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12-01-2014, 11:53 PM
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mWJSa95Isr8fwoyd5n.Csw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/android-robot-frankenstein.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/carriers-sneaky-way-add-more-bloatware-android-phone-033049303.html)Leave it to wireless carriers to come up with new ways to give you something that you never asked for. Forbes-contributor Matt Hickey reports that a company called Digital Turbine-has pioneered a new service called Ignite that will let mobile carriers install additional software onto your Android phone “for more advertising revenue” whenever they want and without your permission. This means that in addition to the bloatware you already get from your carrier on your Android phone, you could get even more installed at your carrier’s whims. RELATED: Here’s how Verizon’s Android bloatware might become the best ever So far, Digital Turbine says-that Verizon and T-Mobile have signed up as clients although we don’t specifically know if any of them



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