Apktool is a utility that can be used for reverse engineering Android applications resources (APK). With the help of Apktool, we can decode APK resources to almost original form; we can modify the source code on the fly and rebuild the decoded resources back to APK. Its project-like structure makes it easy to work with. Apktool has following primary features Decode APK resources (resources.arsc, classes.dex and XMLs) Rebuilding decoded resources back to binary APK Organizing and handling APKs that depend on framework resources Automating with repetitive tasks...

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Pressure is growing on Apple and Google to remove Absher, a controversial Saudi app which can be used by male family members to track the movements of women and even bar them from travelling. Some 14 members of Congress have accused the two companies of being ‘accomplices in the oppression of Saudi women’ … The ways in which the Absher app could be used to control women were first highlighted by Business Insider....

According to Apple, there’s Feature-Specific Requirements for some of the features in Mountain Lion. AirPlay Mirroring works with only the following Macs. Seriously? My Mac barely missed the cut for this groovy new feature in OS X Mountain Lion. Rather than worry about purchasing new hardware, as I’m sure Apple wants, I started a search for a third party alternative. I found a great program called AirParrot (Link Below) that fills the AirPlay Mirroring void....

Previously available only to Android users, Adobe released its Adobe Collage app to iPad users today for assembling “modern, conceptual moodboards.” It also released the Adobe Proto app for iPad that allows you to create prototypes of websites and mobile apps. The Collage app allows users to import content from select Adobe Creative Suite applications, including PDFs, PSDs, and AI files, as well as upload and access existing content stored in your complimentary 2GB Adobe Creative Cloud account....

Apple Music now has a much smarter way of handling alternate album versions – one it has belatedly copied from the original Beats service. Previously, if there was more than one version of an album, they each appeared on the artist page, which made for a cluttered and confusing experience… But MacStories‘ Federico Viticci spotted that Apple now does what Beats used to. Alternate versions are now hidden by default from Artist pages....

We’ve been hearing scary stories about the post-PC era ever since Steve Jobs and Apple first talked about this new age of computing at the iPad 2 unveiling. Mobile devices akin to iPad will obsolete our desktop computers (which will be like trucks), we are being told. This, in turn, will leave little room for notebooks and iPad has already decimated the netbook market (even Microsoft agrees). There’s little wonder then that the old-fashioned types scrambled to design interesting accessories which turn your post-PC device into a “notebook”....

The Wondery+ subscription costs $4.99 per month or $34.99 per year, and the price will be the same on Apple Podcasts Subscriptions, despite Apple taking a cut of revenue. Wondery+ offers ad-free versions of the studio’s podcasts, as well as early access to select content and bonus episodes. In a statement, Wondery CEO Jen Sargent explained: “We’re excited to join with Apple on the next chapter of podcasting and are encouraged by the opportunities this subscription offering opens up for the podcast industry as a whole....

Obfuscating malware is a way to keep the files associated with the malware from detection and easy analysis. Packing is a type of obfuscation technique. Obfuscation Obfuscation takes code and basically makes it unreadable without destroying its intended functionality. This technique is used to delay detection and/or to make reverse engineering difficult. Obfuscation does have legitimate purpose. It can be used to protect intellectual property or other sensitive code....

We all are aware of the Security Updates that we receive on our Android devices from time to time. If you have the latest device than the update cycle will be cover more new security updates as compared to the old devices. However, there are times that we often delay to install the security updates even if they have arrived for our devices. Moreover, keeping our devices up to date especially, in terms of security is very essential and in today’s digital age it is a must....

I said “some Android fans”, because, as it always happens, not all Android devices will be getting it. Still, the number of devices getting it looks promising. According to a post on the official Android Google Plus account, the first devices to get the new Android version (starting today), are Galaxy Nexus HSPA+. The users of these devices will be notified of the update in the next few days. But they’re not the only ones that will be made happy by Google....

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When it comes to horror movies, silence is golden. The shadows are both friend and foe and anything above a whisper makes it more difficult for the hunter to find its prey in A Quiet Place (2018). The movie takes place in the not so distant future, and aliens have invaded the Earth with the sole intention of wiping out the human population. The creatures are blind and rely on sound to find their victims which means survivors have adapted accordingly....

We’ve this morning seen claimed moulds for this year’s iPhone line-up, and once more the triangular camera arrangement inside the square camera bump is coming under fire. People have been criticising it ever since we first saw renders of the claimed design back in January. We’re seeing more of the same today … No offense to the person that created that, but ewww. No. Just no. In particular, people are struggling to understand why Apple would opt for an asymmetric triangular camera layout inside a square bump....

AAPL saw its stock price climb steadily yesterday in the run-up to the company’s announcement of its Q2 earnings (calendar Q1), and once the numbers were known the price jumped sharply in pre-market trading to hit $174.21 at the time of writing. That’s up more than 5% on yesterday morning’s opening price. While Apple’s Q2 earnings were almost bang in the middle of both the company’s guidance and analyst expectations, investors appear buoyed by three factors …...

Adobe has just updated Photoshop to version 12.0.4 this morning. It includes the promised support for Adobe’s new iPad apps designed to work with desktop Photoshop: Adobe Nav, Adobe Color Lava and Adobe Eazel. Said apps are in the process of begin added to the App Store and are not live yet on all regional App Stores. The release notes mention the following changes: Thanks to Justin for pointing this out!...

Sprinkles, a new iOS camera app from Microsoft, hopes to set itself apart in the emoji-crazed social media game. Touting itself as a “camera with fun ideas,” Sprinkles automatically adds captions and imagery directly atop your photos by detecting different objects, pets, and even people to create randomized quips. Sprinkles looks like a combination of previously released Microsoft iOS apps. By combining the technologies the other individual apps focused on, the final product a fun camera app....

Ever since his humble beginnings in the intimate drug-based drama The Panic in Needle Park followed by his mainstream breakthrough in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, Al Pacino has been regarded as one of the greatest actors who ever lived. In recent years, he’s been occasionally letting moviegoers down with disappointing turns in the likes of Jack and Jill, but at least he hasn’t sold out quite as much as his fellow screen legend Robert De Niro....

Monitor internal jobs settled to cost centers (overhead orders) Monitor internal jobs settled to fixed assets (investment orders) Offsetting postings of accrued costs calculated in CO (accrual orders) Display the cost controlling parts of Sales and Distribution customer not affect the core business of the company (orders with revenues) We can use overhead orders for detailed controlling for a particular object or activity. All costs related to this object or activity are assigned to the relevant order....