Tag: android
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The Fastest Mi Phone – Xiaomi Mi 4 Launched Ahead of iPhone 6
Xiaomi the so called “China Apple” has already launched its flagship product, earlier than Apple Inc’s flagship product, at the company’s “The Journey of a Piece of Steel” event yesterday. While iPhone 6’s launch date is yet to be confirmed, Xiao Mi 4 was already launched this week together with the Mi Band, Xiaomi’s first […]
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Customize Android’s Home button shortcut
For an operating system touted as being highly customizable, its a mystery why more manufacturers don’t let you program the (physical) Home button. Of course, one tap always takes you to the home screen, but long-pressing and double-tapping are often programmed to take you to places like the multitasker or a voice assistant. Unless, of […]
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Android 4.1.1 rolls out to Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S 4G via Sprint
Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S 4G owners on Sprint’s network are now getting a bite of Jelly Bean. As of yesterday, Android 4.1.1, aka Jelly Bean, has been available for Nexus users through an over-the-air update. Owners of the Samsung phone can follow the steps on Sprint’s Galaxy Nexus update page to download and install […]
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Oracle: Google wanted easy route to Android revenue with Java
At this point, Oracle’s arguments come down to this: Google was lazy in developing Android and wanted the highest revenue return possible, so that’s why it used the 37 Java APIs at question in this copyright lawsuit. Well, no one at Google is going to deny that they wanted Android to make money — although […]
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How Android isn’t really that open
“To me, closed isn’t anything that doesn’t have total freedom,” Laurs told me. “By that definition, Android is already closed.” Laurs has some bold predictions for 2012. He believes Google will start to exert a tighter control over Android, restricting what kinds of apps are developed and what technologies they can use. “You can’t blame […]
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How Angry Birds Can Change the World
How do we make creating change more fun and engaging?Yes, social innovators are jumping on the gamification bandwagon too. Like entrepreneurs and educators who are venturing into this field, we’re trying to figure out how to engage people more effectively at a time when they are becoming increasingly more distracted by the tsunami of information […]
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Xiaomi Smart Phone with MIUI OS Released
If you’ve already seen the Xiaomi M1 announcement about a month ago, well, forget it, because Xiaomi has already made some significant changes since then. What we’ve just learned from today’s Beijing launch event is that the M1 — now officially “Xiaomi Phone” — no longer packs a 1.2GHz dual-core chip; instead, it’s been given […]
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