Items tagged with Android
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Rob Williams - Tue, Apr 15, 2014
Last spring, we talked about "Beacon Mountain", Intel's pre-packaged Android development environment that caters to developing around both Intel and ARM architectures. We haven't heard too much about Beacon Mountain since, but as we can...
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Seth Colaner - Mon, Apr 14, 2014
As the Heartbleed bug inflicts damage in absentia (or not, there’s no way to tell), Google Security wrote a blog post letting users know that although the company has actively patched to numerous Google services, some important...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Apr 10, 2014
Dropbox helped pioneer the concept of the cloud by offering users a free and easy way to store and sync files on the web so that they're accessible (and look the same) from any PC or mobile device with an Internet connection. Company...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Apr 08, 2014
Most of us learned the lesson that one size doesn't fit all from Goldilocks and her little crime spree that included a B and E and porridge theft. Apparently it's one that Lenovo is also familiar with, hence the company's roll out of not...
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Rob Williams - Mon, Apr 07, 2014
Twitter has kicked its week off by acquiring an up-and-coming Android app, called Cover. As a lock-screen app, we're not quite sure what Twitter plans on doing to exploit its full potential, but given the fact that the app has 26,000 ratings on the Play Store for an average of 4.4/5.0 stars...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Apr 02, 2014
Slowly but surely, Android 4.4.x KitKat is finding its way onto an increasing number of mobile handsets, tablets, and hybrid devices. According to Google's Developers Dashboard for Android, KitKat is now found on 5.3 percent of Android devices, a figure that's generated by analyzing devices...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Apr 01, 2014
Futuremark isn't letting up on its decision to publicly shame handsets and device manufacturers that get caught trying to game the company's 3DMark benchmark. Just the opposite, Futuremark wasted no time calling out HTC and its recently...
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Paul Lilly - Sun, Mar 30, 2014
As much as we like Android -- and we like it quite a bit around these parts -- there's no denying that Google could step up its game and more actively police its app store (Google Play) for malicious or otherwise deceptive content. Taking...
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Seth Colaner - Sat, Mar 29, 2014
Android version 4.4.2 (KitKat) has been available for a while now, but there may be yet another incremental KitKat bump coming. Version 4.4.3 has apparently been spotted on some Google employees’ devices. Credit: Android Police Myce...
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Mar 29, 2014
Yes folks, that is Android running on your Samsung Galaxy S5. The same is true of the HTC One M8. Of course, you already knew that -- and that probably played a big role in your decision to buy your device -- but in case you had any...
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Seth Colaner - Thu, Mar 27, 2014
Buried under the typical eye-glazing congratulatory corporate-speak that is a mutual press release announcing cooperation between two companies is a curious nugget of information: Dell might start making Xbox consoles. Taking a step back...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Mar 27, 2014
Security researchers at Trend Micro report finding a new Android malware family designed to mine crytocurrencies like Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Dogecoin. The malicious mining code is being repackaged in copies of popular apps like Football...
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Seth Colaner - Wed, Mar 26, 2014
Android is dominating the mobile market, but Google is still looking at new realms to conquer, and next on the horizon may be the enterprise. According to The Information’s two sources, (behind a paywall), Google is making a...
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Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Mar 25, 2014
NVIDIA has some big things planned for owners of its SHIELD portable gaming device. In addition to bringing new features and capabilities to SHIELD though an upcoming software update, NVIDIA will be upgrading the base OS to Android KitKat...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Mar 25, 2014
Security outfit Trend Micro is warning Android users that a recently discovered vulnerability in Google's open-source platform could allow cybercriminals to do "substantial damage" on smartphones and tablets. By exploiting the...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Mar 24, 2014
Smartphone makers may have learned an important lesson -- don't try to pull a fast one in Futuremark's 3DMark benchmark, because if you're caught, Futuremark will make a public spectacle out of banning your product. This happened last...
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Seth Colaner - Mon, Mar 24, 2014
LG is developing smart lighting solutions. Its first release to that effect is an LED smart light bulb, and it actually sounds like a somewhat compelling product instead of some eyeroll-inducing googah for the geek elite. The bulbs come packing Bluetooth and WiFi technology and works with...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Mar 24, 2014
HTC is expected to unveil its new One (not to be confused with the current HTC One) smartphone during a press event in New York City tomorrow, which just might be one of the worst kept secrets on the web. That's because the One (codenamed...
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Mar 22, 2014
You may want to hide your so-called "smartphone" before reading any further -- we don't want any hurt feelings. As big and bad as your current handset might be, odds are high that Oppo's new Find 7 trumps its. Heck, it even has some...
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Seth Colaner - Fri, Mar 21, 2014
The ink is barely dry on the announcement about Android Wear, Google’s forthcoming wearables platform, but developers are already tinkering with the Developer Preview SDK. Pocket, which makes a nifty tool that lets you save anything you see online, be it in a web browser or app, to view...
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David Altavilla - Fri, Mar 21, 2014
Samsung introduced its PRO line of Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Note tablets at CES in January. We had a brief chance to check out these new tablets while at CES and now we have the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 in house for a full hands-on review...
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Jennifer Johnson - Fri, Mar 21, 2014
Samsung introduced its PRO line of Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Note tablets at CES in January. We had a brief chance to check out these new tablets while at CES and now we have the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 in house for a full hands-on review. As you may recall, this tablet features a 10.1-inch WQXGA display that supports a resolution of 2560...
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