Users of electronic devices enjoy multiple applications that facilitate communication and certain tasks. However, when fake or cracked applications are downloaded, users are exposed to a breach of their security and privacy.

Malicious applications are not always easily recognized. The problem is that they are increasing and users must be aware of the recommendations of the manufacturer and cybersecurity experts to avoid the theft of personal information, theft of funds, among other crimes.

In an increasingly digitalized world, being a victim of fraud is part of daily life. However, there are ways to reduce the risk to a minimum. In the case of applications that you want to download, it is recommended to do so from the official store of the provider.

The main thing is to download from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. You can first install an antivirus that can detect fake apps. On the other hand, it is important to pay attention to the permissions that each app requests. Malicious or fake apps often request too many permissions.

Access to third-party applications can be managed and allows you to see which ones are configured. The user only has to go to the Application Name section. There you will see that the verified ones have a check mark and the word Verified after the name.

The main thing is to download from Google Play Store or Apple App Store. You can first install an antivirus that can detect fake apps.

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In every home or office where there is a computer, users work on Microsoft Word. The processor is celebrating 40 years in the computer market and continues to provide solutions alongside technological advances.

Considered the star of the market, Microsoft Word adapts to the demands of the sector, with updates that provide security to users. Likewise, it offers mobile applications and solutions based on artificial intelligence.

Users have in Microsoft Word the ideal ally for file management, data processing, functions that are incorporated into those of its beginnings to respond to current demands. Improving the capabilities and functions it offers to users has been Microsoft’s goal.

Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie were the developers who crystallized this processor “by applying the What You See Is What you Get (WYSIWYG) format, a motto applied to word processors that said that, before sending a text to print, the Users could review it on the screen.”

In 1989 reached Windows in its second version, and then moved on to Windows 3.0 in 1990. It was the definitive takeoff. It has come a long way, adaptations, logo updates, inclusion of functions and tools for the user.

With each improvement, they have sought to optimize the user experience. In this sense, part of the most recent feature of the processor has been the integration of Copilot, the generative AI assistant that has also been extended to other brand applications, such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint.

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Modest performance computers with no ability to upgrade to Windows 11 now have a stripped-down version called Tiny11.

It is a new option that the demanding Microsoft has just announced to provide an alternative to increase its performance to the owners of computers that cannot upgrade to Windows 11.

Tiny11 is an adapted version, Windows 11 22H2, lighter, with less demands on the user’s equipment, which will only require 8GB of hard disk space compared to the 20GB of the original.

This adaptation allows good performance with 2GBRAM. On the other hand, for the peace of mind of customers, it does not require TPM or Secure Boot. With this measure, it is possible to update Windows 10 to Tiny11.

It is important to note that “it only supplies the necessary components, which include the accessibility tools, Windows Terminal, Microsoft Store, the calculator, Notepad and Paint. Because it doesn’t pre-install Microsoft Edge, it leaves the door open for the user to use the web browser of their choice.”

An important piece of information, beyond being able to download Tiny11 from the Internet Archive, is that unfortunately it is not officially supported by Microsoft, so the user must consider the possible consequences of the installation.

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Android 14 will block the installation of applications targeting outdated versions of the Google-developed operating system in order to stop the spread of malicious software updates.

The Google Play Store encourages app developers to keep their apps up to date and reviews these latest versions so that users can safely access their features.

To offer this experience, the app store requires that all apps it hosts meet certain target API level requirements, as it reminds you on its support page. In it, it also reminds that from this month, the updates of applications must be directed to Android 12 or later versions.

However, users can download previous versions of the applications as long as their developers distribute APK files through alternative stores, which those interested must install manually and without going through the Play Store.

The company recently modified the code of its latest version of Android, which determines that the API requirements will be stricter in Android 14 and that it will block the installation of outdated applications.

This update then removes the option to download these outdated app APKs and alternative app stores will also be unable to offer these old versions of the apps.

Initially, devices running Android 14 will only block apps targeting older versions of Android, multiple outlets reported.

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Android 13 will make it mandatory for smartphone manufacturers to implement the continuous update system, which has been optional since it was introduced in 2016.

Rolling updates or A/B system updates were introduced in 2016 with Android 7.0 Nougat. As Google explains, they “ensure that a working bootable system remains on disk during an over-the-air (OTA) update.”

This system facilitates updates in the background while the user is still using the device and reduces subsequent reboot time, among other benefits.

This way of distributing updates is currently optional for manufacturers, something that will change with Android 13, since it will make its implementation mandatory, as Esper.io’s technical editor, Mishaal Rahman, reports on his blog.

Although the “Definition of compatibility” document with Android 13 does not yet require this mechanism, the requirements to be able to incorporate Google Mobile Services (GMS) do, according to Rahman, which means that Android devices that are to arrive they must implement it.

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Microsoft is preparing to remind users of the version of Windows 8.1 that support will end on January 10, 2023. The announcement will be made by sending notifications that will start next month.

The company released this update to the operating system in October 2013, which featured numerous new features aimed at creating user experiences both in the workplace and in the personal and that could be downloaded for free.

Specifically, Windows 8 ended mainstream support on January 9, 2018, so customers using this version had until January 12, 2016, to migrate to Windows 8.1 and continue to use this version as part of an upgrade program Extended Security (ESU).

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that support for this operating system version will end on January 10, 2023, as it will stop providing technical support and software updates.

The discontinuation of that support does not mean that the update will stop working, but rather that, after that date, Windows 8.1 will stop receiving security updates, which can increase users’ exposure to cyberattacks and other risks.

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WhatsApp implemented an improvement in its messaging application by which it now allows you to upload files of up to 2GB to share them through chats, which joins the arrival of reactions to messages with emojis.

The technology company began a test in Argentina at the end of March, with which it allowed users in this country to send and receive files of up to 2GB, a leap from the 100MB limit that it allowed then.

A couple of weeks later, Meta shared its work in what it has called the Communities, and together with this its intention to extend the extension of the file limit to the rest of the user within the next news for the groups.

The groups already allow the sending and receiving of files of up to 2GB at one time, “and with the protection of end-to-end encryption”, the company said in a statement.

Another novelty that reaches the group chats are the reactions to the messages, whose implementation was advanced by the executive director of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg. WhatsApp has also indicated that it is working on expanding the limit of people who can participate in a group chat, so that it amounts to 512.

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Microsoft will continue to update the Windows 10 operating system after recently announcing its successor, Windows 11, and prepares several new features that will arrive in the update of the second half of 2021 (21H2).

The new operating system was announced on June 25 with the features that will succeed Microsoft’s current system, but the company reaffirmed its commitment to keep bringing support for the old one until 2025, so that it is maintained for devices that do not meet the minimums requirements of the new system.

In Windows 10 update 21H2, which is expected to arrive in October this year, Microsoft will allow users to log in through Windows Hello with external cameras from closed or docked laptops, as stated in the documentation of the system.

In addition, the new update will allow the use of the TPM key attestation function, which uses cryptographic certificates for greater security control, with the Tiger Lake processors with Intel TPM.

For its part, the company made a commitment on GitHub to also make it easier for business users to manage on-demand features and language packs when using WSUS or Configuration Manager.

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Windows 11 will reach users sometime in the second half of the year and it will do so with a new cycle of updates and support different from the one Microsoft has followed so far with Windows 10.

Updates to the new operating system will have an annual periodicity, compared to the biannual of Windows 10, and will be available in the second half of the year, as indicated by the company in its official forum.

Not all users will be able to upgrade their computers from Windows 10 to Windows 11. However, those with hardware compatible with the new version of the operating system will be able to choose to upgrade, and start the process when available.

These users will also have the possibility to pause and schedule the restart of the update, and even decide which updates they want to install on their computers.

Business customers will be able to upgrade to Windows 11 on existing Windows 10 service channels and through tools such as Windows Update for Business, Microsoft Endpoint Manager, and Windows Autopilot.

The support of this new version of the operating system will vary according to the edition that the user has. Thus, the Home, Pro, Pro for Workstations, and Pro Education editions will have it for 24 months, while for the Enterprise and Education editions it will be 36 months.

In the case of security updates, the monthly distribution will be maintained, although they will be up to 40% smaller in size than Windows 10 updates.

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Google will minimize the size of the applications downloaded on Google Play through data collected by crowdsourcing, analyzing which parts of the applications users activate first, prioritizing these and leaving the others unloaded to use less space.

The new tool is called App Install Optimization, and Google has already included some of its features on its support page.

When many people have used an app, Google does a crowdsourcing analysis on it, making it easier to know which services are used first. This means that they undertake massive analyzes of community data to find out the necessary information about user behavior.

Thus, “when enough people do this (use the apps), Google can optimize to install, open and run the applications faster for everyone,” they assert in Google support.

This process will not be automatic, but can be activated and deactivated in the Google Play menu, and will accelerate the speed of installation of applications from the digital store, reduce the time it takes to open and run applications and reduce saturation of CPU, battery, or device storage.

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