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Craig Cartier comments on the new iPad 3

March 7th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

With the launch of a new iPad later today, analyst Craig Cartier from Frost & Sullivan looks ahead on what is to come.

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iPad Rumour Roundup

March 7th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Tonight, Apple is set to review A new iPad. The press seems to be divided between the iPad 3 or the iPad HD. We will throw in the iPad 2 HD name as that could make sense too. Why? Read on…

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Bye bye Android Market, Hi Google Play

March 7th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Last night, Google introduced Google Play. Google Play is set to replace the good old Android Market. Google hopes this move to the new identity will improve the discovery of non-app related content.

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Google: Android Apps not Illegal

March 6th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

Google responded to Tweakers.net about the claims from EU commissioner Viviane Reding about Android apps illegally sharing data with advertisers. Google states the claim is wrong as Android doesn’t handle data the way Viviane explains it.

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Android Market now Supports 4GB Apps

March 6th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google has made a major change to the filesize restrictions on Android Market. From now on, Google will allow apps that are 4GB in size. That’s four times the amount of space Google provides on the standard Nexus One.

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DirectCanvas HTML5 Tool Launches Android Beta

March 6th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Web Apps | No Comments »

AppMobi has launched the beta version of its directCanvas tool. The tool helps developers to develop HTML5 apps and speeds up 2D rendering for games a thousand times (according to AppMobi).

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Vivian Reding: Many Android Apps are Illegal

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

EU commissioner Viviane Reding exposed to Channel 4 (UK) that many Android apps are not in line with European laws as they leak private data from Android users to advertisers.

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Asus First with Android 5.0!?

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Asus is likely the first vendor to start producing tablets based on the Android 5.0 platform. With the Transformer Prime, Asus was one of the first to launch a tablet based on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

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Google set to Launch Assistant to Battle Siri

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Some love it, others hate it. Apple’s personal assistant Siri. Following the Ziggy app on Windows Phone, Google is also preparing their Assistant to launch on the Android platform.

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Apple’s App Store Hits 25bn Download Mark

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has confirmed the 25.000.000.000th download on the iTunes App Store. This mark was met yesterday. In the days before this remarkable number was reached, Apple was pushing out over 48 million downloads a day.

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