Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Google News

'Reverse smudge engineering' foils Android unlock security
CNET (blog)
by Stephen Shankland February 14, 2012 4:28 AM PST Follow @stshank A few swipes with a greasy finger using Android's pattern-unlock feature left clear traces on this Nexus S phone. Eat a lot of potato chips? Then consider avoiding one of the ways ...
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Google/ Motorola deal okayed: Time for Motorola Nexus line
ZDNet (blog)
By James Kendrick | February 14, 2012, 4:04am PST Summary: The Google/ Motorola Mobility merger has received regulatory approval, so the Android creator will soon have the ability to control the entire Motorola product development. Jump on it Google!
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Android May Be Losing Ground in the App War
BusinessWeek
By Olga Kharif Google has turned Android into the most popular operating system for smartphones. Yet the platform may be losing ground to Apple's iOS in a major area: new applications. Relative to Apple, fewer apps were created for Android in January ...
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Android Ice Cream Sandwich on Just Over 1 Percent of Devices
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius The number of Android devices running Ice Cream Sandwich is growing slowly, but the latest version of Google's mobile OS is still only available on 1.12 percent of Android-based gadgets. Mobile ad network Chitika examined the number ...
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Apple Trying to Shutdown Android with Galaxy Nexus Ban?
Tom's Guide
If you've been following the smartphone industry for a while, you'll know that, while Apple is eager to stop the likes of Samsung from 'slavishly copying' its design, the company's desire to stop Android in its tracks is much, much stronger.
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Motorola Android phone with Intel Medfield processor revealed
Geek
Although most of Motorola's recent Android smartphones have been built atop the Texas Instruments OMAP platform, Google's mobile arm is considering other suppliers for future devices. Specifically, they're looking at Intel's Medfield chip for at least ...
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Geek
Chinon Rolls Out Low-Cost Android Tablets
Hot Hardware
The quest for a good low-cost tablet continues with Chinon's announcement of a pair of Android tablets called the Swtich 7 and Switch 10. The 7-inch model starts at $159.99, while the 10-inch version starts at $279.99. "There is no reason why consumers ...
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Hot Hardware
NitroDesk Brings Credential Management and Encryption to Android with Echoworx ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NitroDesk is adding the Echoworx Security Cloud capability to its offerings to enable public key infrastructure (PKI) functionality and to support the rapid adoption of Android devices for business use. "This relationship legitimizes Android for the ...
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Top 5 Whitney Houston Android apps
Phones Review
So we thought we'd bring you our top five Whitney Houston Android mobile apps so you can download them and continue to listen to the music legend. So here is out top 5 Whitney Houston apps for Android… First off we have the Whitney Houston – Forever ...
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Phones Review
New Android Tablet App and InsightCenter(TM) Provides Look at the Chinese ...
MarketWatch (press release)
WORTHINGTON, OH, Feb 14, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- As US economic conditions remain tumultuous and American consumer practicality remains high, many companies are looking to the booming Chinese market for growth opportunities.
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Blogs5 new results for android
Battle Loot Adventure Coming To Android Next Month – Gorgeous ...
By Chris Chavez
Any Phandroid readers out there who are fans of turn-based RPG's? If you are, you may have noticed the genre could definitely use better representation in.
Android Phone Fans
Samsung Epic 4G Touch could be the first GSII receiving Android ...
By Sam Koutroulakis
Samsung Epic 4G Touch owners are probably on the edges of their seats right now. And sources say, it could be the first Galaxy S II to receive Android 4.0 (Ice.
Android Community
InfoQ: Taming Android
By Eric Burke
Eric Burke shares tips on creating visually appealing Android applications that scale to various screen sizes. The session focuses on custom views, scalable drawables, and ListView.
InfoQ Personalized Feed for Fergus Neff
Apple Hopes to Block First Android 4.0 Phone in U.S.
By Peter Pachal
Apple just sued Samsung in a California court over alleged patent infringement concerning the Galaxy Nexus smartphone.
Mashable » US & World
CloudMagic for Android: Super Fast Search on Super Strong Steroids
By Casey Chan
Search is king on Android, it is Google's OS after all. But there's a way to make search even better on Android: an app called CloudMagic. It's the fastest way to search through your personal Google juice (Gmail, calendars, etc.) and Twitter ...
Gizmodo

Web1 new result for android
HTC Endeavor RUU has treasure trove of Sense ... - Android Central
The leak of the HTC Endeavor RUU gives us our best look yet at HTC Sense 4.0.
www.androidcentral.com/htc-endeavour-ruu-has-treasure-trov...