Facebook is releasing Home software that puts feeds from the social network on the home page of Android phones. Home software will act like a “wrapper” for the Android operating system and become the main way to use a phone. Notifications, images and messages will appear on the main screen of the phone instead of [...]
Facebook has decided to revamp its design, making its website look more like its Android and iOS mobile apps. The refresh also introduces topic-specific alternatives to its news feed. One consequence of the change is that adverts can take up more screen space, making them harder to ignore. However, the project’s lead engineer denied ads [...]
A flaw in the latest version of the Android operating system has resulted in the month of December disappearing from People app for storing information about contacts. The flaw affects the “People app”, which is the default app for keeping contact information on Android devices. The People app calendar goes from November 2012 straight to [...]
Samsung’s Android and Windows-powered touchscreen devices have been unveiled at the IFA trade show in Berlin. The new models include several firsts for the company: a Windows RT tablet; a Windows Phone 8 smartphone; and an Android-powered camera. It also revealed an update to its Galaxy Note model – a so-called “phablet” that is larger [...]
Google has announced that it does not want the ruling in the Apple-Samsung patent lawsuit to “limit” consumers’ access to Android devices. A US jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple over $1 billion on Friday after ruling it had infringed several of the iPhone maker’s software and design innovations. Samsung said it intended to appeal. [...]
Coolpix S800c, the first mainstream digital camera to be powered by Google’s Android system, has been released by Nikon. Nikon’s point-and-shoot Coolpix S800c model is being marketed as a “social imaging device”. Demand for compact cameras has suffered because of the rise of smartphones. However, Nikon says its latest model offers superior picture quality thanks [...]
A Microsoft researcher says Smartphones running Google’s Android software have been hijacked by an illegal botnet. Botnets are large illegal networks of infected machines – usually desktop or laptop computers – typically used to send out masses of spam email. Researcher Terry Zink said there was evidence of spam being sent from Yahoo mail servers [...]
Google has revealed Jelly Bean Android 4.1 – the latest version of its Android system software. Google described the code as the “fastest and smoothest” version of its mobile system to date. It has also added the ability to type using speech recognition without needing to be connected to the net. Google revealed that 400 [...]
Oracle and Google go on trial in a San Francisco court on Monday after Java developer claimed Google’s Android violated several of its patents and copyrights. It is one of the biggest such tech lawsuits to date. Oracle is claiming about $1 billion in compensation. Oracle claims Google’s Android system infringes intellectual property rights relating [...]
Angry Birds Space, the new version of the most downloaded game in history, has been launched on iTunes, Android, PC and Mac. Angry Birds Space’s launch has been accompanied by a level of fanfare normally only seen around big Hollywood releases – including T-shirts, toys, TV shows on Nickelodeon, a companion book by National Geographic, [...]
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