A study has revealed that mobile programmers and developers increasingly prefer Android less and are moving more towards Web apps development. These results were revealed by Appcelerator, the company that creates programming tools used by 280,000 programmers. According to its survey, the overall number of programmers who fall in the ‘very-interested’ category for Android development has declined for second continuous quarter.
With gadgets one wishes there is some way out of having to charge batteries every now and then. Having a battery that lasts longer is something that every tech gadget user wants. Recently, an interesting study was published which shows that free android apps waste 75% of power on ads according to New Scientist. This is really taking everything away from the battery essentially.
Whereas Apple continues to stick to its policy of keeping its operating system and most of the other software closed, Android community is actively adhering to its philosophy of openness. In the past, we have seen a number of Android vendors release the source codes and unlocking the devices. And now, HTC and Samsung have released the kernel source code of a number of their devices.
A number of Android ROMs conventionally provide root access to users by default. However, the developers have been raising concerns regarding the security issues that are prompted due to this. Now, CyanogenMod, one of the most popular custom ROM choices for many users, has disabled the option to have root access by default. Users can still gain such access through manual configuration.
The spokesperson for Panasonic UK, Barney Sykes, stated that though using Android may cause warranty vulnerability as users would be able to download anything, they are thinking to give Android a chance for their upcoming cameras.
Recently Instagram hits 27 million users milestone and it is a most popular photo sharing app for iOS platform. Instagram expects that they will more success on Android and Mr. Systrom explains it “one of the best Android apps you’ll ever see”. Surely it is says that in the near future, Android users will be able to start sharing images on Instagram.
If you are a user who owns Android devices and, at the same time, makes use of Roku streaming player, this ought to be piece of really exciting news for you. The company has released a remote control app that turns your Android devices effectively into a remote control for your Roku box. The Android device must be running Android 2.1 or higher to make use of the app.
It is impossible to change handset every month for getting new facility and it will not a good decision. If you can apply some Technic like install some apps then your device can work like a new devices. You can control your existent camera by using Camera ICS app and specially this app is made for Android (Ice Cream Sandwich). Camera ICS is developed by Moblynx and you can download this Free app from Android Market under photography category.
If you have not yet known, Google started to release updates to both the Google Wallet and Google+ apps for Android. Google+ update does not contain more, only except “Several stability improvements and bug fixes” but on the other side Google Wallet has received more significant updates such as support for PO Boxes and an “increased allowable address length” for Prepaid Cards.
Google is not providing more information about upcoming version of Android 5.0 and we hear just in dribs and drabs information. Even the rumors is saying that this version will be available this summer, but the nick name of this version is not select yet. What do you think, which nick name will be used to explain Android 5.0?
With new Sony Xperia series Sony shown off new version of their SmartWatch with many feature and color. Here we have hands on photos.
Google had recently upped the security of it’s Android Market, scanning apps for possible malware and deleting such apps which contained any. However, it would seem that the authors of Android malware had adapted quite fast. According to security firm Sophos, the Android malware is now spreading the Facebook app, rather than directly through the Android Market.
Android devices tend to cost much less that Apple’s iOS devices. Not only that, the accessories of iOS devices as well as the upgrade options are much costlier than those of Android devices. However, the aspect in which Apple does beat Android devices is that the ecosystem Apple provides is more affordable, and diverse, than that offered by Android vendors. According to a study, on average, the Android apps cost much more than iOS apps.
Planning on a trip to somewhere? You surely would want all the information about relevant flights, their time, available discounts and charges etc right at your finger tips. This is precisely what Google’s Flight Search service brings to you. This service has already been available for desktop PCs and is very popular for would-be travellers when looking up flight information online. Now Google has launched the service for iOS and Android devices too.
Apparently, Android smartphones are big in China. After Huawai teased the tech journalists with invitations hinting to the quad core smartphone powered by the latest Android version, Ice Cream Sandwich to be released at this years’ edition of Mobile World Congress, now the Chinese company ZTE is getting ready to release two more smartphones running on ICS at the same event.
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