Android app security basics: Easy ways to keep your phone safe | Digital Trends

Here are a few simple ways you can stay safe on the Android platform and drastically reduce your risk of installing malware. We've been exploring the topic of Android security over the last week. We kicked off with a look at the top Android security apps and found that they generally offer a package of features beyond antivirus protection.

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Gold, silver, and bronze: the real winners of the Social Olympics

This year's Olympics earned the nickname "Socialympics." It has inspired huge waves of tweets, brought down the reputation of old media giants, and earned athletes millions of new followers in weeks. Since the Beijing Olympics four years ago, the use of Facebook and Twitter has exploded.

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Mission impossible: Design great-sounding, affordable speakers

Andrew Jones has a degree in physics, but his real passion is speaker design. He worked as a research engineer for KEF, Infinity and now with Pioneer, and he's chiefly responsible for their ultra high-end TAD Reference line of speakers that sell for upwards of $80,000!

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Another Gold for U.S. Women's Hoops

LONDON-The French women's basketball team had already become stars back home in the hours before they took the court for Saturday night's gold-medal final against the U.S. Simply reaching the championship game was a historic achievement, and their popularity soared even more when a clip of the team singing together went viral on YouTube.

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