Archive for the ‘Android’ Category
iOS Passes Linux to Become Third-Most Popular Internet Browsing Platform
Eric Slivka, MacRumors.com, 9/3/2010 As noted by Computerworld, Internet research firm Net Applications has calculated that Apple’s iOS has passed Linux to become the third-most popular Internet platform, surpassing Linux to trail only Windows and Mac OS X. According to Net Applications, the milestone came in July, when the release of the iPhone 4 apparently [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: Linux
Flash on Android “Shockingly Bad” – Will BlackBerry Fare Better?
Ronen Halevy, BerryReview, 9/1/2010 Since DevCon back in October of last year RIM has said that Flash is coming to the BlackBerry OS in the summer of 2010 and people have been waiting for it. There have been quite a few delays and Adobe split hairs nice and thin with excuses. I asked back in [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash
Firefox Mobile comes to Android in ‘Fennec’
Jessica Dolcourt, CNET, 8/27/2010 Mozilla is one step closer to getting its Firefox browser surfing on Android phones, and on the Nokia N900. On Friday the company issued an alpha version of Fennec, the code name for every instance of “Firefox Mobile” that’s still in development stages. Features-wise, Fennec alpha is very similar to the [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: Motorola, Nokia
Google aims Goggles at Apple’s iPhone
Rik Myslewski, The Register, 8/23/2010 Google Lab’s visual-search technology, Google Goggles, should be available for iPhone users later this year. “We’re working on an iPhone version, and hope to have it out by the end of the year,” David Petrou, a Google staff engineer working on the Goggles project, told his keynote audience at Monday’s [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: HTML5
Mobile VoIP Comes to BlackBerry Devices
Om Malik, GigaOM, 8/22/2010 If there was one app I’ve desperately wanted on my T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold, it was a good mobile VoIP client that allows me to make and receive calls over Wi-Fi and 3G connections. It would be even better if that client was made by Skype. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case. [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: 3G, Skype, Symbian, T-Mobile, VoIP, WiFi
Tablet Rivals May Face a Smaller Apple iPad
Barry Levine, Mobile Tech Today, 8/17/2010 Apple is reportedly planning a smaller seven-inch iPad 2 even as its rivals scramble to introduce their own tablet computers. Apple’s 9.7-inch iPad is a hot seller with no competition at the moment, but Samsung, Hewlett-Packard, ASUS and others plan to grab a share of a growing market. ASUS [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology, WinPhone 7, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: HP, Samsung, WebOs
Security flaw creates Android, Palm Pre snoop risk
John Leyden, The Register, 8/13/2010 Security researchers claim to have uncovered an unpatched flaw that creates a means to plant bugging software on Palm Pre devices. The vulnerability means that the Palm Pre phone might be compromised through the receipt of a maliciously constructed message. This message would place a backdoor on compromised devices that [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Palm · Tagged with: HP, Malware
Oracle Sues Google over Android OS
Shane McGlaun, Daily Tech, 8/13/2010 Google is a huge technology firm that is slipping its hand into any cookie jar it thinks may hold a profit. The company already rules the internet search and advertising market and is on track to rule the smartphone OS market as well. Part of the success of Google’s Android [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology
Chrome to Phone now available in Android Market
Ross Miller, Engadget, 8/12/2010 Chrome to Phone isn’t a new product — we’ve been using it since May, in fact — but Google’s second mobile announcement today (behind Voice Actions) is that its continuous client app is now “official” and available to all users (with Android 2.2 Froyo) via Android Market. As it was before, [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: Chrome
Google Voice Actions
Sam Churchill, Daily Wireless, 8/12/2010 Google introduced Voice Actions for Android. Voice Actions are a series of spoken commands that let you control your phone using your voice. Call businesses and contacts, send texts and email, listen to music, browse the web, and complete common tasks, all just by speaking into your phone. To use [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Motorola, Verizon