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Why Apple wanted AuthenTec: Thwart Samsung, Android in BYOD
ZDNet (blog)
And a big deal with Samsung to secure its Android devices could have been a material threat to Apple in a world where employees are dictating what devices are used in the workplace. According to a regulatory filing via Techmeme, Apple will pay $8 a share ...
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Apple Buys Samsung's Android Security Partner AuthenTec For $365M
TechCrunch
... has spilled into a multinational patent battle, it looks like Apple may have opened yet another front on the M&A side: it is buying mobile security company AuthenTec — which had only just signed a deal with Samsung for Android devices — for $356 million.
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Nexus 7? Wait: Google's Motorola Xoom + Jelly Bean is coming soon
ZDNet
Summary: Google launched Android 4.1 on the Asus-developed (but Google branded) Nexus 7 in part to reassure OEMs that they will be treated equally in the aftermath of its Motorola Mobility purchase. Maybe Google really did spend $12 plus billion for the ...
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Is Google headed toward an Android Nexus PC?
CNET (blog)
In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon discusses whether Google will use the Android mobile OS or browser-based Chrome OS to take on Apple and Microsoft in computing, and she explains why it's still important to check the coverage of ...
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Motorola XOOM Gets Android Jelly Bean 4.1 Update – U.S. Wi-Fi Models Only
Mobile & Apps
The new version of Android promises great features and enhancements, including a much improved user interface and response, as Jelly Bean is the fastest, smoothest version of Android so far. The update to Google's popular mobile operating system also ...
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Mobile & Apps
Microsoft sets lowest price for paid apps at $1.49 for Windows 8 Store
ZDNet
The most notable: the lowest-priced paid apps will start at $1.49 instead of the 99 cents that consumers may be used to from shopping for phone or tablet apps in iOS and Android stores. Prices can rise in 50-cent increments all the way up to $999.99.
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ZDNet
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Update: Acer And Toshiba Join The List; Sony Says No
Latinos Post
More and more devices are being vetted for an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update. The latest companies to officially confirm that Jelly Bean updates are on the way are Acer and Toshiba. Dutch website TabletGuide claims that an Acer representative has told them ...
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Latinos Post
Android, Nokia Phone Vulnerable to NFC Attacks
Z6Mag
A security specialist has demonstrated that the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology on new Android and Nokia devices can be easily hacked if left on their default settings. The information was presented at the 2012 Black Hat security conference in ...
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OnLive To Ship On The OUYA Android Gaming Device
TechCrunch
The two companies took to the interwebs this morning to announce OnLive will ship with OUYA. This means the little Android device will have access to first-run traditional gaming titles at launch. OnLive's library currently includes Assassins Creed Revelations ...
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TechCrunch
Apple Throws $356 Million at Making Its Security Better—And Making Android's ...
Gizmodo
Reuters is reporting that Apple has bought AuthenTec—a company which makes secure fingerprint sensors and precision touchscreen solutions—for $356 million. Either it's gotten extremely serious about its own security, or wants to make it much harder for ...
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Android Jelly Bean Source Code Released for Open Source Project
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Zine Web Tech Magazine) – Smarter Apps, an established mobile app development company in Australia, has announced that it will be bringing in more feature-packed products and services to its clients, in line with new reports stating that Google's Android ...
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Microsoft wins Motorola Android sales ban in Germany
SlashGear
Motorola has seen its Android products banned in Germany, after a Mannheim judge decided that its smartphones and tablets infringe a patent Microsoft holds. The ruling, handed down this morning at the Mannheim court, FOSS Patents reports, concerns a ...
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Top 3 Android Apps for Summer 2012
CIO (blog)
Sand Studio's AirDroid is a free app that makes managing your Android devices easy via a PC or Mac's Web browser. The software connects to your 'droid over an https connection for security. Once you're connected, you can do all sorts of things: drag and ...
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CIO (blog)
No Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for Sony Xperia Arc S, Ray, Neo V and the other 2011 ...
Unwired View
Regarding Jelly Bean updates, he specifically said that the Xperia Arc S and Xperia Mini Pro would remain running Android 4.0 ICS. And since the Arc S is the most capable Xperia device of last year (featuring a 1.4GHz processor), it's hard to believe that ...
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Microsoft wins German ban on Motorola Android devices over FAT storage
VentureBeat
Does this Microsoft patent make my Android smartphone look fat? That's the question Motorola Mobility is asking today after yet another German court ruled its mobile phones were infringing patents owned by the software giant. The decision by the Mannheim ...
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VentureBeat
Nokia's Android OS Competitor Meltemi Reportedly Canned
RedOrbit
Nokia has quietly canned the Linux-based software platform that they had been developing in order to compete with Android, sources familiar with the Finnish cellphone manufacturer's plans told Reuters on Thursday. According to reporter Tarmo Virki of the ...
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RedOrbit
How Google ganked Android app developers
ITworld.com
The hubbub is grounded in a story that hit the wires earlier this week about game publisher Madfinger Games having to drop the price of the game Dead Trigger from $.99 to free due to what they called "unbelievably high" piracy rates on Android. On the same ...
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Wi-Fi-only Motorola Xoom tablets in the US are now being updated to Android ...
Unwired View
After the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the Samsung Nexus S, the Motorola Xoom is the next in line to receive an update to Android Jelly Bean. There's a catch, however. See, Wi-Fi-only Motorola Xoom tablets sold in the US are the only ones that are 'Google ...
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Android phones hijacked via wallet tech
BBC News
A skilled hacker has shown how to hijack a smartphone via a short-range radio technology known as Near Field Communication (NFC). Charlie Miller created tools that forced phones to visit websites seeded with attack software. The software on the ...
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BBC News
New Android Jelly Bean Source Code Released for Open Source Project
Equities.com
Smarter Apps, an established mobile app development company in Australia, has announced that it will be bringing in more feature-packed products and services to its clients, in line with new reports stating that Google's Android OS has come out with a new ...
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Virgin Mobile adds $80 PCD Chaser to Android roster
CNET
Virgin Mobile USA has added another Android smartphone to its lineup, today unveiling the PCD Chaser. Priced at just $79.99 without a contract, the handset has plenty of hardware for folks ready to make the jump from a feature phone to a smartphone.
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Microsoft Addresses the Post-PC Dilemma
PCWorld (blog)
But Microsoft rarely admits its challenges with such candor. Windows Phone, for example, is facing major adoption challenges in the U.S. while Apple's iPhone and handsets running Google's Android OS are flying off the shelves. But when you ask a Microsoft ...
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Google launches searching by ink ahead of Windows 8
ZDNet (blog)
Google launches searching by ink ahead of Windows 8. Summary: The Handwrite setting on iOS and Android devices allows input for Google search terms by writing anywhere on the phone/tablet screen. Google has entered the input by handwriting arena, ...
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Motorola Xoom Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Update Starts Rolling Out
Gotta Be Mobile
We've heard from several Motorola Xoom owners who claim that Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is rolling out and this seems to be confirmed by numerous reports which claim the same thing. As of right now, we're unsure whether this is a full on roll out or if the update ...
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Motorola's Xoom Wi-Fi Tablets Now Receiving Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean Update
TechCrunch
Move over, Nexus 7 — you're not the only Jelly Bean-powered Android tab in town anymore. According to a handful of Droid-Life tipsters, it appears that Motorola's aging XOOM tablet is finally getting its crack at Google's latest and greatest dessert-themed OS ...
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TechCrunch
WILLIAMS: Android apps add to fun of Nexus 7
Evansville Courier & Press
With that in mind, I thought it fitting to share some of my favorite Android apps that I am using on the Nexus 7 tablet. Whether you are using a handset or a tablet, you should be able to give each of the apps a whirl. Each is available in the Google Play store.
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German judge: Motorola violates Microsoft's FAT patent
CNET
Judge Andreas Voss of the Mannheim Regional Court today ruled that Motorola's Android-based devices are infringing upon a File Allocation Table (FAT) patent related to "a common name space for long and short filenames," according to FOSS Patents' ...
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Motorola deploys Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update to Wi-Fi-only XOOM tablets
Mobile Burn
Motorola announced today that the promised Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for the Wi-Fi version of the XOOM tablet is now available. The update offers improved performance and touch response, as well as enhanced notifications, text-to-speech capabilities, ...
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How is Google Planning to Take on Windows and Mac PCs? Android PCs or ...
The Droid Guy
What caught my eye was the wording on the title, 'Is Google headed toward an Android Nexus PC?'. Being a Google and especially Android fanatic, I found it rather fascinating and exhilarating at the same time – could Google be working on a new Android ...
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Blogs14 new results for Android
 
Security expert shows that Android and Nokia NFC can be hacked ...
By Steve Dent
A research consultant has revealed to Ars Technica that he can force NFC-equipped Android and Nokia phones to run malicious code in several ways -- but.
Engadget
Motorola's entire Android lineup banned in Germany
By Adrian Diaconescu
Microsoft is on a winning streak in its patent war against Motorola, with Moto now banned from selling Android devices in Germany.
Android Authority
Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean Update Now Rolling Out To Motorola Xoom ...
By Chris Chavez
After reports that the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update for the Motorola Xoom (WiFi) may have been delayed, it looks like everything checked out with that soak test we heard about, as Motorola has just begun pushing out the over-the-air update ...
Android Phone Fans
Google introduces Handwrite search for ... - Android Community
By Eric Abent
If you're like me and you have fat fingers that don't do well when presented with a tiny touchscreen keyboard, then Google's new Handwrite search might just be.
Android Community
Motorola Xoom users receiving Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean (Update ...
By Jeff Blagdon
The wait for Jelly Bean could be over for Google’s other Nexus device. Some owners of Motorola’s Xoom report having received OTA updates to Android 4.1.1, despite not being part of a...
The Verge - All Posts
NFC hack Android Beam: Charlie Miller demonstrates at Black Hat
By Brad Reed
Esteemed hacker Charlie Miller, who made a name for himself embarrassing Apple engineers with his iOS hacks, has returned with a big, juicy target in h.
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Acer confirms Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for select Iconia tablets ...
By Edwin Kee
You can say that the race is definitely on – with different tablet manufacturers working hard to release the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for their respective pieces of hardware. We do know that Acer did roll out a quartet [...]
Ubergizmo
Linux Today - $49 Android PCs ROM, kernel and bootloader released
LinuxBSDos.com: It has just been announced that the ROM, kernel and bootloader for the APC (Android PC) are now available for public download.
Linuxtoday.com
CyanogenMod 10 (Android 4.1) ported to the Dell Streak 7 - Liliputing
By Brad Linder
It also happened to be hampered by a low resolution 800 x 480 pixel display and Android 2.2 software at a time when higher resolution displays and Android 3.0 were all the rage. The last official update Dell released for the tablet brought ...
Liliputing
Samsung Posts Record $5.9 Billion Quarterly Profit on Smartphones ...
By Justin Crouch
The very first Samsung Android phone I used was the Samsung Behold II. I won it from a contest and I was beyond excited to power it up when it arrived at my doorstep. Well, after about a week, sadly, my excitement was short lived.
Android News, Rumours, and Updates
iPad Is Outselling Android Tablets By A 2:1 Ratio [REPORT ...
By Ben Reid
Apple's iPad has dominated a market it is credited with creating back in 2010, when the very first iPad slate was unveiled to a very mixed response. Some lauded it as the next best thing, while the skeptics brushed it off as merely a large ...
Redmond Pie
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean rolling out to a Motorola Xoom WiFi near you
By Natesh Sood
A soak test of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on the Motorola Xoom WiFi model began several days ago, and it appears the official ready-to-go build is now rolling out to all Xoom models.
Paid Android Apps For Free | Native Android
By Pharhan Xya
The big question is that how to get paid android apps for free? There is a simple method to get unlimited applications from the android market.
Native Android
Dead Trigger for Android buyers to receive reward in next update ...
By James
Obviously those Android gamers that paid $0.99 for the Dead Trigger Android game when it became available will probably be a tad annoyed that the Android gaming faithful can now get Dead Trigger for Android for free due to Madfinger ...
Phones Review

Web2 new results for Android
 
Designing For Android: Tips And Techniques - Smashing Mobile ...
Android is an attractive for developers, but not all designers share our enthusiasm. Making an app look and feel great is no mean feat.
mobile.smashingmagazine.com/2012/07/.../android-design-tip...
Samsung kills local search on international Galaxy ... - Android Central
There's a new over-the-air update rolling out for the international Samsung Galaxy S3 this evening, but you might want to think twice before downloading it.
www.androidcentral.com/samsung-kills-local-search-internatio...


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