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Acer may launch its $99 Android powered tab in 2013

December 28, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
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In the New Year, Acer, the Taiwanese multinational hardware and Electronics Corporation has plans to launch a $99, Android powered tablet. They may do this in the beginning of the year 2013. The news came from the anonymous source for the Wall Street Journal. It may be a 7-inch device that will run on Android [...]

Finally, Android begins to earn respect among developers

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The mobile game Kingdoms at War is now equally popular on both iOS powered devices and Android powered devices. However, the developer of this game says that the iOS version earns more than double the money than the Android version. Many developers consider Android as a weak contender to earn high revenue for their works. [...]

How secure Android 4.2 is?

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Some users want to download all the Android apps even if these are available on third party app stores. However, they should also accept this fact that many of such apps come with malicious code that can stake the security of their devices. But this will not happen anymore as Android’s version 4.2 offers a [...]

Jelly Bean’s fresh version is announced now. What will be new in that?

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Google was supposed to announce the new version of Android Jelly bean on October 29, but the hurricane Sandy made it to cancel the event. However Google has announced it through a press release in place of the live event. The OS will soon be available under the slogan of “A new Flavor of Jelly [...]

OMG! 185 Million Android Powered Devices Are at Risk

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Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany, and Philipps University of Marburg, Germany have released a report revealing that Android apps have staked the private information of as many as 185 million users. Their personal data or information is at risk because they are using Android apps. The report directly blames Android developers for poorly implementing Secure [...]

Hey Android developers in India, you too can sell paid apps now!

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Hey Indian Android developers, here is good news for you! Now you too can submit paid apps on Google Play App store. Finally, Google has announced that Indian Android application developers can now publish their paid apps on the app store. They would also be able to sell in-app products and subscriptions. Google will pay [...]

Samsung to Update Jelly Bean to U.S. Galaxy S III, No Announcement for the Date

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Samsung has announced that US variant of the Galaxy S III will soon get Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update. However, it hasn’t revealed the date as it said update will arrive “in the coming months”. It may be a strange announcement for many users as the device is going to get the OS update just [...]

Will Google’s Android fall without Samsung?

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Who is behind the grand success of the Google Android OS? Is it Google itself, or the credit should go to other parties, e.g. Samsung? Many believe Samsung is the real force driving Android towards success. Is it true? The new reports make us believe that Android succeeded because of Samsung. And Google will hardly [...]

The lower Android-upgrade rate is disappointing

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Android has turned gigantic, but it disappoints in terms of upgrading the core software to a new version. Until now, millions of Android phones have been sold, but only 25 percent of them have been upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean. Reports suggest that only 23.7 percent users upgraded their devices to Ice [...]

Now Android will power NASA’s satellites

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After phones, tabs and laptops, Android will now power NASA’s tiny satellites. NASA appears to be interesting in running its Small Spacecraft Technology Program on Android OS. The space agency is looking for a cheap hardware and software technology that can reliably survive into space. If successfully implemented, sending tiny satellites into space will pave [...]

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