I am not a smartphone or tablet user myself but that doesn’t mean I don’t follow the development of these devices and associated trends. I was interested to see that, as far as market share is concerned, the well respected NetMarketShare has the two mobile […]
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Google announced the release of Android Device Manager last week. It is akin to Apple’s Find My iPhone application. If you can’t locate your Android phone or tablet, Android Device Manager lets you ring your phone at maximum volume, even if it has been silenced.
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According to the latest test results published by independent testing lab AV-Test, the two Android security apps which offer the best possible protection are ‘TrustGo’ and ‘Lookout’ respectively. The good news is that all but one of the 22 apps tested passed AV-Test certification… that
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The MediaFire app, including 50GB free cloud storage, has been available to iOS users for several months. The good news for Android users is that the developers have just recently (within the last few days) launched the MediaFire app for Android, including the same sweet
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[notice]Let me start by saying that I’ve missed being able to post semi-regularly over the past couple of months. October and November were crazy for us at Fizziology, and I have been extra busy keeping up with the demands of our rapid growth. Things have
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In 2008, Google and T-Mobile USA unveiled the T-Mobile G1, the first cellphone to feature the Android OS. The G1 featured version 1.6 (Donut) of the Android mobile operating system. It went on sale the next month, priced at $179 for a two-year contract. Learn
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Yesterday, I joined the ranks of smartphone users who have had to recover from a “hard reset”. My HTC EVO 3D had in issue where the 4G antenna would turn on, and then right before it obtained an IP address from the network, would shut
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In a landmark action, seizure orders have been executed against three website domain names engaged in the illegal distribution of copyrighted Android cell phone apps. According to the U.S. Department of Justice report… “This is the first time website domains involving cell phone app marketplaces
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Google’s Android operating system is the most popular smartphone OS in the world. That is, there are more Android devices than iOS devices, WinMo devices, and Blackberries. This was always the nature of Android: to allow for the spread of the OS to many devices
Will Jellybean (Android 4.1) fix Google’s fragmentation problem? Read More »
Asus, one of the World’s leading PC manufacturers, has recently announced a partnership with BlueStacks which will bring Android apps to the Asus range of home computers. For the uninitiated: BlueStacks is emulation software which enables users to run Android apps on Windows computers. It’s
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