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Has anyone ever played with this site? I work for a souped-up answering service (answer FAQs, log into CRMs, schedule appts, etc.) and our clients frequently ask if there's an app for the main scheduling application we use.
How hard would it be to develop an app to integrate with this website? If I knew how to do it myself I would.
http://www.appointment-plus.com/
Appointment Plus has a view only/text only mobile version of the site:
appointment-plus.com/mobile
Scheduler to Go is obsolete at this point as we're all using (Android) smart phones with true web browsers.
However, full functionality can be accessed from the Android browser by logging into the administrative view, so there's really no need for an app.
appointment-plus.com/login.php
I have heard from Appointment Plus that an app is in development. However, I really don't understand the obsession with "Apps". It's a software tool, useful in some cases, integrating the features of mobile devices such as GPS/Location. For this type of software, the full site is completely usable simply from the Android browser, and the capability of an app would simply not exceed the function of logging into the site from the browser.
xda devs aren't letting me post the links, but the login page is found on appointmentplus.com - client login link
and the mobile version is schedulertogo.com
Hope that helps!
dangerrr said:
Appointment Plus has a view only/text only mobile version of the site:
appointment-plus.com/mobile
Scheduler to Go is obsolete at this point as we're all using (Android) smart phones with true web browsers.
However, full functionality can be accessed from the Android browser by logging into the administrative view, so there's really no need for an app.
appointment-plus.com/login.php
I have heard from Appointment Plus that an app is in development. However, I really don't understand the obsession with "Apps". It's a software tool, useful in some cases, integrating the features of mobile devices such as GPS/Location. For this type of software, the full site is completely usable simply from the Android browser, and the capability of an app would simply not exceed the function of logging into the site from the browser.
xda devs aren't letting me post the links, but the login page is found on appointmentplus.com - client login link
and the mobile version is schedulertogo.com
Hope that helps!
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Thanks for your reply. I've been accessing the full site through the browser and I completely agree; schedulertogo is 100% obsolete.
The advantage to an app is that it can pull contact data, pop up notifications, and generally integrate with your phone instead of being a website you visit occasionally. Imagine if you only had access to google calendar through a web view. NOT the same, is it? On top of that, what if you don't have reception? With an app you can schedule your appointment and let it sync on it's own when you find signal. Through the website you need reception at that moment.
FWIW it's worth I'm no longer with that company and am now selling residential solar power systems. Big upgrade, imo.
Hi everybody!
I recently started looking for a browser to replace the stock one and I think I installed every possible option there is without giving much thought to the consequences - app permissions and possible violation of my privacy and misuse of my data.
So I found what I thought was a really nice and well-functioning browser called Ninesky from the Android market.
Luckily for me I did not get to use it for long, before I detected a strange pattern - Ninesky would automatically start itself upon boot, connect to a server in China, upload some data and receive some back and then just sit there and wait idly.
The server that it connects to belongs to a company called aBitCool, which is, according to Bloomberg, an ISP in China.
So I kill it off and after a while it's back, doing the same thing. I also noticed a similar behavior for Dolphin HD, except that it would send data just once very quickly after boot-up and then close itself and stay quiet. That led me to Google it a little, which in turn led me to an existing thread about Dolphin HD on this forum.
So here are my noob questions that I hope somebody can answer, please:
1. Can somebody take a look at Ninesky browser and let us all know what kind of data it is transmitting about its users upon boot and maybe even later on during the actual use of the browser? The list of permissions that Ninesky asks for is huge and that makes me a little worried. Also, Ninesky runs a "safety check" of every URL visited. I wonder what that really is.
2. Say it would try to steal information from its users - would it be possible for the app to somehow get access to my stored usernames and passwords from other programs (such as Gmail or Skype) or are these encrypted? I presume that if I were stupid enough to let Ninesky's password manager "remember" my usernames and passwords for certain websites then that information would be easily accessible to them.
3. Can an app with such permissions also function as a keylogger?
4. I can understand why folks here would write some apps on their own and share them with the rest of us. I can understand why a developer or a company would write an app and make one version available for "free" or as an ad supported one and/or offer a premium version for $$$. At the end of the day developers need to eat and pay their bills just like the rest of us and companies are (for the most part) profit-seeking institutions (unless they are GE or MS that have money to burn). That said - why for the love of god would anybody, other than an enthusiast, develop a browser, for which they will not ask for any $$ or won't even display any ads in it? Where is the catch? Now, I know that Opera and Firefox get money from Google to use it as their default search engine, but would this really apply for a few random Chinese companies? Where is the catch?
Thank you.
I was a big supporter of Ninesky but I uninstalled today. It does seem to be constantly running and transmitting data, though what data is being transmitted I don't know. LBE also kept notifying me that it was trying to obtain my location information even when I wasn't using it. I uninstalled it through the Market and left a one star review.
Drunk texted from my MIUI Thunderbolt.
I'm writing a review of about 13 different Android browsers, and came across Ninesky. Has anyone heard anything more about the privacy concerns and what data it might be transmitting?
well....if it keeps requesting the location even while its closed, thats not a good sign...
Not good. This needs addressing.
I have changed my review on Market also until we get some answers.
Cheers to the OP.
I agree. I think my review should come out tomorrow, hopefully the developer reaches out. It really is a decent browser.
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´I'll leave you here my tests made since Monday with last versions of each app:
==|Boat 4.0.1|==
#Just after starting#
- Ask for GPS location
- 211.151.139.246 (China Network Information Center)
#When going to any website#
- IP from that website
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==|Dolphin HD 8.6.1|==:silly:
#Just after starting#
- 184.73.86.141 (AMAZON.COM - amazonaws.com - US)
- 65.52.32.12 (Microsoft Corp - US)
- 107.20.57.0 (AMAZON.COM - amazonaws.com - US)
and one more on this IP range type...
- 205.251.242.197 (AMAZON.COM - amazonaws.com - US)
- 205.251.242.165 (AMAZON.COM - amazonaws.com - US)
- 72.21.195.98 (AMAZON.COM - amazonaws.com - US)
#When going to any website#
- IP from that website
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==|Firefox 14.0.1|==
#Just after starting#
- No Ping
#When going to any website#
- 80.67.92.43 (AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES US) *
- 93.184.219.20 (EdgeCast Networks - US) *
- IP from that website
* note: not always, most of the times just go to IP website we asked
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==|Opera 12.0.4|==:victory:
#Just after starting#
- No Ping
#When going to any website#
- IP from that website
note: DON'T use Opera Turbo or EVERY single info WILL pass through their servers...
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It's pretty obvious to me who are the most privacy oriented here...
STAY WAY FROM OPERA MINI AND DOLPHIN MINI AND ALL MINI VERSIONS. They process all info on their server first for speed.
Anyone researched Xscope or could research this browser?
If you explain how, I could do it myself!!
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But the OP got it wrong with money burning by GE & MS. There's no such thing, its all business. Just to let you know, in the browser wars - Firefox was Google's first step into browsing. Then came Chrome.
For all privacy concerns, LBE Privacy Guard is a good option. Though its Korean, if am not wrong.
Well, finally there's options out there. Nobody is forcing us to download, install & use their apps.
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bombayboy said:
But the OP got it wrong with money burning by GE & MS. There's no such thing, its all business. Just to let you know, in the browser wars - Firefox was Google's first step into browsing. Then came Chrome.
For all privacy concerns, LBE Privacy Guard is a good option. Though its Korean, if am not wrong.
Well, finally there's options out there. Nobody is forcing us to download, install & use their apps.
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Agree with everything BUT Firefox was never connected to Google like Chrome. Firefox's current existence is owed almost exclusively to its search partnership with Google wherein Mozilla Corp receives a portion of ad revenue from Google queries initiated from Firefox's search bar. This revenue amounts to tens of millions of dollars. But Mozilla and Google Relations Strained Due to Chrome.
Firefox its independent and don't collect your data like Chrome/Google do...
sushidog said:
Agree with everything BUT Firefox was never connected to Google like Chrome. Firefox's current existence is owed almost exclusively to its search partnership with Google wherein Mozilla Corp receives a portion of ad revenue from Google queries initiated from Firefox's search bar. This revenue amounts to tens of millions of dollars. But Mozilla and Google Relations Strained Due to Chrome.
Firefox its independent and don't collect your data like Chrome/Google do...
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Connected with reference to Google promoting & supporting Firefox before they decided to go with Chrome.
I still use Firefox, Aurora & Chrome
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If you're not paying it, you are the product being sold.
Remember this when downloading free apps which are not open source.
DnaPolymerase said:
If you're not paying it, you are the product being sold.
Remember this when downloading free apps which are not open source.
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Like facebook which sells our data
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Calamitous with Ninesky
Hi,
I stumbled upon XDA Developers forum today and I was so grateful to find this write-up; it was the only honest review I could find of Ninesky. So, thank you.
I want to share an experience our family went through a few weeks ago. Perhaps it will answer some of your questions and alert some users out there of what this browser could do. We have an unfortunate incident happen to our child: My little boy received an android tablet for a gift this October. He was so eager downloading all the apps and games he could find, and in about a month, it was completely personalized. We regularly monitored his downloads, the games he played, and the apps he utilized.
Much to our regret, we really did not give much thought to the browsers he had installed. He had more than three at one point and Ninesky was always in the background. Sadly, whenever he would search for apps, we later discovered Ninesky directly linked him to several stores that was not common to Google or Firefox. Some of them had Anime icons (mostly innocent looking), nicely titled games for their tiles. Some apps were legitimate and very cool games; however, some apps were direct links to hard-core porn websites and a whole universe of filth (not excluding child-porn). They attached themselves to the tablet like trojans and was quite aggressive in linking the user to overseas app stores (inappropriate). Every time a game would be uploaded from one of these stores, it gives auto-access to these atrocious websites and videos. Because Ninsky always functioned in incognito--one of it's touted features--we almost had no access to the history or cookies when this browser was used. Almost anyway ... it took us hours (and some hacking) to track and identify what was really going on, the seeming source of it was this "sophisticated" browser.
So the catch may be that this browser has no advertisements because it plays host to several groups funding the porn industry. That's my suspicion anyway, based on what we went through.
I cannot begin to say how grieved we are that our son was exposed to all this, especially that we discovered it so much later. We thought we paid attention. That being said, he's back to playing with his remote control car outside, where life is a bit less complex.
More power to your forum and thanks again.
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xenofont said:
Hi everybody!
I recently started looking for a browser to replace the stock one and I think I installed every possible option there is without giving much thought to the consequences - app permissions and possible violation of my privacy and misuse of my data.
So I found what I thought was a really nice and well-functioning browser called Ninesky from the Android market.
Luckily for me I did not get to use it for long, before I detected a strange pattern - Ninesky would automatically start itself upon boot, connect to a server in China, upload some data and receive some back and then just sit there and wait idly.
The server that it connects to belongs to a company called aBitCool, which is, according to Bloomberg, an ISP in China.
So I kill it off and after a while it's back, doing the same thing. I also noticed a similar behavior for Dolphin HD, except that it would send data just once very quickly after boot-up and then close itself and stay quiet. That led me to Google it a little, which in turn led me to an existing thread about Dolphin HD on this forum.
So here are my noob questions that I hope somebody can answer, please:
1. Can somebody take a look at Ninesky browser and let us all know what kind of data it is transmitting about its users upon boot and maybe even later on during the actual use of the browser? The list of permissions that Ninesky asks for is huge and that makes me a little worried. Also, Ninesky runs a "safety check" of every URL visited. I wonder what that really is.
2. Say it would try to steal information from its users - would it be possible for the app to somehow get access to my stored usernames and passwords from other programs (such as Gmail or Skype) or are these encrypted? I presume that if I were stupid enough to let Ninesky's password manager "remember" my usernames and passwords for certain websites then that information would be easily accessible to them.
3. Can an app with such permissions also function as a keylogger?
4. I can understand why folks here would write some apps on their own and share them with the rest of us. I can understand why a developer or a company would write an app and make one version available for "free" or as an ad supported one and/or offer a premium version for $$$. At the end of the day developers need to eat and pay their bills just like the rest of us and companies are (for the most part) profit-seeking institutions (unless they are GE or MS that have money to burn). That said - why for the love of god would anybody, other than an enthusiast, develop a browser, for which they will not ask for any $$ or won't even display any ads in it? Where is the catch? Now, I know that Opera and Firefox get money from Google to use it as their default search engine, but would this really apply for a few random Chinese companies? Where is the catch?
Thank you.
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Users of smartphones running Google’s Android OS were warned Tuesday night (Manila time) against a new SMS malware disguised as a version of the new Firefox browser for Android.
GFI Labs said the app posing as the popular browser is hosted on some Russian websites, one of which had hosted a malware posed as an app of the 10th Anniversary Edition of Grand Theft Auto.
“The criminals are leveraging on Firefox for Android in relation to the official, non-beta release of the said Web browser on Google Play last June 26,” GFI said in a blog post.
It said its antivirus product detects the malicious apps as Trojan.AndroidOS.Boxer.d.
GFI said the latest version of the Boxer malware, once installed, loads a Rules page on the phone and asks users to accept it.
The app then sends a premium SMS message to the numbers 2855, 3855, 7151, or 8151. The Rules page discloses in small text that users will be billed for sending a premium SMS message.
“Boxer then directs users to the actual website where the legitimate app can be downloaded after claiming that it has successfully activated,” GFI said.
On the other hand, it said the newest variant is more devious since users will not see the Rules page or be prompted to confirm Boxer’s installation and activation.
Also, the malware loads google.com instead of directing users to the actual download site.
“One of our researchers believed that this is probably an effort to make users believe that they have installed a dud app, thus, allowing them to download and install the fake app again, which, in turn, allows Boxer to send the premium SMS message multiple times,” it said.
GFI noted another version of Boxer had posed as popular photo sharing app Instagram shortly after it launched on Google Play. — LBG, GMA News
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OptimusLove said:
Users of smartphones running Google’s Android OS were warned Tuesday night (Manila time) against a new SMS malware disguised as a version of the new Firefox browser for Android.
GFI Labs said the app posing as the popular browser is hosted on some Russian websites, one of which had hosted a malware posed as an app of the 10th Anniversary Edition of Grand Theft Auto.
“The criminals are leveraging on Firefox for Android in relation to the official, non-beta release of the said Web browser on Google Play last June 26,” GFI said in a blog post.
It said its antivirus product detects the malicious apps as Trojan.AndroidOS.Boxer.d.
GFI said the latest version of the Boxer malware, once installed, loads a Rules page on the phone and asks users to accept it.
The app then sends a premium SMS message to the numbers 2855, 3855, 7151, or 8151. The Rules page discloses in small text that users will be billed for sending a premium SMS message.
“Boxer then directs users to the actual website where the legitimate app can be downloaded after claiming that it has successfully activated,” GFI said.
On the other hand, it said the newest variant is more devious since users will not see the Rules page or be prompted to confirm Boxer’s installation and activation.
Also, the malware loads google.com instead of directing users to the actual download site.
“One of our researchers believed that this is probably an effort to make users believe that they have installed a dud app, thus, allowing them to download and install the fake app again, which, in turn, allows Boxer to send the premium SMS message multiple times,” it said.
GFI noted another version of Boxer had posed as popular photo sharing app Instagram shortly after it launched on Google Play. — LBG, GMA News
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I may be assuming too much here but surely most android users only use play store or verified markets such as getjar or amazon and would not be careless enough to download from a dubious website?
Or they would google "android firefox" and follow the top results which are all official. So this would mainly affect people looking for warez?
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
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mistermentality said:
I may be assuming too much here but surely most android users only use play store or verified markets such as getjar or amazon and would not be careless enough to download from a dubious website?
Or they would google "android firefox" and follow the top results which are all official. So this would mainly affect people looking for warez?
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
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Not necessarily warez, Most people like to "sideload" apks to their phone via their lappytop.
...and are they browser-specific?
Three days ago I installed UC Browser (standard version, downloaded from the Play Store) to give it a spin (SGS3 i747 running 4.3). After importing all my bookmarks I visited Paypal. After the login page when using the native browser, Firefox or Dolphin I've always seen the same mobile version of their summary page but this time I got a very different stripped-down page with a big "Get the Paypal App" button on the top. I figured it was just a marketing thing. To get past that it had a 2nd login area. After sending my info it did show my account balance but everything else was the same on that sparse page--including the lack of transactions, links to details, functions & features, etc, etc. Now I had the uneasy feeling I had been scammed so I transferred most of my money out and changed my PW.
Why would I get re-directed to a phishing site ONLY when using UC Browser and always inputting the correct URL?
I notified my friend that recommended the app and he also got the bogus-looking login page--and he's using the HD version of the browser.
I haven't gotten a response from Paypal and after posting a bad review on the Play Store the developer only suggested I block the site with a plugin. That doesn't seem to address the issue.
I'm assuming UC Browser isn't evil--but could the version (9.9.2, 8/12/14) in the Play Store be hacked?
Post-login page links (correct, suspicious):
https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/home
https://mobile.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/wapapp?cmd=_wapapp-homepage
Bump-- need help understanding so I can protect myself.
... also doesn't hurt to warn others this might be a bad app.
One of your ads just redirected me to a site that told me that my Samsung Galaxy tab 3 got infected by a virus!
I didn't even click on it, I think.
The message was in my native language (german)
Pls try to fix this!
Some users could fall victim too such scams.
I guess your possibilities might be limited but maybe you can talk to your ad delivery networks to ban such ads and use better techniques to prevent such ads from appearing on their networks. (other websites have these issues as well)
This definitely wasn't a nice experience.
Sometimes ad blockers have their advantages (blocks viruses/scam/phishing) so if you don't want to loose people and get no money for showing ads you should do something about this
Regards,
Djfe
Why on earth did you click on the adverts?
I'm fairly sure most users will be more suprised by the fact that there are still people who don't use an ad blocker, especially on a tech site.
XDA doesn't individually approve each ad. Those are generated by, ususally, Google Adsense, based on your own browsing history.
Not to mention, nobody here should ever fall for 'you Android device has a virus'. This is a website for developers by developers. The fact that Android can't be infected by a virus is common knowledge to everyone here. XDA users are too tech-savvy to be fooled by something that ridiculous.
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Its not always good to use them
ShadowLea said:
Why on earth did you click on the adverts?
I'm fairly sure most users will be more suprised by the fact that there are still people who don't use an ad blocker, especially on a tech site.
XDA doesn't individually approve each ad. Those are generated by, ususally, Google Adsense, based on your own browsing history.
Not to mention, nobody here should ever fall for 'you Android device has a virus'. This is a website for developers by developers. The fact that Android can't be infected by a virus is common knowledge to everyone here. XDA users are too tech-savvy to be fooled by something that ridiculous.
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upto some extend you are right but sometime you should allow some non-intrusive adds to get displayed. Well those people who are non rooted may face such problems. Well the websites like xda, facebook and countless more are working because of adds...i am not against the add blocker but its not always advised.
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upto some extend you are right but sometime you should allow some non-intrusive adds to get displayed. Well those people who are non rooted may face such problems. Well the websites like xda, facebook and countless more are working because of adds...i am not against the add blocker but its not always advised.
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Most of us use Tapatalk or the XDA app when on our Android devices. Those don't show apps
I'm not rooted either. You don't need root to use Adblock Plus in Firefox, even on Android. It's just a plugin in the browser.
Most of us are more than willing to help XDA by paying (For instance for the XDA Forum app), but we refuse to have to deal with intrusive ads. (Ironic, since I'm in advertising.)
Facebook isn't working because of the ads. Facebook is working because they earn millions selling your data.
i won't go into details
ShadowLea said:
Most of us use Tapatalk or the XDA app when on our Android devices. Those don't show apps
I'm not rooted either. You don't need root to use Adblock Plus in Firefox, even on Android. It's just a plugin in the browser.
Most of us are more than willing to help XDA by paying (For instance for the XDA Forum app), but we refuse to have to deal with intrusive ads. (Ironic, since I'm in advertising.)
Facebook isn't working because of the ads. Facebook is working because they earn millions selling your data.
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allow some advertisements. won't gonna debate what anybody i know what all websites to...:good:
Well If I have clicked on the adverts then that was accidentally
yes most users on here are technical, but some are also noobs trying to search for roms for their devices
Android can be infected by viruses but not without the users interaction (the play store is pretty safe so you would need to download apps from suspicious sites)
Android only cannot be infected by drive-by-downloads
and no website would be able to warn you about something like that
I know that xda cannot filter adverts, but Google adsense might be able to do that if you report malicious ads to them
I'm waiting for the last promised update for my device (Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 -> Kitkat)
then I will root it/switch to a custom rom
on my rooted smartphone I'm using an adblocker (that replaces the host file)
Firefox isn't really good, the performance is very bad and it is still very buggy on some unoptimized sites
else I would use it
Chrome works the best on my devices
FF might work better on high-end devices/current devices but I don't own one at the moment (my devices are from 2011 and 2013)