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iPad Mini is Coming!?

April 17th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

The iPad Mini has been rumoured to launch multiple times over the past years. The past weeks however, rumours have reached a new all-time high as Apple should have 6 million of them ready to sell in Q3.

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TelyHD Brings Android Alternative to Google TV

April 17th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

TelyHD is an Xbox Kinect like webcam that can be mounted on top of TV’s to provide consumers with Skype functionality. Next to the interesting hardware, the device runs on Android.

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Google to launch Google Drive Next Week!?

April 17th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Platforms | No Comments »

If rumours are right, Google is set to launch its new Google Drive service along next week. With the launch of Google Drive, the giant is finally launching its own storage service to battle those of Dropbox, Box.net and of course Microsoft. Why is this important to mobile developers?

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Cache Partition Size Can Block 50MB APK’s

April 16th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

While it is great to be allowed to upload APK files up to 50MB a piece, developer 10tons has discovered a problem within the Android system itself that could make 50MB APK’s invisible…

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Former RIM Exec Wanted to Build Cheap Androids

April 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Former RIM exec Jim Balsillie wanted to hook up with providers and build cheap Android smartphones for them. The differentiation would be the availability of BlackBerry services on those devices.

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Juniper Analyses the Instagram Acquisition

April 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Charlotte Miller from Juniper has written about Facebook’s acquisitions before. Today, she wrote her view on the acquisition of Instagram by Facebook. What made the company worth a billion to The Social Network.

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Chris Dury to Lead GetJar

April 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Last night, GetJar announced a new executive structure for the company that’s known for its huge free appstore. The company will now be led by former US-based COO Chris Dury.

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Google to focus at Cheap Tablets

April 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

During the presentation of Google’s financials, CEO Larry Page stated that Google will try to aim for cheaper tablets. Larry talked about the success cheap Android devices have. Even if they are not running Android in the way Google intended them to.

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Google Play Adds Support for Czech, Israeli, Polish and Mexican Devs

April 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Starting today, developers in Czech Republic, Israel, Poland and Mexico can sell priced applications and in-app products on Google Play, using their local bank accounts for payments. This move is part of Google’s effort to support more countries and currencies in Google Play.

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Magma Mobile Passes 100 Million Downloads on Android

April 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Magma Mobile has been pioneering free Android apps since it was founded at the end of 2009. With over 40 apps going live on Google Play since then, it is no surprise the company already passed 100.000.000 Android downloads.