I played with a new ROMs on my EVO this weekend. I had a ton of trouble with Cyanogen Mod 7 last week that rendered my phone completely unusable. I couldn't unlock my screen and was left without a phone for the majority of my work day.
I had better luck this weekend trying out Myn's Warm Z TwoPointTwo. This ROM is pretty awesome. It's built with Sense 2.0 and is really fast. I enjoy themes and widgets so I like HTC Sense quite a bit. Sense 2.0 is outstanding! This ROM has a lot of built in themes for Sense and sound themes as well. In the end, it didn't work out because it is still really buggy. The deal breakers for me were that I couldn't connect to my corporate exchange server. I got the message "exchange synchronization is experiencing problems". I also got force close messages each time I tried to search through my contacts. I installed an earlier version of Warm but didn't care for it as much without Sense 2.0. Today, I went back to MikFroYo 4.5 and added on Launcher Pro to replace Sense. MikFroYo is very lean and fast w/ a lot of nice animations. One of the biggest pluses is that the home screen turns into landscape mode. This will be useful for me in the car while I have it docked. What other ROMs should I try?
Today we are introducing a new concept called Lookout Labs and rolling out our first project: Plan B. Lookout Labs was created to explore and test out new ideas that push the boundaries of mobile. Projects developed in Lookout Labs are experimental by nature and are developed to showcase new concepts and facilitate an exchange between Lookout and the mobile community. Our engineers and other staff come up with new ideas every day, and we wanted a way to get the best ones implemented and released to the market quickly. They may only be available for a limited time, so make sure you check out our latest projects when they are first rolled out.
As part of Lookout Labs, today we are releasing our first project called Plan B. Plan B for Android is the last resort to find your missing phone. Plan B is the first and only ‘find my phone’ app that you can download AFTER you’ve already lost your phone to locate it.
We’ve all had a friend who has lost their phone, but didn’t have Lookout or another ‘find my phone app’ already on their phone. Plan B was created for them. Plan B is not a replacement for Lookout and is designed to be a one-time use app. It’s a backup plan for anyone who’s lost their phone and wants to get it back.
Using Plan B is simple, but requires access to the Android Market website (https://market.android.com/) and a Google account.
Follow these easy steps to use Plan B:
- Go to the Android Market website and search “Plan B,” or visit the Plan B Android Market page.
- Install Plan B to the phone that you are trying to find. (It’s important to note that you need to download Plan B from the web version of the Android Market, not the Android Market app market on your phone.)As soon as it is installed, Plan B will send an email to your Gmail account telling you it’s locating your phone.
- Once Plan B has located your phone, check your Gmail again to find a link to a Google Map of where your phone is located. For 10 minutes Plan B will send you a series of consecutive emails with refined location updates every few minutes.
- If your phone seems to be on the move, and you aren’t able to find your phone within ten minutes of downloading Plan B, you can text yourself the word “locate” from a friend’s phone in order to start the locate process again.
- After you’ve found your lost phone, we recommend you download full protection from Lookout Mobile Security!
Since this is a beta project as part of Lookout Labs, it is only available in the U.S. on the four major carriers (AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile) and you must be on Android 2.0 and above.
Be a good friend. Help spread the word, and if you ever have a friend that has lost their phone, tell them about Plan B! Stay tuned for more innovative projects to come out of Lookout Labs.
Not sure how I missed this but Facebook has enabled the ability to secure your browsing sessions with HTTPS.
Unfortunately, they've hidden this setting deep within the interface. Funny that when it comes to exploiting our privacy, those items are turned on by default. Something that increases security, gets buried.
Why does this matter?
When you're browsing web pages that are not secured with https, it's easier for someone to "evesdrop" on your session, see what your browsing and collect your passwords. (Check out Firesheep on Wikipedia for more info.)
Snoop Dogg and Norton Announce 'Hack is Wack' Video Contest To Raise Cybercrime Awareness
Think you can bust out some silly fresh rhymes on the subjects of hacking, identity theft and computer viruses?
In a somewhat untraditional partnership, Snoop Dogg and Symantec’s Norton want you to show off your lyrical skills on the subject of cybercrime and enter the "Hack is Wack" cybercrime rap contest.
The contest, which runs through Sept. 30, 2010, asks participants to create and upload a two-minute rap video at www.HackIsWack.com.
Snoop is going make the initial call for entries through his Facebook account, Twitter and YouTube page.
If you have the skills and bust out the phattest rap, you’ll receive round trip airfare for two to Los Angeles along with two days and two nights hotel stay to meet with Snoop's management and learn more about his business. You’ll also get two tickets to a Snoop Dogg concert and a new laptop pimped out with Norton Internet Security 2011.
The winner, to be announced on Oct. 20, 2010, will be selected based on overall creativity, rapping and performing skills, and delivery of a compelling anti-cybercrime message.
Could the SEO Rapper maybe make a career change over to the Cybercrime rapper? He does have some mad skills and can rap about technology related subjects. I’m a big fan of his “music” and I’m hoping he enters the HackIsWack contest!
If you’re on Twitter, use the hashtag #SnoopNorton to find and mark tweets about the contest. The contest begins Sept. 1 and ends Sept. 30. You can hear more about the contest direct from Snoop in the video below! Good luck, Yo!
This can't be real. Sounds like a job for @FranchICE06
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