel, and pretending you are testing Microsoft Windows OS, when in fact you are actually testing Microsoft Windows OS on top of a Unix kernel. Thats different, and that is not exactly the best approach for testing and analyzing the complex wireless networks of the future. Last, but not least, the FLASH process is indeed an antiquated method of delivery for wireless test mobile software in essence, its a relic of the past. Sending a phone to a test equipment vendor for a flash update is like sending email via pony express. Its pretty stupid considering the advances made with wireless data delivery of smartphone apps. Most important, its unnecessary, so why continue doing it? Get Xpedite today on Google play. Thats what we made it for to make your job easier. X-TEL is the only vendor currently empowering users to install sophisticated diagnostic test software for the measurement of wireless drive test and indoor wireless measurements to their OWN smartphones (and soon tablets), not a special phone with a specila kernal that is controlled by the drive test vendor. X-TEL is the only vendor to date that empowers its users to transfer their software from one phone to another free of charge. If your Android phone is older and you are updating to a new phone, simply ROOT the new phone and transfer your Xpedite license and you are on your way to measuring wireless air interface data without unnecessary delay. Finally, and most importantly, you remain ahead of the curve as a user of Xpedite. You will never fall behind the version of software your subscribers are using. You will always have the latest updates as you should, which is not true with the other guys.
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WHY IS ROOTING MY ANDROID PHONE IMPORTANT?
2013-11-22 17:35:03| X-TEL Communications Inc.
Rooting an Android phone provides its user with privileged control of the device. This is commonly referred to as root access among techies. The purpose of Rooting for X-TELs Xpedite Hand-held RF Coverage Measurement Tool is that it enables X-TELs software to get deep inside of the chipset in the phone. Therein lies the low level radio measurement parameters from the chipset and how the phone communicates back and forth between the base station and the Android Handset. For years (cellular) wireless engineers have used expensive drive test equipment installed in mobile drive test coverage vehicles for the purpose of collecting these types of measurement parameters. Often, these parameters are stored in a file and combined with a time stamp and a latitude and longitude, usually obtained from a GPS device. Once the data is gathered RF engineers and technicians take the data back to the office and analyze the results. Generally they use a tool such as Actix or WindCatcher to post-process the data. While post-processing the data, generally Maps are used to show position in relation to network parameters. Engineer can then determine if a dropped connection or poor data speed in a particular area is due to the RF coverage (radio field strength level), radio interference, or simply a misconfiguration in the wireless network. The Xpedite App for Android wireless cellular measurements is the next generation of test tool for wireless engineers and technicians. It REQUIRES ROOTING the phone to give the user special privileges in order for the software to access the diagnostic parameters so critical to RF Engineering of large Wireless Networks (See Rooting Video and Instructions here). Instructions on ROOTING may be found under the SUPPORT menu on the HOW TO VIDEOS page. Rooting is necessary for the Xpedite software to work. Hundreds of thousands of people root their phones to remove bloat-ware which is extra unnecessary software the wireless carriers bundle along with their phones for marketing and advertising purposes. Bloat-ware uses a lot of memory and by removing it using the ROOTING process, users can take more control over their phone, speed it up and remove unwanted programs installed by the wireless operators.
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GoToMyPC for Android Shines With Striking Simplicity
2013-11-22 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
If you've had any technical support dealings recently, you may have experienced the wonders of a tech agent taking over your PC remotely -- with your permission -- and running ghostly commands and installs using remote-access software. I saw this first-hand recently when a Microsoft support engineer had to repair a failed Office installation on a machine of mine.
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