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Android, Apple Activations Shatter Record on Christmas Day
Fox Business
Reuters. More Android and Apple (AAPL) devices were activated on Christmas Day this year than on any other day in history, according to a report released this week. A whopping 17.4 million iOS and Google (GOOG) Android devices were activated on Dec.
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What to Do With Your New Android
Mashable
If you're a brand new Android owner, the phone's operating system is likely Jelly Bean or Ice Cream Sandwich. You shouldn't have to upgrade anything, but there might be newer versions of built-in apps. (We'll get to that later.) You'll have to set up a ...
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Home row heroes: alternative keyboard apps for Android
Ars Technica
With all the various OEM versions of Android available, it's likely you may get stuck with an onscreen keyboard you're not too fond of. And if you're not in sync with your keyboard, it can become frustrating to use your Android phone or tablet ...
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Makers of $99 Android-Powered Game Console Ship First 1200 'Ouyas'
Yahoo! News (blog)
Like Nintendo's Wii U game console, the Ouya (that's "OOH-yuh") has an unusual name and even more unusual hardware. The console is roughly the size of a Rubik's cube, and is powered by Android, Google's open-source operating system that's normally ...
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Lakers release app for Android and iOS devices
Los Angeles Times
The Lakers have released an official mobile app for both Android and iOS platforms. Partnered with developer Lucid Appeal, the Lakers app provides "news, statistics, schedules, image and video gallery, user profiles, and more," according to a release ...
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Los Angeles Times
Huge iOS and Android Activity on Christmas Day
Forbes
Apps downloads also surged but not at the same rate as device activations. The 328 million app downloads on December 25 compares to an estimated 242 million downloads last year, a 36% increase. It would not be prudent to more than double last years ...
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5 Best Android Apps of 2012
Mashable
It was a big year for Google's Android platform in terms of apps. Google Play hit 700,000 total apps last month, bringing it to a virtual tie with Apple's App Store. Not only has Android caught up to iOS in app quantity, but at last count, the former's ...
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The 12 best* Android apps of the year
The Week Magazine
erhaps you were lucky enough to activate one of the the mind-blowingly large number of new Androids and iOs devices — 17.4 million to be exact — on Christmas Day, easily eclipsing the 6.8 million tablets and smartphones activated at the same time ...
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The Week Magazine
Who should I follow on Twitter? Android edition
Engadget
Welcome to another edition of WSIFOT and this time we're broaching Android -- and some related Google services. After the break, we've collected some official Twitter channels, alongside writers, personalities, thinkers and tinkerers who follow Google ...
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Press for Android is a Gorgeous Newsreader for Phones and Tablets
Lifehacker
Press is a Gorgeous Newsreader for Android Phones and Tablets Android: If you're a fan of Reeder for OS X and iOS, but wish Android had a similar newsreader, congratulations: Press is the app you've been waiting for. The developer takes more than a few ...
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A better way to select messages in Gmail for Android
CNET (blog)
To select multiple e-mail messages in Gmail for Android, you have to tap the tiny check boxes to the left of each message. If you miss the check box and tap the message instead, the message launches and you have to go back to the conversation list and ...
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The Best Android Apps Of 2012, According To Google
Business Insider
The search giant made huge strides with its entertainment store in 2012. The app section of Google's media marketplace has surged to include more than 750,000 apps, finally closing the gap with Apple's App Store. Tavares Ford, Google's merchandising ...
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Business Insider
Use Android apps on Mac OS X with the new BlueStacks App Player
TechRadar UK
BlueStacks has brought its Android App Player tech to Mac OS X with a free Beta version available to download today. The launch, follows the release for Windows 8 devices earlier this year, and brings over 750,000 Android tablet and smartphone apps to ...
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Jolla Aims to be Alternative to Android
Wall Street Journal (blog)
2012 was the year when Samsung Electronics Co. overtook Nokia Corp. in overall handset sales and Apple Inc. in smartphones. But 2013 is shaping up to be a much more competitive landscape. Not only are low-cost smartphone makers in China jostling in ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Apktool Updated To 1.5.1, Brings Android 4.2 Support, The Latest Smali ...
Android Police
Apktool is a Windows/Mac/Linux utility for reverse engineering Android apps. It allows you to decode an app, change something, rebuild it, and pray it still runs. You're going to need something like this if you're into theming apps, hacking a feature ...
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Android Winter Wonderland snowball fight wallpaper released
Android Community
For those looking to get into the holiday spirit even more this year, while also showing your Android pride today we have a nice new wallpaper for everyone to rock on their device of choice. The guys from Android Foundry have continued their tradition ...
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Android Community
S21H Android 4.1 mini PC features 2GB of RAM
Liliputing
It's been less than a year since the Android TV sticks/mini computers hit the streets with 512MB of memory and ARM Cortex-A8 processors. Now you can pick up a model with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor and 2GB of RAM for about $70.
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10-inch tablet Videocon VT10 with Android 4.1 available online for Rs. 11200
NDTV
Tablets seem to be the flavour of the season for Indian handset makers. The latest to join the foray is Videocon, with its 10-inch offering VT10. This tablet is already available through online deal site snapdeal.com and homeshop18.com for Rs. 11,200.
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NDTV
LG Optimus G gets eco-friendly, earns Carbonfree certification
Android Community
The folks from LG have really been stepping up their game lately in terms of hardware and software for their Android smartphones. First they launched the highly impressive and capable Optimus G, and then followed it up with the LG Nexus 4 in ...
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Android Community
Instagram use surges on iOS and Android, falls 25% on Facebook
SlashGear
It would appear that the real impact of the Instagram Privacy Policy update (and subsequent revolt on the part of its users) has come to light – a relatively massive 25% decrease in daily users – but there's a catch. While the statistics given by ...
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SlashGear
Huawei Ascend D2 Android Phablet Leaks Again
TechnoBuffalo
As earlier leaks have suggested, we're again hearing that the Android phablet will pack a 5-inch display with a full 1080p display, a quad-core processor, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, a massive 2,900mAh (or 3,000mAh, depending on the rumor you listen to) ...
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TechnoBuffalo
5 Things to do right away on your new Android device: Part 2
ITworld.com
If there's one thing that separates Android from iPhone, it is Android's deep-down customization and straight-up usefulness. Androids can, by default, do quite a few things iPhones do not allow for, but you have to know where to find those handy tools ...
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Bluestacks App Player brings 750000 Android apps to OS X
T3
After downloading the the BlueStacks App Player, users can search for their Android apps, which allows them to be downloaded from the Google Play Store or Amazon App Store. Apps are then opened within the Player. From our brief tests, more often than ...
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T3
AntennaPod Is a Free, Feature-Packed Podcast Manager for Android
Lifehacker
AntennaPod Is a Free, Feature-Packed Podcast Manager for Android Android: There's no shortage of great podcast managers for Android, but if you're looking for a solid app that won't cost you a penny, AntennaPod is worth a look. The app packs support ...
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Daily Steals Offering a Number of Android Devices at Discounts: Galaxy Nexus ...
Droid Life
Still trying to decide what to spend all of that holiday cash on? Feel free to cruise over to Daily Steals' "Everything Must Go" sale for options. They have a number of Android products, from phones to tablets to docks to media players, all at what ...
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Droid Life
Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Update for Samsung Galaxy Note Set to Bring Premium ...
Android Geeks
It was officially announced that Samsung Galaxy Note will receive Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update with Premium Suite pack. We are talking about Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update with the user interface and the special apps that Samsung brought on Galaxy ...
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Android Geeks
APP OF THE DAY: Pixlr Express review (Android and iPhone)
Pocket-lint.com
Photo manipulation is all the rage, if the Instagram uproar is to be believed. People love tweaking their mobile phone pictures to give them a bit of life, and we can see why. Every image ever taken with a cameraphone looks roughly the same. They don't ...
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Pocket-lint.com
Record 17.4 million Android and iOS devices activated on Christmas Day 2012 ...
NDTV
Needless to say, that is a new record, with Flurry claiming the previous record was set on Christmas Day last year when total iOS and Android device activations topped 6.8 million. The website further claimed that it kept track of December activations ...
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Boot up: Samsung gets chatty, app store reviews, farewell Android, un-smart TV ...
The Guardian (blog)
In all that work, the products that earned us the least engagement, money, and time -> Android products. We'll announce some of the good results of our work on other platforms soon. But Android, farewell for now. We've decommissioned our various Google ...
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The Guardian (blog)

Blogs14 new results for Android
 
Another new wave of Nexus 4s shipping | Android Central
By Phil Nickinson
Nary a moment too soon, word in our Nexus 4 forums is that another batch of the hard-to-buy (and harder-to-ship, apparently) smartphone is on its way to the good boys and girls.
Android Central - Android Forums,...
FOSS Patents: Android-Android war raging in Korea as LG seeks ...
By Florian Mueller
An Android-Android software patent dispute would be a different thing. Competition among Android device makers is extremely fierce, with only Samsung making serious money and all others, except for Google-subsidized Motorola Mobility, ...
FOSS Patents
Eclipse cannot find android:id="@+id/android: names - Stack Overflow
By pietmau
Please why do I have such a situation? I have defined 2 ListViews in my XML, and I named them android:id="@+id/android:listbest" and android:id="@+id/android:listworst". When I try to reference them from my code Eclipse apparently is not ...
Recent Questions - Stack Overflow
listview - Android: text color holo light - Stack Overflow
By user1315621
I just have a stupid question... I am using (or better, I suppose to use) the theme holo light in my application: I have set it in the manifest file. Look at the screenshot below: the text is too light, isn't it? Ok, I know that I can set it but my question is: ...
Recent Questions - Stack Overflow
Introduction to Android native development | TechRepublic
By Tim Mackenzie
Android developer Tim Mackenzie notes that native code should be used only when necessary. Find out when it is needed.
on TechRepublic
Ouya Android games console starts shipping - Pocket-lint
By Hunter Skipworth
Kickstarter's flagbearer Ouya, the Android-powered games console, is starting to ship to backing developers. Those who paid $699 or more toward the project.
Pocket-lint
Android Community Nightly: December 27th, 2012 | Android ...
By Cory Gunther
Hello world, thanks for stopping by to get a quick rundown of anything and everything that happened in the world of Android today. Below you'll find tons of.
Android Community
New Android Malware Sends Spam Text Messages; Disguised As ...
By Ben Reid
Android is constantly a target for those looking to spread malware, and the latest - discovered by Russian security outfit Doctor Web - is probably one of the more significant to date. Arriving in the form of a trojan, it can aid the loathed ...
Redmond Pie
The Best of BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps 2012 «BlackBerry ...
By Alex Kinsella
Guest post from Android runtime development man about town James Dreher – Ed. The past twelve months have been an absolute whirlwind for the team behind the BlackBerry Runtime for Android apps.
BlackBerry Developer Blog
iOS and Android App Downloads Skyrocketed on Christmas Day ...
By Brandon Russell
As if this should come as a surprise, Flurry Analytics on Friday said mobile device activations—that includes iPhone, iPad, Android, and Kindle Fire—were up exponentially compared to any other day throughout the year. Meaning? Meaning a ...
TechnoBuffalo
OUYA Ships 1,200 Development Consoles, Shows Off Its Pre ...
By Darrell Etherington
OUYA, the Android-based affordable gaming console that inspired a wide range of reaction from tech watchers and gamers alike when it debuted on Kickstarter ba..
TechCrunch
Android Rooting (OS remained Root throughout?) - maemo.org - Talk
By kai_en
I'm curious how does rooting work in Android? I'm writing this with limited knowledge of Linux in genera and even more limited knowledge on Android. Still, I do know that in Linux system that I encountered thus far, root is just a privilege to ...
maemo.org - Talk
Google picks 12 best Android games of 2012
By Phone Arena
Games are without a doubt the most popular and profiting category of applications on Android, and today, after yesterday's recap of Google Play's best apps for the year…
PhoneArena - News
The Ticker: Best Commercials; Apple, Android; Same-Day Shipping ...
By James F. Thompson
LostRemote Jump into the next generation of TV at Lost Remote – The NYC Show, April 24 in New York City. MTV President Stephen Friedman will discuss the strategies he has used to transform MTV into the cultural home of the millennial ...
PRNewser

Web2 new results for Android
 
It's dangerous to go alone! Take these Android apps into the New ...
A gorgeous RTS game, a collage maker, and an app for customizing Android.
arstechnica.com/.../its-dangerous-to-go-alone-take-these-andro...
New Android Malware Uses Google Play Icon To Trick Users ...
An anonymous reader writes "A new trojan for Android has been discovered that can help carry out Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The malware is ...
mobile.slashdot.org/.../new-android-malware-uses-google-play...


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