Google enhances Android 2.0

data secure, reports InformationWeek.

The company released version 2.0 of its Google Apps Device Policy app which allows Google Apps administrators to set security policies for Android devices.

The update lets employees locate lost or stolen mobile devices running Android 2.2 or greater on a map, a capability similar to that offered by Apple for recent iOS devices through its 'Find My iPhone' app.

According to 1to1 Media, the growth in Web-enabled mobile phone usage is revolutionising the way people use the Internet.

Fuelled by the iPhone and Android devices in the consumer market and the BlackBerry in the enterprise space, adoption is skyrocketing and the research numbers back this up convincingly.

An eMarketer study forecasts that by 2014, an estimated 53.9% of mobile phone users in the US will access the Internet through a mobile browser or application.

Meanwhile, GigaOM reveals that Google is hoping to become a major player in the mobile enterprise with Honeycomb, an updated version of Android built specifically for tablets.

But it will have to fix its fragmentation problem if it wants to compete in an increasingly crowded market.

The Internet giant recently warned that it would withhold early access to Android upgrades for partners who fail to get Mountain View's approval for tweaks to the software.