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Google adds multiple APK support to Android Market
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Google has enabled a new feature in the Android Market that should make the lives of developers and users a bit easier. Developers can now list multiple APKs (the file type for Android apps) under the same app name in the Android Market. This will allow for both tablet and smartphone versions of an app to be listed under the same name.
When a user downloads an app that has multiple versions attached to it, the Android Market will provide the appropriate version of the app for the user's device, whether that be a smartphone or a tablet.
This will make it easier for users, as they will not have to separately purchase the tablet version and smartphone version of the same app to use it on multip...
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BlackBerry PlayBook Android App player leaks, brings thousands of apps from the Market
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RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook features a handful of apps, but we've been teased with the promise of Android app support for months. And now we seem closer than ever to the final version as a beta of the BlackBerry PlayBook Android app player leaked out. The application was found through a changelog in an update to the Desktop Manager and tech blog N4BB has been sent an old beta build which might not have the final interface (there's no back button, so you have to swipe on the bezel at the bottom to go back), but it works.
Ironically, the app player is based on Android Gingerbread 2.3.3, a version that's only available on a few phones yet. That should translate into support for the more than 200,...
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Gingerbread update for the T-Mobile G2x goes live
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For all of you T-Mobile G2x owners out there frustrated by the fact that your snappy superphone still runs Froyo, we bring some great news today. After many sleepless weeks of anticipation, you can finally download the G2x's Gingerbread update, which is already live and ready to be obtained via the LG Mobile Support tool.
The 178MB update bears a GRI40 build number and brings the smartphone's Android version to 2.3.3. Besides receiving all the goodies that Gingerbread carries along, such as power management tweaks and improved application controls, the T-Mobile G2x should now be free of the bugs that plagued it for so long. The only inconvenience that you might experience while installing th...
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OS X Lion Might Disable Flash Hardware Acceleration
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Flash on OSX Lion is a TAD BIT BUGGY right now. That's not lost on Adobe, and they've posted a document of all known issues with 10.7. One issue they suspect, but can't prove: Apple disabled hardware acceleration with Flash.
Flash Player may cause higher CPU activity when playing a YouTube video. Possibly related to disabled hardware acceleration.
Other issues include the inability for the mouse to interact with dialog menus in Flash, and custom mouse cursors not behaving as they should.
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Android tablets now 30% of the market, Windows tablets outsold PlayBook in Q2
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Microsoft has yet to launch its tablet-optimized operating system and yet slates running various versions of the Windows operating system still managed to outsell Research In Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook last quarter. According to market research firm Strategy Analytics’ latest report, Windows-powered media tablets owned 4.6% of the global market in the second quarter of 2011. In the same period, RIM’s PlayBook made up just 3.3% of the market. The firm also shows that competition may finally be heating up in the tablet space. Apple, which owned more than 94% of the market in the second quarter last year, saw the iPad’s share slide to 61.3% according to Strategy Analytics. Over the same perio...
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Intel gives discounts to get sped-up, Core-based Chromebooks
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Google Chromebooks will soon get a big speed upgrade in return for a slight discount, insiders claimed Wednesday. The Chrome OS hardware will reportedly go to Core i3 and beyond processors and, to make the price balance work, will get a 10 to 20 percent discount from Intel on the chips. Existing partners Acer and Samsung were reported by Digitimes as onboard and might be joined by ASUS and others as soon as early 2012.
The upgrade would come as a tacit admission that Chromebooks weren't necessarily working in their current price field. Although they cost $50 to $100 more than a netbook, they don't really have better performance, insiders said. The two systems out so far also supposedly have ...
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Today's Apple Product Releases
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OS X Lion is here and I am already typing this story on the new OS X update. It was not enough for Apple to just release the new OS X 10.7 though. Apple also released the highly anticipated new 2011 MacBook Air. The MacBook Air is twice as fast and features the Thunderbolt port. Mac mini fans also get treated to a new 2011 Mac mini with double the performance and Thunderbolt port.
Apple also released the world's first Thunderbolt Display. With the release of the new MacBook Air line Apple has killed the white MacBook. Apple apparently decided to not update the MacBook and have the basic MacBook Air priced at $999 take its place.
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Chromium OS running on a MacBook Air: somewhere, a mad scientist cackles in the night
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Does it hurt your brain to look at the picture above? That'd be Chromium OS -- running on a MacBook Air! Pretty much the definition of "worlds colliding," this feat is brought to you by Hexxeh, whose most recent mind-warping project put Chrome on an iPad. The platform-mixing maestro says in this case everything works except Bluetooth, owing to a lack of support. But hearty souls who seek to follow in his footsteps, take heed: there's no dual-boot option, and you will lose OS X -- so perhaps this is a job for your now outdated model. Click the source link for 14 easy steps to turning your svelte laptop into Frankenstein's monster, but sadly, there's no mention of where to buy that hopelessly ...
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Updated Netflix applications brings unofficial support to Honeycomb
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Netflix recently updated it Android application to support a whopping 24 devices now. Oh, that’s not that much. Still, the application that debuted with support of only five handsets is expanding its reach and you can stream video on some devices that aren’t even officially supported, including Honeycomb tablets.
The updated Netflix app works on the Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 but we had no luck with the Toshiba Thrive. While it’s not a Honeycomb tablet, Netflix works just as well on the EVO View 4G, too. We can likely thank the new Lenovo IdeaPad K1 for this new-found unofficial support, as the devices are the first Honeycomb tablets that are Netflix certified out of the gate....
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LG Optimus 3D getting the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update in October
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British version of the LG Optimus 3D won’t get the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update before October. We’ve no idea what’s wrong here since by that time Google may easily launch the latest version of Android – Ice Cream Sandwich. The good news, however, is that LG’s forthcoming update will also come with some special features, custom-made to take advantage of the 3D screen. As a result, once the Optimus 3D gets that new software, 2D to 3D conversion will be possible on the fly for applications and games as long as they [apps and games] are based on OpenGL. Kinda neat though I’m not sure that justifies waiting for October, especially when we know that the competing product (HTC Evo 3D) offers the...
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Apple plans overnights for Tuesday in preparation of OS X Lion launch
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Apple has reportedly scheduled overnights for Tuesday night in preparation for the OS X Lion launch. According to 9to5 Mac, Apple Store outlets are already equipped with hard drives to quickly install Lion on the show floor computers, and the stores have been sent new posters to outfit the walls with advertisements for the new operating system. Apple is also expected to refresh the MacBook Air in the imminent future. We’re expecting the new notebooks to pack the Thunderbolt I/O port in place of DisplayPort, Intel’s new Sandy Bridge processors, and a backlit keyboard.
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ChevronWP7 Labs to unlock your Windows Phone 7 handset for $9, hackers not welcome
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Need a little extra unlocked WP7 incentive to keep you from buying those oh-so-distracting iOS and Android devices? Well, that official homebrew love is going to cost you -- $9 to be exact. We already knew the Microsoft-sanctioned ChevronWP7 Labs would be open for business soon, but recent tweets from the jailbreaking outfit's Chris Walsh have shed a little more light on the process. In addition to the nominal fee users will have to fork over for the official unlock, Walsh also points out that software updates to Mango and Nodo will close any security holes in the platform. So, if you were planning on getting your pirate-y hands dirty hacking away at WP7, think again -- Microsoft's still got...
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Android 3.2 Hits Motorola Xoom, SDK Released
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Android 3.2 Honeycomb has just been released and it includes a number of bug fixes and other upgrades to the tablet version of Google’s mobile software platform. Moreover, the release shows better support for multiple screen resolutions, which means manufacturers can just go nuts with their screen sizes, within reason. What we have to look forward to are 7-inch Android tablets, which are arguably more portable than their 10-inch counterparts.
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Windows Phone 7.5 to arrive as soon as next month?
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Microsoft's latest update to its Windows Phone OS, codenamed Mango, may arrive sooner than many were expecting. Fujitsu will offer the very first Mango device, a waterproof phone called the IS12T, on KDDI as early as late next month, according to the Japanese publication Nikkei.
The phone will go for somewhere between 30,000 and 40,000 yen ($380 and $500), which is not that much given it will probably be a higher-end device. Of course, we won't know if that's really a good deal until we see all the Mango phones from Microsoft's various partners, a list which keeps growing.
Last week, Microsoft showed off four unannounced Windows phones from Acer, ZTE, Fujitsu, and Samsung. Nokia, which agree...
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HP TouchPad may get webOS 3.0.2 update this week; new apps, performance tweaks en route
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Great news for all HP TouchPad owners out there – the webOS-powered tablet is about to be treated to a software update this week. That is, of course, if the rumors that are circulating on the web turn out to be true.
According to the said rumors, the HP TouchPad will be receiving an OTA update to webOS 3.0.2, and the improvements that it is expected to bring are anything but merely superficial. First of all, users will be able to get movies and music straight to their TouchPads via the HP Movie Store and HP Music Store apps that are about to be added. The Amazon Kindle and Amazon MP3 apps are also said to be arriving to the tablet at some point this month. Besides that, the email app will b...
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