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Google to app developers: the check is in the mail
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Even big companies forget to pay the bills every now and then. For example, Google's accounting department recently was so caught up in Linsanity, March Madness, waiting for season 4 of Breaking Bad or all of the above and forgot to make the usual monthly direct payment into the bank accounts of its European app developers.
Realizing its mistake, Google released a statement on Friday saying that it had initiated the payments on Thursday, March 15th and that it could take up to three more days for the funds to hit developer's bank accounts. While no reason for the delay in making the payments was given by the Mountain View based firm, perhaps switching names from the Android Market to Google...
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More than half of Internet traffic is 'non-human'
Like UnlikeA new study suggests that more than half of all Internet traffic is generated by non-human sources such as hacking software, scrapers and automated spam mechanisms. The majority of this non-human traffic, according to cloud service provider Incapsula, is potentially malicious. The study is based on data collected from 1,000 websites that utilize Incapsula’s services, and it determined that just 49% of Web traffic is human browsing. 20% is benign non-human search engine traffic, but 31% of all Internet traffic is tied to malicious activities. 19% is from ” ‘spies’ collecting competitive intelligence,” 5% is from automated hacking tools seeking out vulnerabilities, 5% is from scrapers and 2% i...
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Pre-orders now being taken by U.K. retailer for HTC One X and HTC One S models
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U.K. online retailer phones4u is now accepting pre-orders for both the HTC One X and the HTC One S. If you pre-order one of the two devices now, a free HTC Medialink HD, an 80 GBP value, will be yours for free. The HTC Medialink lets you stream wirelessly from either phone to your television.
The version of the HTC One X that you can pre-order has the quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 under the hood. Phones4u can accept HTC One X pre-orders for customers of various carriers including O2, Orange and Vodafone. Depending on the length of the plan selected, the handset can cost as much as 119.99 GBP ($190 USD) or as little as free. The HTC One X is offered free with the Orange Dolphin 36 plan with a 24 ...
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Microsoft releases Bing Chinese-English Dictionary
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Microsoft has added Bing Dictionary to the Windows Phone Marketplace. This app supports both local and online dictionary look up. It is targeted toward a Chinese speaking audience, but the UI can also be switched to English.
Some of the features include:
• Local/Online dictionary: Local dictionary contains 100,000 most-frequently-used English and Chinese words. Online dictionary provides more words, sentences and voice.
• Smart Index: Creative Smart Index matches incomplete words and their inflections. Quick-definition is also provided for convenience. Try to input ”better”?
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Cut The Rope: Experiments HD finally hits Android
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We have been waiting far too long for this one, but the magical day is nearly here: Cut The Rope Experiments is finally making its way to Android. The sequel to the dangerously addictive physics puzzler has been available on iOS since last August, and around the same time, we had heard it would be coming to Android, and that day is finally here.
CtR: Experiments features 125 new levels in total across 5 new settings, including Shooting the Candy, Sticky Steps, Rocket Science, and Bath Time. Many of your old favorite tricks are available here as well as new elements like rope guns, suction cups, rockets, and water. In case you were hoping for a deeper story than simply "Feed Om Nom", the gam...
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Official Google+ app confirmed for Windows Phone
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If your mobile platform of choice is Windows Phone and you also enjoy Google’s social network, Google+, a ray of hope has shined from Twitter.
Dominik Sichling, a PR Spokesperson from Google Germany, tweeted that an official Google+ app is on the way for Windows Phone. Unfortunately he did not give a date or an indication of a timeframe, but it is good to know that an official app is definitely in the works.
While the overall success of Google+ is often debated, the service currently has mobile apps for both Android (obviously) and iPhone. If Google is serious about continuing to push its social networking service, making official apps for other popular platforms such as Windows Phone and Bl...
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Sprint to launch Samsung GALAXY Nexus on April 15th?
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Because this information comes from a fairly new site, we suggest that you accept it with the proverbial grain of salt. A source for S4GRU tells the site that the Sprint Samsung GALAXY Nexus will be launched on April 15th. The source is characterized as a Sprint insider from the Product Development division who confirms the release date even if it works out to be a Sunday. Sprint has a contest featuring the device that ends on April 14th which would seem to point to a release around the 15th.
Even though Sprint hasn't flicked the on switch on its LTE network, a goal made harder by the end of the carrier's relationship with LightSquared, the Sprint version of the Samsung GALAXY Nexus will sup...
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Developers: Microsoft updates “Download for Windows Phone” buttons again
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We’ve already seen Microsoft changing the style of their “Download for Windows Phone” buttons last June, when it did away with the color options and instead provided a consistent grey-orange color scheme. Now, those buttons have been updated once again to replace the generic download buttons with the new Windows Phone logo introduced in Mango, resulting in a red-grey color scheme and more prominent branding that we personally find more appealing than the previous iteration.
In order to comply with the rather strict usage guidelines (understandable since they’re designed to promote consistency), we’ve linked the image to the WMPoweruser app. A brief reminder is in order now that you should us...
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Motorola DROID PRO update changelist now available
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The other day we informed you that Motorola was seeking owners of the Motorola DROID PRO for a soak test. These volunteers are willing to load an unproven update on their phone to test how stable it is and to catch any major issues before the software is downloaded on everyone's phone. You're not allowed to talk about it while the soak test in in progress, so the only value it might have to you is that you get to use a new update before most of the world.
The update for BlackBerry-esque Motorola DROID PRO is "coming soon" according to Big Red, but we already have the changelist thanks to Big Red And no, the Android 4.0 update is definitely not on it. Come on guys, April 1st is still a bit mo...
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CyanogenMod disables root access by default, now requires user configuration
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Holy crap! CyanogenMod, the custom ROM of choice for many power users, will no longer offer root access upon first install. Now before you panic, let's make this part clear: everyone so inclined may still enable superuser access -- for ADB, apps or both -- from the Developer Options menu. The biggest change, in fact, is that CyanogenMod is making a significant departure from the majority of custom ROM developers, which offer root access to all users by default (and often without their knowledge). The move is an attempt by CyanogenMod leaders to make the platform more secure, and given the number of ROMs that are based on CyanogenMod (or glean its packages), we wouldn't be particularly surpri...
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Microsoft: No new Xbox hardware this year
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Microsoft has confirmed that the successor to the Xbox 360 will not be announced at the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo. “While we appreciate all the interest in our long-range plans for the future, we can confirm that there will be no talk of new Xbox hardware at E3 or anytime soon,” the company said in a statement to Kotaku on Thursday. “For us, 2012 is all about Xbox 360-and it’s the best year ever for Xbox 360. The console is coming off its biggest year ever-a year in which Xbox outsold all other consoles worldwide.” The next-generation Xbox is rumored to be six times more powerful than the current Xbox 360. It has been reported that the console will be equipped with a GPU based on AT...
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Apple's new iPad already jailbroken, public release coming soon
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Within hours of the new iPad’s release, iPhone hacker MuscleNerd had already managed to jailbreak the tablet. The hacker took to Twitter to announce his discovery, however he notes that it is “just a first step” and there is “still lots of work to do” with no estimated time frame for a public release available at this time. MuscleNerd uploaded two screenshots to confirm his claims, one displaying root access and the other showing the Cydia app store.
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Samsung shareholders approve spin-off of LCD business
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It's been less than a month since Samsung confirmed that it would be spinning-off its LCD business into a separate company, and it looks like things are proceeding along speedily. The company's shareholders have now approved the spin-off, paving the way for the tentatively-titled Samsung Display Co. to come into existence on April 1st. Samsung Electronics will have a 100 percent stake in that company, and the current executive vice president of its LCD business, Park Dong-gun, will take on the position of president in the new firm. All of that, Samsung says, is being done in an effort to make the company more nimble and able to respond to its clients' needs more quickly.
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T-Mobile Sidekick 4G gets retired, Sidekick brand on hold for now
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T-Mobile has decided to pull the plug on its Sidekick 4G smartphone and is, for now, putting the Sidekick line of smartphones on hold until further notice. Our friends at The Verge reached out to the carrier and were told "While the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G is being retired, it doesn't mean we are discontinuing the T-Mobile Sidekick line. T-Mobile continues to update and expand its 4G product portfolio and we'll keep you posted when we have news to share on T-Mobile's latest 4G devices." The T-Mobile Sidekick line is best known for the slide-up or flip-out full QWERTY keyboard found on its devices.
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MetroPCS Selling the ZTE Score M Starting Today
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MetroPCS began selling the ZTE Score M via its web site today for $49.99 after mail-in rebate. The ZTE Score is a variant of the Score sold by Cricket Wireless. MetroPCS's version has a slightly larger battery and is slightly thicker, though other features remain unchanged. The Score M is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone with a 600MHz processor, 3.5-inch HVGA display, accelerometer, 3.2-megapixel camera with video capture, and Wi-Fi.
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