August 26, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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So that’s why it took so long to get a half-decent Android app out of Facebook.
Joe Hewitt, the man who created the popular Facebook app for iPhone, and then quit over frustration with Apple’s review proce…
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August 24, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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It was discovered yesterday that an Android developer has discovered a relatively simple workaround that allows him to break the Android Market License Verification Library. All it takes is some hacking kno…
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August 24, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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The success stories are starting to trickle in slowly. First there was Edward Kim and Car Locator, yesterday there was Aaron La and Advance Task Manager, and today we have Derek James and several apps that make A…
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August 23, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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The Android Market License Verification system was introduced as new tool Google would offer to make it tougher on people trying to pirate applications. I was happy to see it but hesitant to say it would stop app…
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August 19, 2010 | by Ed Clark
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Several months ago, I put on my fortune-telling hat and reassured Android fans that OS fragmentation would not doom the system. My points back then were: 1) Android 2.1 would be made available to a wide variety…
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August 19, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Android gamers in Australia may eventually find it tougher to discover good games if one member of the government has his way.
Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor wants to force mobile game develope…
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August 18, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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It’s that time of year – or week, actually – where a large segment of Android users obsessively check their phone throughout the day. The word around town is that the Droid Incredible is supp…
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August 18, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Advertising companies often release metrics data showing how platforms are performing. While ad impressions aren’t exactly the most ideal way to measure OS strength, they have been useful in gauging…
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August 12, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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Better late than never I suppose. It looks like Oracle has finally completed some copyright research and found out that Google’s Android operating system uses a little language called Java that they pi…
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August 12, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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The voice recognition on Android has been a real added benefit to the Android user. Today, Google announced at their press event they are taking their voice recognition one step further with the app Voice Actio…
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August 12, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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OK, so the headline may not be exactly true, but what do you expect? This is an Android-centric blog. What the Gartner data that is coming out does show is that Android is definitely on the rise in a serious way. So,…
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August 11, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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Modders and ROM developers are about to bury themselves in source code today and will chug six packs of Red Bull to stay up late into the night hacking away. HTC has released their valuable Android 2.2 source code…
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August 9, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Android device owners who have become fond of task killers have recently discovered that those apps are no longer working since their phones have been updated to Android 2.2. (Froyo). Though users have attemp…
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August 3, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Google recently announced a new licensing system to combat app piracy. Developers are pleased to see stronger protection of their creation, but if Google really wants to fight theft, it should expand paid app…
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July 27, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Android currently has copy-protection services designed to prevent unauthorized use of applications, but that hasn’t stopped people from cracking those protections and distributing pirated apps…
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July 21, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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It’s always good news to see the latest Android version numbers, especially when one version holds the majority of the entire distribution. According to the official Android Developers site, over 55%…
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