| Amazon SNS with Mobile Push unveiled as cross-platform notification service Aug 13th 2013, 15:45, by Robert Nelson Amazon, through Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a new push notification solution for developers. This is arriving as the Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) with Mobile Push and it is described as being fast, fully managed and cross platform. And perhaps the icing on the cake for some developers, Amazon has said this can be used to send up to one million notifications per month without incurring any cost. 
Taking that a step further and the next million will only set developers back $1.00. Amazon describes the second million notifications as being $0.50 for every million published and $0.50 for every million delivered — making the total cost of $1.00 per million. Amazon has said this can be implemented with a single API and once in place developers will be able to send notifications to Android devices as well as Kindle Fire and iOS devices. Further details from Amazon tell the story about how this can be used to send messages to individual users or to broadcast the same message to many devices at the same time. Mobile Push was built into the Simple Notification Service (SNS), which is what many developers are already using to notify customers using email or text-messaging. Amazon has also said this setup is available as of today and in all public Amazon Web Services (AWS) regions. Bottom line here, Amazon has taken yet another step towards making things easier on the developer. Otherwise, looking outside of the push notifications and we have been seeing quite bit from Amazon lately. Well, more specifically, quite a bit of rumors regarding Amazon lately. Just in the past week alone we have seen talk of new Kindle Fire devices and talk of an Android game system. The Kindle Fire refresh is sort of expected this time of year, but perhaps a bit more interesting is the gaming system. The Android console game market seems to be a heating up lately and we now have more than a few players including OUYA and GamePop. The one advantage Amazon could have is the fact they already have a solid app store in place. That being said, the rumors are currently pointing towards a late-2013 arrival. SOURCE: Amazon |  | LG G2 pre-orders arrive in the UK Aug 13th 2013, 15:09, by Robert Nelson We got a good look at the LG G2 during the event that took place on August 7th and it looks like those in the UK can now move forward with a preorder. The handset has arrived with Clove, which means it is contract-free. Clove has the 16GB model available in black or white and as of now it looks like the handset is expected to begin shipping sometime in late-September. 
The price of the handset is listed at £390, or more specifically, at £468 with VAT being included. As far as the price and availability goes, there was also mention about how the official price and availability still needs to be confirmed. Simply put, that shipping timeline and price could change before the handset actually comes available. Aside from the 16GB of storage, the LG G2 also sports a 5.2-inch 1920 x 1080 display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM, microSD card slot, 3000 mAh battery, 2.1 megapixel front-facing camera and 13 megapixel rear-facing camera. The handset is running Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and has more than a few software features courtesy of LG. Some of these include Answer Me, Dual Recording/Dual Camera, Capture Plus and Clip Tray. Another notable feature is “knock knock” which means users will be able to wake the screen with a double tap. Of course, one of the more talked about features of the G2 were the rear buttons. In this case the power button and volume rocker both sit on the back just below the camera lens. The volume buttons are touch sensitive and the power button also doubles as a quick launch to LG’s QuickMemo note app. With that in mind, we did spend quite a bit of time with the LG G2 following the announcement. We highlighted the hardware, software, camera and even those rear-facing buttons in our earlier published hands-on post. SOURCE: Clove Blog | | Box for Android update brings multi-account switching and more Aug 13th 2013, 14:34, by Robert Nelson An updated version of the Box app has landed in the Play Store today. The Box team has said this update was intended to make the app faster and more relevant to you — the user. With that in mind, some of the changes that have come along include a new navigation drawer, easier access to switch between accounts and real-time updates to offline files. There is also an updated widget. 
Starting with the changes to the widget and users will now be able to view their updates feed using the widget. But perhaps more important for some, the widget is now resizable and you can now scroll inside of it — to browse your updates feed. Which brings another change that came along with this update, a redesign of the updates feed. In this case, it was said to have been “completely overhauled.” The feed now includes document previews, and in general users should have more control over what they see in the feed. Users can opt to display their recent activity or updates from others. Some other changes and additions in the Box app include a Navigation Drawer and new folder sorting and view options. Basically, these last few items should all make for easier navigation around the app. Lastly, the Box team has stepped up and added support for those who have multiple accounts. Users with more than one Box account will be able to login to each account using the new switching setup and jump back and forth between accounts with just a few taps. That all being said, the latest Box for Android update is already available by way of the Google Play Store. SOURCE: Box Blog | | Nexus 7 users complaining of issues with multitouch Aug 13th 2013, 14:02, by Robert Nelson Nexus 7 users had been complaining about issues with the GPS and now it looks like multitouch has been added to that list. Similar to the GPS complaints, it looks like those users complaining from issues with multitouch are telling the same story. Basically, reports are citing issues with pinch to zoom in apps like Maps and the keyboard registering double taps on letters. 
Judging from a scan of the Product Forums, this is an issue that Google is aware of. In fact, it was said that “the Android team is aware of this issue and investigating.” The issue seems to apply to some, but not others. While we cannot necessarily say it is a widespread issue, it does seem to have affected the same person on multiple tablets. Simply put, exchanging your current Nexus 7 for new may or may not resolve the issue. It seems this issue doesn’t necessarily start from first boot. User reports have said their tablet appeared good initially and got progressively worse with time. Some users have been trying some of the multitouch test apps to find their Nexus 7 shows many ghost taps. Perhaps more to the point though, the same Google employee that acknowledged the Android team was working on the issue had also suggested booting to safe mode or even restoring to original to try and isolate the issue. The reasoning here is that if this is related to an app you have installed it should not happen in safe mode (or after a fresh restore). Of course, this is more just a way to try and resolve the issue and not a solution. With that in mind, it seems majority of the users that have tried the safe mode route have returned to the forums with word of the issue remaining. Basically, it looks like this is an issue with the Nexus 7 and not a complication with a third party app. At this time Google has yet to offer a timeline as to when this may be fixed, but it is looking like this will all be fixable with an update. The catch is, we hope that Google is able to isolate the issue and get that update rolled out sooner rather than later. VIA: GSM Arena, Android Police SOURCE: Google | |
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