Archive for March, 2011
American Airlines Sweepstakes Announced: Win Miles and Stuff!
How does this sound? Download an application from the Android Market and get a chance to win 1 Million AAdvantage airline miles! American Airlines announced the MobileMillion Sweepstakes to coincide with an update to their Android application. The giveaway also includes a chance to win a NOOK Color from Barnes & Noble. In fact, they will [...]
Vilcienu, autobusu saraksti [V1.1.3]
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Aplikācijā iespējams lejupielādēt un saglabāt telefonā četrus vilcienu un četrus starppilsētu autobu... Read more @ AndroLib : New Apps and Games
Google Joins the NFC Forum
Google continues their commitment to advancing NFC technology by joining the NFC Forum, according to Mobile Crunch. They join the likes of AT&T, Motorola, LG, and more carriers and OEMs looking to incorporate NFC technology into their products and services.“The NFC Forum thrives on the active participation of global industry leaders and [...]
Ice Cream = Google TV + Honeycomb + Gingerbread
When Android 3.0 was designed and launched specifically for tablets, the ugly voice of fragmentation screamed out from dissenters. We had a phone OS on Android 2.3/2.4 called Gingerbread, a tablet OS on Android 3.0 called Honeycomb, and a lot of confusion amongst the community. Eric Schmidt silenced much of that confusion at MWC in Barcelona, [...]
[Update: Hoax?] As Google is Forced to Change Privacy Policy, They Introduce a Facial Recognition Application
![[Update: Hoax?] As Google is Forced to Change Privacy Policy, They Introduce a Facial Recognition Application](http://www.theandroider.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/d6800_google-goggles.jpg "[Update: Hoax?] As Google is Forced to Change Privacy Policy, They Introduce a Facial Recognition Application")
A couple of interesting stories have come from the Google camp. After irresponsibly handling updates to Google Buzz where users were exposed to privacy-altering changes without their consent, the Federal Trade Commission and Google have agreed to review their privacy policy every two years.Furthermore, Google will be required to change their [...]
ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Listed at Best Buy for $400
We’ve been hearing a lot about the Eee Pad Transformer’s availability lately but most of their news has been for folks in Europe. That doesn’t mean they’re sleeping on their United States plans, though. A coming soon page has now been published at major retailer Best Buy’s webiste and it even comes with a price tag [...]
Xperia PLAY Reviewed by Chris Davies
Our main dude in England has his hands on the Xperia PLAY, also known as the “Playstation Phone,” and he’s reviewing it fully for our sister site SlashGear. This device goes by model name R800x, runs a full Android 2.3 Gingerbread experience, and has a 4″ capacitive multi-touch, 854 x 480 pixel FWVGA display on top of a [...]
Google calls out CNN, claims Facial Recognition story is bogus
Earlier today we posted a small story regarding a new Mobile application being made by Google that will do a little facial recognition and then send the user info such as contact information, name, email address and more. This was simply a story we saw and thought was interesting on CNN. Apparently this story was a complete fabrication and very [...]
Samsung Galaxy Player hits the FCC
The Samsung Galaxy Player for those that don’t know is a device aimed at the iPod Touch crowd. For those like us that just love Android this is not only a great alternative, but an overall solid little fun filled device. It’s basically a Galaxy S Phone without the phone. It has the same cameras and that amazing 4.0″ AMOLED [...]
Google building Facial Recognition app to identify people by their face [False]
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*Update: See bottom It looks like Google is at it again with another innovative idea. According to the CNN piece on it, it seems some are worried about privacy issues regarding this app from the search and ad giant. Google apparently has a mobile app that is currently under way that will use facial recognition software to identify people by their [...]
