With a new software update Apple has solved its iPhone scandal that emerged after two scientific data were discovered record users of telephones of tracking every move for a year. Customers of Google's Android phones are not as lucky. New IOS of Apple updated 4.3.3. the iPhone does stop the backup of the data of the location on your computer and removes data when location Services is disabled. The company says the location information are not transmitted to Apple, however, the remaining information still on your phone if you disable location Services. The patch, available for download now, comes just a week after Apple initially addressed the issue.
If you have an Android phone, however, good luck. As a former managing editor Nilay Patel fragmentation problem of Engadget, updates come slowly because the software is not compatible with all models produced by various manufacturers combined different Android. MG Siegler of TechCrunch highlights the problem:
The most recent major version 2.3 Android, (if we do not include the Tablet only 3.0), out since about 5 months now. What percentage of devices on Android is it installed on? 4%, according to figures from Google.
Four per cent. After five months.
While the hold-up is not entirely without Google, it's their fault by proxy. By allowing OEMs and carriers set their own calendars for versions of the OS, they provide these incredibly slow roll-outs (and sometimes carriers choose not to deploy the updates to all the)...For Apple, this process is instantaneous, because they are in control. For Google… too…
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