Can Android 4.0 Match New iOS 6 Features?

iOS 6 presentation reminds me of new iPad's: unexciting, but will make Apple users happy. It seems that Android and iOS are running the dead heat.

Google Maps with turn-by-turn navigation were one of the main selling points for Android in US and couple of more countries. Even if you liked iOS more, free satnav could change your mind. Enter Apple Maps. It will not just take part of Google's revenue from maps, but also from Android sales, at least in US.

Facebook and Google+, Please Reduce Clutter

One of the reasons why I hate Facebook is noise. I joined because I wanted to know what's going on with people that were dear to me, but with whom I lost contact. What I got is:

• dozens of funny and "funny" pictures
• bunch of posts about articles somebody is reading now
• YouTube and everybody else's tubes
• children games played by adults

What privacy?

Feeling naked in front of ad providers?

If I owned very evil malware company, I would make ​​an application that needs access to both contacts and Internet for some legitimate purpose. I will suck all the data that I can. If the user revokes the rights, he will lose functionality, and if he grants them back, application will continue sending his private data to me for my evil plans.

That's what I wrote couple of days ago as preparation for one article. And then the reality caught me.

British Sunday Times published, as some say, typical tabloid article about Android Facebook application with excessive rights; it can read your text messages and snap a snapshot of your surroundings whenever it likes (article is not free, so check this). Facebook opposed these claims fiercely. Not going into discussion what they really did or didn't do with the data, this scenario is perfectly plausible. Be it Android or iOS, once you allow certain permission, application can use it at its own discretion until you uninstall it (Android) or revoke the permission (iOS).