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Sprint’s Android users get carrier billing in Google Play

Posted by Gsurface on May 17, 2012 No comments

American Android users started getting carrier billing in Google Play early this month through T-Mobile (and later AT&T), and now Sprint can join the party. Any app, book, music or video purchase can be tacked on to the monthly bill for your EVO 4G LTE instead of going through Google. The move leaves Verizon as the only major US carrier without a carrier billing option, so you’ll have to sit tight if you own the original US Galaxy Nexus and hate the thought of a separate download bill. We’ve also heard nothing about regional carriers being on the roadmap, but we’ll keep you posted.

Sprint’s Android users get carrier billing in Google Play originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 May 2012 21:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Evernote 4.0 for Android hands-on

Posted by Gsurface on May 16, 2012 No comments

The next step in the most famous note-taking application of all starts on Android with a fully upgraded user interface in Evernote 4.0. This upgrade takes the full functionality of the application and adds on a much-improved set of graphics and organization so you’ll have the ability to make your notes, drawings, and all manner

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3,997 Models: Android Fragmentation As Seen By The Developers Of OpenSignalMaps

Posted by Gsurface on May 15, 2012 No comments

Over the past six months, the folks at Staircase 3 have been keeping tabs on the devices that have been downloading their OpenSignalMaps network monitoring app, and so far they’ve recorded downloads onto 681,900 separate Android devices in 195 countries.

Now they’ve taken all that data and splayed it out for all to see, and it highlights rather nicely how big a headache fragmentation can be for developers.

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New Firefox For Android Beta Released

Posted by Gsurface on May 15, 2012 No comments

Mozilla has announced the availability of a new beta version of Firefox for Android. The release notes list many of the new features and fixes, which include Flash support, improvements to panning and zooming, plugins loading only on touch, and a new “Awesome Screen.” They point out that many Android phones are supported, and that a beta version for tablets will be coming soon. Mozilla is asking for help “testing everything from the faster startup and response times to compatibility for specific websites and graphics performance.” Here’s the download page.

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KDDi launching Android powered smart box

Posted by Gsurface on May 15, 2012 No comments

KDDi has announced that it will be releasing a “Smart Box” to sit under customer’s televisions. The box, reminiscent of Nintendo’s Wii, will run Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. KDDi say that the box will be trialled initially by a select group of customers, then rolled out on a wider basis later. Details of the

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Yzi tablet offers Android on a budget

Posted by Gsurface on May 15, 2012 No comments

Say what you will about Android, but one of the many benefits includes being able to throw it on cheaper hardware and offering it to the masses. Here’s yet another cheap Android tablet, this time from France. The Yzi is a 10-inch tablet with a five point capacitive touchscreen that features support for passive stylii

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Seraku’s Android mirror lets you reflect on your operating system

Posted by Gsurface on May 13, 2012 No comments

Phones, watches, TVs and in-car entertainment. Android has been put to work in many corners of our technological world. Now, it’s reached another, less expected one — mirrors. The Verge spotted ~~itself~~ the Smart Wash Basin prototype at Smartphone and Mobile Expo, and took a good look into it. The heavy lifting is done by a hidden Android tablet, and the reflective display is actually a separate monitor with a semitransparent piece of reflective glass. If you’re thinking “smudges,” hang fire, as RF proximity sensors are used, so you interact with it without smearing your paws across the shiny surface. The show prototype had water monitoring functions, and was coupled up to a set of scales in the floor. The manufacturer hopes one of the uses for the invention could be reading the news at the hairdresser. What we want to know is, when did salons suddenly go all futuristico?

Seraku’s Android mirror lets you reflect on your operating system originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 13 May 2012 13:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Best games for the iPad (and Android tablets, too)

Posted by Gsurface on May 13, 2012 No comments

The iPad and other tablets are amazing gadgets with so many capabilities. There are apps that are revolutionizing medicine, science, art, music and business. But let’s be honest: We really love the games.

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Matsunichi’s MarquisPad MP977 tablet tempts us with $249, dual-core Android 4.0

Posted by Gsurface on May 12, 2012 No comments

You might remember Le Pan’s tablets from CES this year, of which only one was truly ready at the time. The company is now ready to hit the US in earnest, but you’ll have to forget the company name along with the earlier designs: it’s now Matsunichi, and it’s planning to kick off its US-ready makeover through the MarquisPad MP977. The tablet shares the 9.7-inch, 1024 x 768 display of the Le Pan II, but it’s now running a slightly speedier dual-core, 1.2GHz TI chip (likely the same OMAP 4430 as in the Droid Xyboard), ships with Android 4.0 out of the gate and comes in a sleeker — not to mention browner — shell. Storage is being cut in half over the Le Pan II to just 4GB between the internal memory and a bundled microSD card, though, and the battery is good for a very modest five hours. Nonetheless, the $ 249 sticker and a May release will put the MP977 in the running with the slower but more capacious Galaxy Tab 2 7.0.

Matsunichi also teased us with a roadmap for a pair of future tablets in the process. The 10.1-inch MP1010 will keep the resolution, but it’ll run on a quicker 1.5GHz TI processor and carry a total of 10GB of space when it appears sometime between June and August. If those 0.4 inches of extra glass are just too much to bear, an MP979 will bring all the extra storage and speed of the MP1010 to a 9.7-inch screen sometime between August and September.

Matsunichi’s MarquisPad MP977 tablet tempts us with $ 249, dual-core Android 4.0 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 May 2012 12:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPhone was Japan’s best-selling smartphone in 2011, Android more than comfy as well

Posted by Gsurface on May 10, 2012 No comments

It’s deemed likely that Apple had the top-selling cellphone in Japan this past fall, but how did it do in all of 2011? Quite well, if you go by MMRI’s estimates. The iPhone had 30 percent (almost 7.3 million) of the Land of the Rising Sun’s 24.2 million sales among individual smartphone labels, or nearly double Sharp’s 17.5 percent. Don’t think that Android-powered smartphones like the Aquos SH-12C didn’t make an impact, though: virtually every other smartphone in Japan, 69 percent, was running some flavor of Google’s mobile OS. Apple managed to shake up a sometimes insular overall keitai market as well, having come just short of Fujitsu for the top spot in all cellphones. Researchers are expecting the smartphone space in Japan to grow by a healthy 15 percent in 2012, although it’s still a wildcard as to whether or not KDDI’s iPhone support will keep Apple riding high for another year.

iPhone was Japan’s best-selling smartphone in 2011, Android more than comfy as well originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 May 2012 17:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Judge declines to eject Google's 'fair use' defense from Android trial

Posted by Gsurface on May 10, 2012 No comments

Oracle was dealt a minor setback in its lawsuit against Google on Wednesday when a judge denied its motion to toss out one of Google's key defenses against copyright infringement.
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Google+ needs iPhone more than Android

Posted by Gsurface on May 9, 2012 No comments

Google has a problem, and it’s all about commitment and addiction. The release of Google+ for iPhone v2.0 today has already got Android lovers up in arms, furious at what they see as favoritism for the rival platform. Google should, they argue, prioritize Android users – after all, they’re the ones who have already supported the

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CloudOn brings its Office to Android tablets, adds support for Google Drive (video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 9, 2012 No comments

Indirectly or not, the other guys seem to enjoy their time spent with CloudOn’s unorthodox delivery of Microsoft Office. Fortunately for you, the service just announced it’s now available to the Android folk — at least to those with a Google certified slate. The CloudOn application comes as a freebie and it’s compatible with tablets running Honeycomb or Ice Cream Sandwich. Keep in mind that, aside from creating / editing docs on Word, Excel and PowerPoint, you’ll also be able to open almost any file thanks to Adobe Reader. Furthermore, the company revealed it now offers support for Google Drive, joining the likes of Dropbox and Box as part of the cloud lineup. Ready to give it a go? It’s up for grabs now via Google Play, but before you do that, there’s a vid waiting for you past the break.

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CloudOn brings its Office to Android tablets, adds support for Google Drive (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 May 2012 18:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google files for new trial on copyright claims in Android suit

Posted by Gsurface on May 9, 2012 No comments

Google is seeking a new trial on copyright claims in Oracle's intellectual-property lawsuit against it over the Android mobile OS, according to a filing made late Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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Google demands Oracle Android retrial

Posted by Gsurface on May 9, 2012 No comments

The Google and Oracle case rages on, with the judge trying to move things swiftly along by moving to the second phase of the trial, which turns it focus towards any patent infringement. Google has a different plan: demand a new trial. The search company brought a formal motion last night to start a new

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Flipboard for Android ‘liberated’ from Galaxy S III demo unit, available for all

Posted by Gsurface on May 9, 2012 No comments

For many, one of the biggest causes of jealousy after the Samsung Galaxy S III launch event wasn’t that 4.8-inch screen, or the new Exynos innards, it was that beautiful looking Android version of Flipboard. Alas, the Korean mobile giant had enough cunning to secure that little gem all for themselves — for the time being. That is, unless, you’re a naughty little xda-developer visitor, perhaps called Valcho, who had the foresight / lack of restraint at the event to nab the .apk from one of the demo phones. He’s made it available for all and sundry (well, those with Android phones at least). If you want to see how it looks on your phone, point it at the source link, or be a good spirit, and wait for the official outing.

Flipboard for Android ‘liberated’ from Galaxy S III demo unit, available for all originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 May 2012 07:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google infringed Java copyrights in Android, jury finds

Posted by Gsurface on May 8, 2012 No comments

A jury has found that Google infringed Oracle’s Java copyrights in Android but could not decide unanimously if the the infringement was protected by “fair use.”
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Jury favors Oracle in mega-millions Android lawsuit, hits impasse on key issue

Posted by Gsurface on May 7, 2012 No comments

A federal jury in San Francisco has reached an impasse on a key issue in Oracle’s copyright-infringement case against Google, handing the database-software company a major setback.

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Adobe patches security flaw in Flash Player for PC, Mac and Android

Posted by Gsurface on May 7, 2012 No comments

If you’re reading this on your laptop, desktop or smartphone, odds are pretty good that you’ve got some way, shape or form of Adobe’s Flash Player installed. If that’s the case, scoot your browser on over to the Flash Player update page and download the latest version of Flash Player 11.2 quick, fast and in

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Infant version of Android gets a walkthrough on Google’s Sooner development phone

Posted by Gsurface on May 7, 2012 No comments

No, that’s not a QWERTY feature phone you’re looking at — it’s Google’s earliest Android development device, the Sooner. While the HTC-sourced phone itself hasn’t been a secret, the build of Android on this particular specimen, obtained by Steven Troughton-Smith, is something few eyes outside of Mountain View have seen. As Mr. Smith notes, this isn’t the first public build of Android that was detailed in November 2007 (M3), but rather an earlier version from May of that same year. The non-touch UI is almost totally unlike what eventually shipped with the touch-friendly HTC Dream, aside from obviously housing Android’s basic framework and apps including G Talk and the like. We won’t spoil it for you, though, so hit up the source link below to see Smith’s full walkthrough and analysis of the device that once served as the initial development vehicle for Android.

Infant version of Android gets a walkthrough on Google’s Sooner development phone originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 May 2012 17:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple iPhone gamers spend five times more than Android gamers

Posted by Gsurface on May 7, 2012 No comments

A new study has found that while mobile gaming has seen sharp increases across the board, there is no doubt who the winner is when it comes to how much customers are actually spending on their mobile game experiences. The average iPhone/iPad gamer is spending about five times more money on their mobile games than

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Verizon hard sells LTE Android over iPhone says report

Posted by Gsurface on May 6, 2012 No comments

A look into the trends of salespeople in Verizon Stores has discovered that the company may be training its employees to tout the benefits of 4G LTE on Android so that it makes the iPhone pale in comparison, with some sales personnel even being quoted as calling the iPhone “outdated.” CNN found a notable number

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HBO Go and Max Go get Android 4.0 phone support, skip tablets for now

Posted by Gsurface on May 5, 2012 No comments

Those with Android 4.0 phones like the HTC One X have been left out of watching HBO Go and Max Go on the road so far. New updates to the respective mobile apps take care of that: either premium channel will now stream directly to a phone running Google’s latest OS (assuming you’re subscribed to pay-TV, that is). Speed-ups and bug fixes are in the upgrades, too. Oddly, Android 4.0 tablets have yet to make the leap, ruling out your Transformer Pad TF300 for catching up on episodes of True Blood.

HBO Go and Max Go get Android 4.0 phone support, skip tablets for now originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 05 May 2012 11:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Android malware used to mask online fraud, says expert

Posted by Gsurface on May 5, 2012 No comments

Android malware being automatically distributed from hacked websites looks like it’s being used to mask online purchases, and could be part of a fraud gang’s new push into mobile, researchers said today.
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Jury nears verdict in Oracle-Google trial over Android

Posted by Gsurface on May 5, 2012 No comments

The jury has reached a partial verdict in the copyright phase of Oracle's intellectual property dispute with Google, and the judge has given them one more day to try to resolve the remaining issue.
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GameStop to offer Android tablet and smartphone trade-ins, give you another excuse to upgrade

Posted by Gsurface on April 29, 2012 No comments

If you’ve been looking for a reason to replace your aging device with something a tad more contemporary, your local ~~pawnshop~~ GameStop is happy to oblige. According to Gadget Experts, the games retailer is looking to bolster its Android offerings with Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Nexus S and Samsung Infuse 4G trade-ins at select GameStops this summer, expanding to all locations by the end of the year. Have a device that’s not on this short list? Don’t worry, Gadget Experts says the firm plans to fill out its touchable trade-in inventory with more devices in the future. So, what’s a Galaxy Tab worth to gaming’s favorite pawn star? We’ll let you know when GameStop drops the official details.

GameStop to offer Android tablet and smartphone trade-ins, give you another excuse to upgrade originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Kindle Fire Grabs Over Half of the U.S. Android Tablet Market

Posted by Gsurface on April 29, 2012 No comments

New submitter DillyTonto writes “Amazon got shelled by analysts and the press after releasing a buggy first iteration of the Fire edition of the Kindle e-reader. Three weeks later the Kindle Fire owned 14 percent of the whole market for tablets. Three months later, more than half of all Android tablets sold in the U.S. are seven-inch Kindle Fires, despite a huge bias among buyers for 10-inch tablets. How could a heavily modded e-reader beat full-size tablets by major PC vendors? It’s cheaper than any other tablet or e-reader on the market, for one thing. Also important is its focus on being an e-reader, ‘because people buy hardware to have access to one app or function, then take the other things it can do as an additional benefit.’”

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Woz: Windows Phone is ‘beautiful,’ Android ‘no contest,’ still loves iPhone, ask again tomorrow

Posted by Gsurface on April 28, 2012 No comments

When Steve Wozniak talks mobile, people love to listen. Last time we checked in, he was lauding some of Android’s finer points, and now he’s raining praise on Windows Phone. In an interview with A New Domain, the Apple co-founder was all too happy to share his recent positive experiences with the Espoo / Redmond collaboration. In particular, Woz waxes about how intuitive the interface is, and how naturally apps lead you around. He goes on to say how there’s nothing he’s seen that isn’t more beautiful (than iOS and Android) on the Windows system, before claiming Android is “no contest” when it comes to the interface. It’s not all lemonade and roses, however, as he then admits he’s no fan of the voice control functionality compared to the other two platforms. When pushed to admit what he uses as default, it’s still the iPhone — two of them in fact — but Woz’s ability to see the best in all mobile operating systems will be sure to further confirm his status as one of tech’s most liked. Head down to the source to hear for yourself.

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Woz: Windows Phone is ‘beautiful,’ Android ‘no contest,’ still loves iPhone, ask again tomorrow originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Pegatron Corp. Signs Patent Agreement With Microsoft Over Android, Chrome OS Devices

Posted by Gsurface on April 25, 2012 No comments

Microsoft snagged another one. Pegatron is the latest company to sign a patent agreement with Microsoft concerning Android and Chrome devices. The exact terms of this agreement was not disclosed, but according to a press release issued this morning, Microsoft will receive royalties from Pegatron under this agreement.

Microsoft’s aggressive strategy to license its patents for Android devices is loaded subject. On the surface it looks like extortion. Google thinks so. But Google is also the company that built the Android platform, seemingly ignoring key patents held by Microsoft. Sure, Microsoft is trailing far behind in the mobile races, but by licensing patents it holds to competitors, the company is just utilizing its assets to make a few bucks. That’s not cheating. That’s playing smart.
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Scalado Album launches for Android, we go hands-on (video)

Posted by Gsurface on April 25, 2012 No comments

Scalado just released Album, its first ever Android app to land in Google’s Play store. The company — which is best known for imaging technologies such as zero shutter lag, Rewind and Remove — usually provides software to device manufacturers instead of end users directly. Album is billed as “a simple to use, high performance, photo/video viewer with a clean and smooth user interface” that handles pictures up to 200 (!) megapixels in size. The app costs $ 0.99 and is available for both smartphones and tablets. It features some interesting touches, like the ability to browse geotagged images using a map view.

We had the opportunity to take Album for a spin before launch and the app offers an intuitive and responsive user experience. Beyond organizing photos into bins like the “camera roll” and the existing folders on your device, the main screen lets you browse content by time (monthly) and location (including nearby). Pictures can be deleted, shared, rotated in place, cropped and turned into wallpaper. Animated thumbnails are used for videos, and multiple items can be selected. Check the gallery below, and hit the break for Scalado’s demo video and PR.

Gallery: Scalado Album hands-on

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Scalado Album launches for Android, we go hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Schmidt testifies Android did not use Sun's IP

Posted by Gsurface on April 25, 2012 No comments

Google developed its Android smartphone software without using Sun's intellectual property and its use of Java in Android was "legally correct," Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, testified in court Tuesday.
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Schmidt Testifies Android Did Not Use Sun’s IP

Posted by Gsurface on April 25, 2012 No comments

CWmike writes “Google built a ‘clean room’ version of Java and did not use Sun’s intellectual property, Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, testified in court Tuesday. Schmidt said its use of Java in Android was ‘legally correct.’ On this day seven of the trial, Schmidt gave the jury a brief history of Java, describing its release as ‘an almost religious moment.’ He told the jury that Google had once hoped to partner with Sun to develop Android using Java, but that negotiations broke off because Google wanted Android to be open source, and Sun was unwilling to give up that much control over Java. Instead, Schmidt said, Google created the ‘clean room’ version of Java that didn’t use Sun’s protected code. Its engineers invented ‘a completely different approach’ to the way Java worked internally, Schmidt testified.”

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Google Drive Android app spotted in the wild

Posted by Gsurface on April 21, 2012 No comments

Google’s widely talked about but still highly under-wraps cloud storage service looks like it is just about ready for prime time. Pictures of an app called “Drive” have been leaked from what appears to be a developer-friendly Android phone. According to previous rumors, the service may be ready to launch as early as next week,

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Proof-of-concept Android Trojan uses motion sensor to determine tapped keys

Posted by Gsurface on April 20, 2012 No comments

A team of researchers from Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and IBM have designed a proof-of-concept Android Trojan app that can steal passwords and other sensitive information by using the smartphone's motion sensors to determine what keys victims tap on their touchscreens when unlocking their phones or inputting credit card numbers during phone banking operations.
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Mobicip: A kid-safe Web browser for Android

Posted by Gsurface on April 20, 2012 No comments

For just $ 5, Mobicip offers age-based filtering, real-time monitoring, and many other protections — all wrapped in a familiar-looking browser.
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Android, Java, and the tech behind Oracle v. Google (FAQ)

Posted by Gsurface on April 20, 2012 No comments

Wondering what the lawyers and programmers are talking about in the highest-profile tech trial in years? Here’s a guide to the ties between Android and Java — and the history leading up to the case.
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WIMM Android smart box breaks out of form

Posted by Gsurface on April 19, 2012 No comments

The folks responsible for the WIMM Android-based device are fully conscious of the fact that they’re not the only smart watch manufacturer on the block, so this week they’re showing the future. The future in this case is a set of conceptual works surrounding their 1 x 1 miniature computer that show that the WIMM

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Google Cloud Print adds FedEx, Canon to remote printing roster, throws Android users a PDF bone

Posted by Gsurface on April 19, 2012 No comments

Chrome users are in store for a bundle of printing perks today courtesy of a recent update to Google Cloud Print. In addition to wirelessly sending documents to nearby printers, Mountain View’s now adding FedEx to the drop down destination list, granting users the ability to obtain retrieval codes for use at any of that shipping service’s locations across the U.S. The remote printing feature has also gained an additional device partner, enlisting Canon into the ranks of participating companies, occupied by the likes of Epson, Kodak and HP. And as an extra bonus for the Android faithful, handsets and tablets sporting the search giant’s Ice Cream Sandwich OS will now be able to receive and display transmitted docs as PDFs, although you’ll need to install the beta version of the company’s mobile browser to take advantage of this seamless integration. Open OS, meet the closed-off cloud.

Google Cloud Print adds FedEx, Canon to remote printing roster, throws Android users a PDF bone originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oracle skewers Google as Android trial opens

Posted by Gsurface on April 18, 2012 No comments

Oracle began Monday trying to convince a jury that Google’s top executives have long known that they stole a key piece of technology to build the Android software that now powers more than more than 300 million smartphones and tablet computers.

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Oracle CEO calls Google’s Android a ‘cheap knockoff’

Posted by Gsurface on April 18, 2012 No comments

Some of the most powerful figures in tech faced off in a San Francisco court Tuesday to argue a patent lawsuit that’s being called the “World Series of intellectual property trials.” The case is straightforward, though the implications could cost tens of millions or more: did Google knowingly violate Oracle’s patents on Java, or was it fair use of publicly available material?

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Chrome For Android Gets Desktop View, Home Screen Bookmarks, File Downloads

Posted by Gsurface on April 17, 2012 No comments

Chrome for Android is becoming somewhat of a flagship product for Google, but given that it’s only available on phones and tablets running Ice Cream Sandwich, its reach is pretty limited. It’s still one of the best mobile browsers on the market, though, and Google is adding a number of cool features to it today. Chrome for Android is now also available in 31 additional languages and in all countries where Google Play is available.

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Comedy Central brings The Daily Show Headlines to Android

Posted by Gsurface on April 14, 2012 No comments

If you’re an Android user and a fan of Comedy Central’s hit satirical news program “The Daily Show,” then today’s your lucky day.
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Don’t look for Windows 8 to be ported to current Android tablets

Posted by Gsurface on April 14, 2012 No comments

With a variety of new tablets hitting the market, some IT pros are hoping for a way to convert those tablets to support Windows 8 on ARM. But that may be easier said than done.
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Google Play Now Accepts Paid Android App Submissions From New Seller Countries

Posted by Gsurface on April 13, 2012 No comments

While Google’s top brass were busy dissecting the company’s Q1 earnings on their scheduled conference call, it was business as usual for the rest of the company. Over on the official Android Developers blog, for example, Google announced that developers in the Czech Republic, Mexico, Israel, and Poland can now sell Android apps and in-app additions in the Google Play store (and in their native currencies to boot).

“But wait,” you may say. “Developers from Israel and Mexico have been able to sell their apps for years now!” You’d be absolutely right — the Czech Republic and Poland are the only really new additions, but there was a bit of a catch for the other two.
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New Eye-Fi Mobile X2 card does old tricks, but with less hassle for Android and iOS users

Posted by Gsurface on April 11, 2012 No comments

Direct Mode on an Eye-Fi card makes a lot of sense when you want to beam photos from your camera straight to your smartphone. The latest edition of the Mobile X2 promises to simplify this process by coming pre-configured for Direct Mode from the factory, and being accompanied by a 10-digit pairing code that’ll let you register the camera securely with the Eye-Fi app on your Android phone without recourse to a PC. We’d feel more excited about this if Toshiba’s FlashAir card hadn’t done something similar already using a clever browser-based connection we saw at CES. Still, if Eye-Fi is the brand and workflow you want to stick with, then be advised that this particular Mobile X2 is Japan-only for now. However, a worldwide release is planned at some point, along with an update to the iOS app that’ll make the key-code pairing thing work for that other section of humanity too.

New Eye-Fi Mobile X2 card does old tricks, but with less hassle for Android and iOS users originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Netflix Android app update tidies for tablets

Posted by Gsurface on April 11, 2012 No comments

Netflix has updated its free Android app, making the media streaming software’s UI more suited to tablets, as well as addressing stability bugs that had made it glitchy on certain manufacturer’s hardware. The new version, available in the Play Market, adds a more easily controlled volume slider to the main show page, making hitting the

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Security Hole Spotted In Facebook Android SDK, Long Tail Apps May Still Be Unpatched

Posted by Gsurface on April 10, 2012 No comments

Mobile app platform provider Parse is reporting having discovered a major security hole in the Facebook Android SDK. The problem was quickly patched after being reported to Facebook, but that alone may not be enough to secure affected mobile applications, the company says.

The security vulnerability affected all apps using the Facebook Android SDK, including major apps like Foursquare, and there’s no way for end users to know which app developers, outside the big ones, have implemented the fixes needed to secure users’ data. (Except for Foursquare, which we know to be patched – whew!)
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Chrome Beta update syncs tabs across computers and Android

Posted by Gsurface on April 10, 2012 No comments

Google has released an update for its Chrome Beta web browser that lets you sync your tabs across multiple computers and devices. The update expands on the tabs feature that was introduced with the Chrome Beta for Android release back in February, which offered a convenient tab-based navigation where you could access tabs you’ve opened

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Windows 8 Metro Theme Created For Rooted Android Tablets

Posted by Gsurface on April 10, 2012 No comments

MikeatWired writes “Now here’s a cool one for you tablet users that like to tweak the appearance of your UI! XDA member BroBot175 has created a Metro UI theme for all tablets running Honeycomb or ICS! The theme is a fully functioning replica of Windows 8 that allows you to create your own tiles, and organize them however you want.”

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