Archive for March, 2011
Dungeon Defenders: First Wave Now Free to Play on the Android Market
The folks at Trendy have just dropped us a note letting us know that their highly popular action RPG Dungeon Defenders: First Wave is now a free game for all to play and enjoy in the Android market. The news comes to us in light of the launch of Google’s native in-app payments system for Android.Trendy is now banking on in-app purchases to [...]
Google Introduces +1 Button on Desktop Search Engine [Video]
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Google’s continuing to make their search engine – and other tools – more social and personal to you by introducing a simple “+1 button”. The premise is very simple: if you find something you like while searching, hit the button and your friends will know that it’s something cool or something that you like and is [...]
CM7 for Nook Color gets Video Playback Fix and RC Status!
For those of you who have taken advantage of the fact that the Barnes and Noble Nook Color is Android powered and hackable, there is good news from the Cyanogen Mod team that has been working on CM7 for the device. The latest nightly build has DSP/Video playback enabled, taking care of the audio lag on the device whilst watching video media. [...]
France Mailbox Location [V1.2.7]
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This application displays the mailboxes throughout France. The position is retrieved from the GPS or... Read more @ AndroLib : New Apps and Games
Identifying App Installations
In the Android group, from time to time we hear complaints from developers about problems they’re having coming up with reliable, stable, unique device identifiers. This worries us, because we think that tracking such identifiers isn’t a good idea, and that there are better ways to achieve developers’ goals.Tracking InstallationsIt is very [...]
Petitioners Pressure Motorola to Change Bootloader Encryption Practices
A group of power users have gotten just about peeved with Motorola and their bootloader encryption for many of their MOTOBLUR phones. (In fact, I think the only Android phone of theirs that remains unencrypted is the original Motorola Droid on Verizon. Please feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.) Anywho, they’ve taken to Groubal [...]
Cisco Cius Tablet Hits the FCC
Cisco is more of a quiet player in the Android world right now. They’ve long been talking about their Cius tablet but have been taking their time on engineering it. The tablet is set to be part of a bigger office package for business professionals who need a desk phone that’s more than just a desk phone. It was originally slated for a [...]
Plagued With Muffled Sound Recording, 3G Data Problems on Your Thunderbolt? [Issues]
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The Thunderbolt has been out since the 17th of March and enough users have it in their hands to uncover some unsettling issues. Before I go on, you should know that both HTC and Verizon have identified the respective issues and are working on fixes. First up – we hear some of you are still having data issues while on Verizon’s 3G [...]
Verizon 2011 Roadmap Leaks, Droid Charge, Xperia PLAY, Droid Incredible 2, Droid X 2, and Samsung Galaxy S II
Every once in a good while something lovely like this comes along and lets us know when basically everything in the world will be coming out. There’s been a list of devices released that was more than likely sent out to Verizon stores with the intent being that they’d know in advance what to prep their employees for, spreading info [...]
Hot Games for Xperia PLAY Launch Rundown
We were reeling when we saw the big fat list of Xperia PLAY optimized games that CNET Asia had prepared a couple of days ago. We were so excited, in fact, that our initial browsing of said list yielded only one overwhelming notion: there aren’t that many new things here. How heart-wrenching! Then we got wise. There are some gems in there, [...]
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