Google and Android

Google Wipes Misleading Android Apps Remotely

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So I was just on the can, flipping through my sweet Google Reader client, and I ran into something interesting on the Android Developers Blog. Basically, though noting that this wasn’t the first time, they discovered a few applications on the market made by some sort of security researchers who were using the Android market … Read more

Android Kicking Ass Even Harder

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This is more of a reminder than it is news as I’ve maintained this would happen the moment I unboxed my Nexus One, Android exploding into success the dust of which Microsoft would be very fortunate to get a taste of let alone eat, but Google released a number at a New York City hoedown … Read more

The Pursuit of Happiness: Microsoft’s Marketplace Strategy

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Steve Ballmer has now been famously immortalized touting “Developers Developers Developers.” ‘ target=_blank>found here.  Apparently its not just hot air.  This is the perfect example of a free app.  Something that provides a moment or two of enjoyment than quickly wears out its welcome.  I bet you have a few on your phone that fits … Read more

Flash 10.1 Available Now For Android WP7 and All (But iPhone)

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And here we thought WP7 availability was months off…here’s part of the press release: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the release of Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 to mobile platform partners. Redesigned from the ground up with new performance and mobile specific features, Flash Player 10.1 is the first release that brings the full Web … Read more

Toshiba Libretto W100. I definitely want one.

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So it may not be the Courier everyone was hoping for but this thing is all sorts of awesome looking.  Toshiba has been running their ultra-mobile Libretto line for quite a few years now and they’ve typically occupied price points north of 1,000$ and with this being limited production/prototype sort of model don’t expect any less.  Planned to launch for their 25th anniversary late this summer the W100 is going to be rocking side by side 7 inch multi-touch screens with Windows 7 Home Premium.  It’s also packing a 1.2GHz Intel U5400 processor with 2GB of DDR3 and 62GB of solid state sweetness.  Haptic feedback on a virtual keyboard included, although I’ll be looking into a nice pen/capacative stylus I can carry around for One Note and other such handwriting recognition awesomeness.  More info and video links after the break.

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WM6.5 and WP7 App Content Policies Compared – Pretty Damn Similar

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mirror About a week ago Matt ran an article about the lack of porn on WP7. At the time it was all the rage since the content policies seemed to be new and shocking. But for those of you who followed the comments you may have seen Matt and I exchange thoughts and I pointed out that the Windows Mobile 6.5 content restrictions and the Windows Phone 7 content restrictions are pretty damn near identical…pretty near. Let’s take a look at all of the content policies for 6.5 and 7 and you can be the judge.

 

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Killer FTP Server for Android

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There are a handful of FTP daemons on the Android market but SwiFTP is special. I’ll get to that part in the next paragraph. Reasons to run an FTP server on your phone when on your local network with wifi include that if you want to grab or dump files onto your chip you don’t … Read more

On the fence: Scary emails from DavidK edition

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I wanted to let you all in on some of our email chaos amongst the staff.  I think it represents the departure of a great deal of what constituted many user’s reasons for choosing Windows Mobile.  We were discussing Android fragmentation and it made me a little uneasy with what he said about the new … Read more

Handango Free App Friday: 3D Nine Hole Golf!

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What a great lead into the Father’s Day Weekend! Here is a little Free App Friday Goodness brought to you by Handango and this week is a good one! OmniGSoft – 3D Nine Hole Golf which is a $19.95 value is yours today for the very low price of FREE! If you like Golf, If … Read more