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    In Brief: 7 Android-related things you should know (March 1, 2013)

    Posted Mar 1 2013 by Stephanie Lanier in In Brief, News with 1 Comment

    This week features Project SHEILD’s “Burn Zombie Burn!”, News Republic’s 3.0 update, Celltick’s Real Time Coupon Server, a new Magellan app, and much, much more!

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  • Linux Merges With Android

    Google experimenting with new Linux kernel for Android, version 3.8

    Posted Feb 28 2013 by Dustin Karnes in News with 2 Comments

    According to the public kernel repository over at Google, there’s a new, experimental kernel build out. It’s marked as version 3.8, and is built from the standard kernel, with all the standard Android modifications and tweaks. This is, whether you may understand it or not, …

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    Google Chrome to align versions across all platforms by early 2013

    Posted Nov 27 2012 by Dustin Karnes in News, Rumors with 0 Comments

    In a Google+ post by the Chrome team, we should hopefully be seeing an alignment of all Chrome versions – including Android – by early next year: Q. Chrome for Android is still at v18, while regular Chrome is at v23. When will Chrome for Android …

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    Want to run Android on any screen, FXI Tech has the solution

    Posted Nov 21 2011 by Asad Rafi in News with 1 Comment

    I am an Android fanboy (and proud of it) and like every fanboy, I want every single tech gadget I have to run on Android. While some might call me a dreamer, FXI Technologies actually cares about my happiness and has set out to make …

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  • Sony Ericsson Provides Information Regarding the Linux Kernel on Xperia Devices

    Posted May 9 2011 by Drew Dauffenbach in News with 2 Comments

    Sony Ericsson once again proving they are “developer friendly” in their latest line of Android devices.  Just over a month ago, we highlighted about SE’s plans to allow developers to unlock their bootloader using a website on a handful of new Xperia devices.  Now they’ve …

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  • Barnes & Noble Accuses Microsoft of Anti-Android Scheme

    Posted Apr 28 2011 by Chuck Falzone in News with 0 Comments

    In response to a lawsuit brought by Microsoft claiming that Android-based Nook devices infringe on patents, Barnes & Noble has fired back, asserting that Microsoft is misusing their patents in an anti-competitive scheme against Android. You may recall that Microsoft threatened HTC with its pile …

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  • Devs Manage to Get Ubuntu on HTC HD2

    Posted Jul 2 2010 by Justin Marden in News with 41 Comments

    Ahh, the wonderful world of hacking, where it seems that nearly anything is possible. It is in this realm of modding and rooting that some talented developers have reached a major breakthrough in their quest to get Android running on HTC’s 4-inch Windows Mobile monster. …

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  • HTC to Pay Microsoft Royalties on Android Phones

    Posted Apr 28 2010 by Chuck Falzone in News with 9 Comments

    As we predicted in March, Microsoft has strong-armed HTC into signing a licensing agreement to pay Microsoft royalties for HTC’s Android phones. The good news here is that an Apple-style lawsuit is unlikely now that HTC has agreed to cough up the money. The bad …

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  • Will Microsoft Hold Android Hostage?

    Posted Mar 5 2010 by Chuck Falzone in News with 19 Comments

    Right now, we’re all worrying about Apple’s patent claims against HTC, but Android may face a similar attack from Microsoft. It’s not terribly well known that Microsoft claims that it owns significant intellectual property used in Linux, the operating system at the heart of Android. …

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  • Gartner says The Future is About Green Robots

    Posted Oct 9 2009 by Jose Salviati in News with 8 Comments

    Gartner’s about page says that “Gartner, Inc. is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. We deliver the technology-related insights necessary for our clients to make the right decisions, every day.” Based on recent projections by Gartner VP and Distinguished Analyst Ken Dulaney …

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  • Android on iPhone is One, Giant Step Closer

    Posted Nov 29 2008 by AndroidGuys in Rumors with 15 Comments

    Thanks to the guys over at blog.iphone-dev.org, Android is moving ever so close to being run on the iPhone.  Yesterday saw them announcing that they’ve reverse engineered the iPhone and first generation iPods to run Linux.  The official announcement was the basis for a new …

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  • Mobile Linux Not Supporting the Desktop Version

    Posted Aug 27 2008 by Vamien McKalin in News with 14 Comments

    Just recently, we were tipped off to some exciting and somewhat disappointing news regarding the HTC Dream. I’ve been reading through everyone’s comments and many of them have been rather interesting to say the least. While going through them, something crossed my mind that I’d …

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  • Android to Fend Off iPhone Using Great Wall of China?

    Posted Jul 17 2008 by Vamien McKalin in News with 6 Comments

    What if Android could tap into that 1 billion potential mobile phone customers in China, while having little threat coming from the iPhone? Sounds impossible right? Well not according to Analysts Bill Hughes who predicts that Android-based phones will increase to 17.1 million in 2009, …

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