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Android Devs Turned Off By Fragmentation
InformationWeek
Are developers beginning to turn away from Google's Android platform? Possibly, if you believe the numbers uncovered by IDC and Appcelerator. The two surveyed some 2100 developers recently and discovered that 78.6% of developers were interested in ...
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Android Fragmentation Contributing to Platform's 'Slow Erosion'
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius Android fragmentation has been a hot topic of late, and a new study suggests that the problem has prompted developers to shy away from the platform. According to IDC and Appcelerator, HTML5 will "move to center stage" in 2012.
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Free Android Apps Packed with Ads are Major Battery Drains
PCWorld
By Ian Paul, PCWorld Mar 20, 2012 7:53 AM Free Android smartphone apps loaded with advertising such as Angry Birds may be a boon for your wallet, but the apps cost your handset some battery life, according to a new study.
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Why Is Android A Complete And Utter Failure In The Tablet Market? (GOOG, AAPL)
San Francisco Chronicle
The iPad is obliterating Android, and Microsoft has yet to even enter the race. At the end of February, Andy Rubin said there were 12 million Android tablets on the market. Apple sold a fourth of that in four days. It sells that many every three months ...
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Android And Linux Reunite After Two Year Separation
Wired News
By Cade Metz As it stands, Linux and Google's Android OS are still separate operating systems. But that may change now that Android code has been readmitted to a staging area for inclusion the Linux kernel, the core Linux code maintained by project ...
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Android app ads account for up to 75 percent of battery drain
ZDNet (blog)
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | March 20, 2012, 3:24am PDT Apps that serve ads account for up to 75 percent of app-related battery drain on Android smartphones, according to research carried out by Purdue University and Microsoft [PDF].
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ZDNet (blog)
Want your Android device battery to last longer? Pay for apps
ZDNet (blog)
By James Kendrick | March 20, 2012, 9:03am PDT Summary: The ads appearing in free apps may be using three times as much of the battery on Android devices than the apps themselves. A research project by Purdue shows that a big drain of Android device ...
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ZDNet (blog)
Google porn-bans Reddit Android app for linking to… Reddit
ZDNet (blog)
Shu tells me that a member from the Android Developer Relations team (found via G+) encouraged Shu to enter the appeals process. Yet there is still no word from Google Play as to the app's fate, or why the app has been treated so harshly.
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Survey: Developer interest in Windows Phone remains steady, declines for Android
The Seattle Times
While mobile developers are most interested in developing for Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms, interest remains high in developing for Windows Phone, despite weak sales. That's according to a new survey, being released today, conducted by ...
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Linux Unites With Android, Adds Business-friendly Features
PCWorld
By Jason Kennedy, PCWorld Linux founder Linus Torvalds announced the release of the 3.3 Linux kernel on Sunday, bringing a host of fixes and updates that were long overdue--most importantly, the merging of Android into the main Linux source tree.
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Blogs5 new results for android
Fitbit for Android helps track your I/O -- Engadget
By Andrew Munchbach
The fitness fanatics from Fitbit are looking to aid and abet the Android-loving, calorie-counting masses. The company has announced the release of its.
Engadget
Android Overload: Linux Unites With Android, Zynga To Buy Draw ...
By Chris Chavez
The world of Android never sleeps and neither do we. Well, okay -- maybe we do. But before we turn in for the evening, we want to make sure that we left no.
Android Phone Fans
Deep Dive Into Ad Network Behavior on Android
By Dan Rowinski
Ever wonder where tech reporters get all their fancy data? For instance, how do we know that 52% of mobile app sessions were for games in the first ...
ReadWriteWeb
Reddit Android app gets banned from Google Play app store ...
By Tom Cheredar
A third-party Android app for community news sharing site Reddit has been banned from the Google Play app store today. Both the free and pro version of the app, called "Reddit is Fun," have been removed from Google's store. The reason is ...
VentureBeat
Linux Throws a Bit of Android Into 3.3 Kernel
By Richard Adhikari
Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux, announced version 3.3 of the kernel Sunday. Among the most noteworthy changes found in 3.3 is the merging of kernel code from the Android project. Linux 3.3 also includes support for a new architecture, ...
TechNewsWorld

Web1 new result for android
Android Malware Pairs Man-in-the-Middle With Remote-Controlled ...
Based on the Android malware that we've seen so far, one of the principal motivations to develop and spread malware on Android is to gain financial profit.
blogs.mcafee.com/.../android-malware-pairs-man-in-the-middl...

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