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Google applies for patent that identifies your location by using a snapped photo of a landmark
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Google has filed for a patent on a way to help those who are lost, find their current location. By snapping a picture of a local landmark, the person who is lost sends the photo to Google where the Mountain View based firm's servers go through the snapshot seeking a match. If a match can be made, the lost person's position is sent to his mobile device.
With GPS, the whole process might seem a little redundant, but there are times when the GPS on your phone or tablet just doesn't work or the information isn't accurate for one reason or another. Besides, we really can't imagine anything being as simple as snapping a picture. And the diagram from the patent application makes so much common sens...
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SetCPU gets an ICS-like overhaul, makes overclocking easier to do
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Rooting has gotten a bit easier in Android land as of late, what with certain OEM's getting officially on board with unlock tools. For those who can claim O.G. residence in this underbelly of Rubin's mobile kingdom, however, a premium app known as SetCPU should ring a familiar bell. That Google Play application, useful for overclocking processors, has recently gotten a face lift, aligning its design more closely with Ice Cream Sandwich's visual flair while nixing the previously complicated interface and its dense jargon-y fluff in the process. Included in this version 2.3.0 update is a new frequency slider, governor menu for adjusting processor scaling, added support for multi-core devices a...
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Google adds HD playback to YouTube on Android 2.2, 2.3 smartphones
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This weekend Google updated the YouTube app for Android smartphones running Android 2.2 Froyo and 2.3 Gingerbread to support HD video playback. Prior to this, the app would max out its stream at 480p resolution. Now it is capable of playing 720p video, provided you have a device with a 720p or higher resolution display. The update is free and available in the Android Market now.
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Android browser becomes most popular mobile web browser besides the one on iOS
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The built-in Android web browser has become the most popular mobile web browser, according to StatCounter. Android’s browser overcame Research in Motion’s BlackBerry browser in March 2011 to capture fourth place. Since then, the browser has grown at a rapid rate, passing Nokia, Apple and Opera’s mobile web browsers. In February 2012, Android had a 22.67% market share, beating out Opera’s 21.7% share for the first time ever. Apple’s iPhone browser continues to make gains with a share of 21.06%, while Nokia and BlackBerry continue to fall with an 11.24% and 6.53% market share. StatCounter does, however, account for the iPhone and iPod touch browsers separately, and combined they propel Apple’s...
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Adobe Flash Player gets security update in Android Market
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Adobe has said that it would no longer offer new versions of its Flash Player for new Android builds. On the other hand, the software firm did say that it would support the current version of the software with security updates and bug fixes. Adobe is living up to its promise and is offering a new update of the Adobe Flash Player that is currently available in the Android Market.
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Sony Google TV update rolling out, if you want to root your time is now
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Looking to get some unblocked Hulu or other Flash streaming action on your Sony Google TV hardware? It may be in your best interest to grab the cracked software right away The folks at GTVHacker warned an update blocking the security hole exploited by their downgrader tool would be on the way, and now it has appeared, sporting an ambiguous "operating system stability" reason for existing. Hit the source link to find out everything that can be achieved with a modified kernel and what it will take to get things running on your TV or Blu-ray player.
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Google mobile homepage now shows recent searches from your computer
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Google has added a bunch of features like places and flight information to its iOS and Android search homepage over the past months, and today there's a new one: recent search results. While it sounds just like a boring old web history, it's actually more than that — if you search for a restaurant or other venue on your computer when signed into your account, you'll see a "recent" tab on the Google homepage on your phone that will show you that last search. The idea is that you can check your phone if you forget the restaurant you were planning to go to after you leave the house — even if you didn't write down the name, phone number, or address.
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Unofficial VLC beta available for Android
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An intrepid developer over on xda-developers took it upon himself to build VLC for Android from the source code, independent from the main VLC team. It’s compatible with Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich, although whether or not it’ll work reliably on your device is entirely down to the hardware lurking inside.
Rather than listing off dozens of devices, support is hinted at via chipsets instead. Users are recommended to check Wikipedia to see exactly what kind of chip they have in their device so they can download the correct APK. There are three separate APKs for different architectures: ARM11, Cortex A8, and Cortex A9. That covers a lot of different vendor chipsets, and thus devices, so c...
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Google Wallet loses support on rooted handsets
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Those with rooted Android handsets will no longer have the ability to use Google Wallet after an update that began rolling out this weekend. Droid-Life learned that a new yellow notification bar began appearing on rooted Android handsets with the Google Wallet app loaded onto them, informing the device is no longer supported. A link to a web page explains that the app won't work because the handset's security has been compromised due to the presence of "unauthorized" software.
The first security flaw with Google Wallet was found on rooted phones, which Google quickly fixed. A fix involving PIN codes was relatively simple, but new ways of accessing the account in the future may not be as stra...
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MIT App Inventor service now open to all Android developers
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Continuing its revival of Google's App Inventor tool, MIT has placed the software into public beta. This follows the open sourcing back in January, and comes as part of a three-month project to get the Android app creation tool into people's hands. The beta is open for anyone with a Google account. MIT says it's suitable for "any use, including running classes," but as with any beta warns of potential stability issues — you should probably make sure you have backups of all your important app projects. If all goes well, App Inventor should become a full MIT service soon enough, with the institute pledging to produce resources and support to help budding developers get their Android apps out o...
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Samsung Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich update out next week
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Samsung Galaxy S2 owners will be getting their first taste of Ice Cream Sandwich on March the 15th, according to Samsung Israel. Yup, looks like that Android 4.0 update is coming right on cue.
Samsung may have been the first to get an Android 4.0 phone to market, but that was one of Google’s bleeding-edge Nexus phones. Regular Joe Galaxy owners knew they would have to wait for Sammy to tweak ICS and bolt on its TouchWiz UI ‘improvements’.
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RIAA CEO says Google and Wikipedia 'misinformed' the public about SOPA, PIPA
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The RIAA’s CEO Cary Sherman said that he hopes the Stop Online Piracy Act protest were a “one-time experience.” In an op-ed piece written in The New York Times earlier this month, Sherman accused companies such as Google and Wikipedia of exploiting their popular status to “misinform” the public. He also claimed that by opposing the bill, these companies “were supporting foreign criminals selling counterfeit pharmaceuticals to Americans.” In a separate interview, Sherman said he believes that “readers online” accepted misinformation being spread by Google and Wikipedia about SOPA and PIPA based on the assumption that “if it comes from these sources, it must be true.” He claimed members of Co...
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Sprint to launch 10 handsets with Google Wallet support in 2012
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Google announced at the Mobile Money: Delivering Innovative Mobile Payment Services panel during Mobile World Congress that Sprint will introduce “at least 10 additional phones” with Google Wallet support in 2012, Fierce Mobile Content reported on Thursday. The Samsung Nexus S 4G is the only smartphone currently offered by the carrier that supports Google’s NFC mobile payment system. Both the Galaxy Nexus and the LG Viper will launch with Wallet support later this year, however, and Osama Bedier, vice president of Google Wallet and Payments, said Google is continuing talks with other carriers, device manufacturers, banks, financial service providers and point-of-sale technology vendors to fu...
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Android 6.0 = Key Lime Pie?
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Well, we all just received the obvious hint at MWC that Android 5 would be called Jelly Bean. While we really don’t know too much about the next release from Google, especially since it isn’t even expected to be released until the fall, there is already talk about Android 6’s codename.
The folks over at The Verge claim to have a reliable inside source at Google who states that Key Lime Pie will come after Jelly Bean. The Verge backs up this prediction by pointing out that this is the same person that tipped them about the Jelly Bean name last year.
Besides this tipster’s great track record, if we are to follows Google’s pattern of naming Android releases after a dessert in alphabetical order...
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Google's New Privacy Policy Violates EU Law
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On BBC Radio this morning, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said that the EU had investigated Google's new Privacy Policy—which gives Google access to the activity of all its users across all its services—and found that it was in violation of privacy laws.
According to Reuters, Reding offered the following examples when pressed about how Google was breaking EU laws.
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