Android Security Rewards

Android for Cortana will be released this summer

Start the "Android Security Rewards" program Google is Google is to discover the Android bugs, and began "Android Security Rewards" program to pay the reward when you report. Android Rewards - Application Security - Google

This program, to discover the unknown security vulnerability in Android, when you report to the Android security team, is that pay a reward, depending on its contents. Terminal to be incentives are those that have been sold in the United States of Play Store Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 are eligible. Also, it's of interest, it is AOSP, library, driver, kernel, and target modules of Trust Zone area.

The amount of the reward will vary depending on the severity of the discovered security vulnerability, $ 2,000 in the critical content, $ 1,000 in high rank, $ 500 in the middle rank, it has become a $ 0 with a low rank. In addition to the bug report, to report the test case, if it is such as to commit the patch, it will also be $ 8,000 at most been added further incentive.

Google is doing a similar program even Chrome.

Here is different from the content and the subject because the application, but the reward is there are 500 to $ 50,000 and the difference. In 2014, it has been a reward of more than $ 1.25 million in total for the report who discovered the vulnerability has been paid, the program because they raise the outcome, it was the flow that also applies to Android
Perhaps.

The software also is superficial and complex look like there is no bug, there remains a potential bug, which has been can not be completely eliminated. Of these programs can be implemented, it is Android unique open source. Set it to chance, it is a good initiative that will create the opportunity to touch the source code to many eyes.
Beta version of Cortana for Android is released in July

Android version of Microsoft's voice operation-enabled personal assistant "Cortana" has been a summer release. Before this release had announced that it would carry out the β release of the July.
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Google Now, which can be voice-activated, it is not a structure, such as a personal assistant, such as Cortana and Siri. By Cortana is released, you can use the personal assistant that can be voice operation even Android. These digital assistants, to work with the closely ties system global and OS will lead to improvement of convenience.

In fact, Cortana for Windows Phone, you can make a wide range of operations in the voice has become a dense ties. I do not know the finish of the Android version at the present stage, the same way as the Cortana of Windows Phone, as long as it available in the system globally tied to closely and OS, in the autumn, for granted and that talk to smartphones on a street corner It might be.

Cortana is the Google Now, which is reinforced with Android M different approach.

The Google Now on Android M, function called Now on Tap will be installed. This is a mechanism that by operation of a user an opportunity to understand the state of the user, presents the information and means deemed optimal. Also different approaches and ideas with each way to reach the methods and information to get information.

Android user, and Google Now to operate in a practical way, it means that digital assistants can be used with Cortana different mechanism to operate in the voice, it can also be used in combination You can select a better fit for me. This is, we can say with quite luxurious situation.