Android Flash Player RIP: How to Get it Now That it's Gone

Android Flash Player RIP: How to Get it Now That it's Gone
PCWorld
Adobe delisted Flash Player from Google Play, and you won't be able to get any updates that fix bugs unless you have a device with Flash already installed or pre-installed by the manufacturer (here's a list of the Flash-certified Android devices). In ...

Pinterest releases new iPad and Android apps
CNN International
The engineers at Pinterest built the free Android app from the ground up and optimized it to work on the large range of available Android tablet and smartphone devices. No matter what size device you use, the app's design is the familiar cascade of ...

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Review: The Pen Sets This Android Tablet Apart
PCWorld
On Wednesday Samsung officially announces this Wi-Fi only 10.1-inch tablet with prices that start at starting at $500 up to $550. The table goes on sale Thursday. For the past few days I've been testing the Galaxy Note 10.1 Wi-Fi. While the tablet has ...

Verizon LTE hits 34 new markets, blankets 75 percent of US
CNET
The latest rollout further widens the gap between Verizon and its competitors when it comes to 4G LTE, an increasingly important selling point as consumers begin to care more about network speeds and how quickly they can browse the Internet, stream ...

PlayStation Mobile Coming to Select Android Devices
PCWorld (blog)
PlayStation Mobile Coming to Select Android Devices Sony this fall hopes to expand the popularity of its PlayStation brand with a new gaming platform aimed at mobile devices called PlayStation Mobile. At launch, the new mobile gaming platform will ...

Samsung to call Motorola's "one bullet to kill" witness to justify iPhone ...
Apple Insider
One bullet to kill. One name on Samsung's witness disclosure list, David J. Teece, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, was recently used by Google's Motorola Mobility case against Microsoft related to H.264 patents. ... Defending ...

Google to cut 4000 jobs from Motorola unit
Yorkdispatch.com
NEW YORK -- Google Inc. is making its largest round of layoffs ever as it announced plans to cut about 4000 jobs at Motorola Mobility just three months after buying the struggling cellphone pioneer. The move ... Motorola now makes phones that run on ...

LG clocks 5M LTE smartphone sales
ZDNet
In a statement released today, the South Korean electronics giant said since it released its first LTE smartphone-- the RevolutionTM--in the United States last May via Verizon Wireless, it had sold 5 million of such mobile handsets. The company ...

Android 4.0 Hits More Tablets, Smartphones
InformationWeek
Big Red announced this week that Android 4.0 will be delivered to the Motorola Droid 4 over the air in the coming weeks. The update ... The Springboard update is being delivered over the air, which means it can be downloaded directly to the tablet via ...

Ofcom broadband report: UK users enjoys higher speeds
ZDNet
The regulatory body for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the UK reported earlier in the year that UK broadband increased in speed by 22 percent in comparison to 2011. In November, broadband users enjoyed average speeds of ...

Apple reportedly talks iPhone 5 LTE support with Korean carriers
CNET
Both carriers are authorized Apple partners selling the iPhone in Korea, and both want the new phone to take advantage of their LTE networks. But supporting 4G LTE is trickier than supporting 3G because different LTE networks around the world use their ...

These Android Music Apps Could Keep You From Getting Run Over by a Car
Gizmodo
These Android Music Apps Could Keep You From Getting Run Over by a Car Last week, we took a look at iOS apps that keep you aware of your surroundings as you listen to music through headphones, and found a fairly healthy selection to choose from on ...

Motorola DROID RAZR HD specs tipped
SlashGear
Yesterday, a report surfaced detailing that Motorola was planning to launch the DROID RAZR HD in conjunction with Verizon in October. The launch would be contingent on the sales numbers of the DROID RAZR and RAZR MAXX, however, with the ...

SlashGear

Will Fewer Phones Work For Motorola?
InformationWeek
This year, HTC has brought just four phones to the U.S: the One X, One S, One V, and Droid Incredible LTE 4G. Despite the glowing reviews most of these devices received, HTC has yet to make any headway in its turnaround. Worse, HTC said that entry ...

Worldwide market share for tablet systems
Kansas City Star
Apple's iPad and the iOS system running it dominate the market for tablet computers despite growing competition, according to Gartner. ... Android includes modified versions used in Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble Inc.'s Nook Tablet.

Why Apple doesn't just sue Google and get it over with
CNET
But Google's legal know-how and patent portfolio, which it recently bulked up via the acquisition of Motorola Mobility, make it a tougher legal opponent than the likes of HTC. Legal experts say Apple could deal more damage and potentially reap a higher ...

Nokia Rejects Android, Reaffirms Windows Phone 8 Support
NASDAQ
[between] Android, Apple and Windows, we are very clear, we are fighting that with the Windows phone," said Elop, who promised that Nokia would soon unveil a new smartphone for the upcoming Windows Phone 8 platform, to Reuters. Moreover, Reuters ...

Wirefly And Let's Talk Launch Motorola Photon Q Pre-Order For $150 ($50 Off)
Android Police
Apparently, so does Sprint and Motorola, because last month they announced the Photon Q, which is probably the most powerful QWERTY slider on the market right now. Hopefully you haven't ... His love for Android has been noticed in some unlikely places ...

Making money with free Android apps
Gamasutra (blog)
Making money on Android can be hard. Many developers devote countless hours to building, testing, and marketing their apps only to fall short of that income-independent holy grail. We went through over 50 Android game & app postmortems and developer ...

Patch Flash: Big Layoff at Motorola in Libertyville
Patch.com
Less than three weeks after announcing its planned move to the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, Motorola Mobility said it will cut 700 jobs in Illinois, including at its Libertyville headquarters and Chicago office. According to Crain's Chicago Business ...

Microsoft Updates SkyDrive With New Look, Android App
Tom's Guide
"The Android app is similar to our mobile apps for Windows Phone and iOS and allows you to browse your SkyDrive, upload files to SkyDrive, as well as share SkyDrive files with 'Send a link.' You'll also be able to open SkyDrive files from other apps ...

Adobe Pulls Flash for Android From Google Play Store
Wired News
Today's the day Adobe will pull its Flash Player plugin from Google's Androidmarketplace, marking the end of what was once touted as a key advantage of Androidover Apple's iOS. As we reported earlier, Google's new Android 4.1 “Jelly Bean” marks the ...

Wired News

With $2M from Eric Schmidt, biNu brings smartphone apps to dumb phones
GigaOM
Eric Schmidt's Tomorrow Ventures is leading a $2 million Series A round in biNu, an Australian startup that enables feature phones to run cloud-based smartphone apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia and Google. BiNu highlights the ... The company...

GigaOM

The Week in iOS Accessories: Boom goes the dynamite
Macworld
Aviiq: The $24 Quick Change Universal Dock Adapter is a small, three-in-one device that can connect the 30-pin dock-connector port on your iOS device to a USB or a micro-USB. It's just 5.5 inches long and includes a clip, so you can slip it into your ...

Android Fragmentation
Business Insider
What does this mean for developers? It means build for iOS and Android and ignore everything else. And I think it increasingly means you have to be on both iOS and Android as soon as you can. I have advocated for building for Android first and iOS second.

5 Android Apps for Your Straight-A Student
Mashable
After wiling away the summer, kids are finally heading back to school. With all the textbooks and laptops weighing down your backpacks, it's a smart move to load up their Android device with some handy apps. You don't need a dictionary when you've got ...

Motorola Droid Razr HD Release Date Rumors: New Android Smartphone to ...
Gather.com
"Motorola Mobility will reportedly launch two new HD mobile phones, the Motorola Droid RAZR HD and Droid RAZR MAXX HD after the launch month of the iPhone 5." The article, which was posted earlier today, says "it is possible that Verizon and Motorola ...

iPhone 5 Due in September: 10 Reasons This Smartphone Is Worth the Wait
eWeek
Now that Apple has finally brought 4G LTE to its iPad, it would only make sense for the company to follow suit with its next iPhone. With 4G LTE, consumers and enterprise users can connect to faster networks, creating a superior wireless connection and ...

Android Makes Big Gains Among Consumers but CIOs Still Heart Apple
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The Android operating system extended its lead over Apple's iOS in the smartphone market in the second quarter. Sales of Android devices comprised 64.1% market share during the quarter, compared to 43.4% a year earlier, according to a new Gartner ...

LG sells five million LTE smartphones, plans 'second to none' lineup ...
By Richard Lawler
After reaching sales of four million LTE smartphones last month, an additional one million smartphones were sold in the month of July -– one LTE smartphone roughly every two and a half seconds. LG released the first LTE smartphone ... Type Smartphone; Operating system Android(Gingerbread [2.3]); Screen size 5 inches; Internal memory 32 GB; Camera 8 megapixels; Dimensions 5.5 x 3.56 x 0.33 in; Released 2012-02-19. see all specs →. There are not any reviews for this ...
Engadget

The 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 To Hit Verizon On August ...
By Matt Burns
The 7-inch tablet is the successor to Samsung's original Android tablet, the aptly named Galaxy Tab, but this newer model features a more slender casing, 4G LTE and tasty Ice Cream Sandwich. The new tablet will run $349 but doesn't require ...
TechCrunch

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Review USA [Wi-fi] | Android Community
By Cory Gunther
This device runs Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich and a brand new bit of TouchWiz over the top and has a pen like it's smaller original Galaxy Note counterpart. This device also has front-facing speakers as well as a microSD card slot – and ...
Android Community

RIP Adobe Flash on Android
By Dan Rowinski
Any Android device that does not already have Flash will be unable to download it any longer. It is the end of a very long, difficult road for ... Come tomorrow, if you do not already have Flash on yourAndroid smartphone, you will not be able to get it. Adobe has planned to put Flash for ... Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously rejected Flash on iOS devices in favor of HTML5. Android adopted Flash, but the plug-in ... ReadWriteWeb Recommends... Google Starts Remaking Motorola ...
ReadWriteWeb

Pinterest announces debut of Android and iPad apps — Tech News ...
By Eliza Kern
Fans of Pinterest can welcome new iPad and Android apps for the popular service, along with an update for the iPhone version.
GigaOM

Samsung Document Notes Their Smartphone Icon Design Strategy ...
By Ina Fried
Samsung Document Notes Their Smartphone Icons Not Always Iconic. August 14, 2012 at 6:01 pm PT. Tweet ... August 14, 2012 at 1:35 pm PT. Microsoft Updates SkyDrive Web Site, Adds AndroidApp. August 14, 2012 at 11:03 am PT ...
AllThingsD

A VC: Android Fragmentation
By Fred
Android Fragmentation. Android is fragmented and geting more so. This is a challenge for those that develop on it for sure and has been often cited as a big negative for the Android ecosystem. But it also a big plus. I have a Kindle Fire on my ...
A VC

Remains of the Day: Flash Player for Android Will Die Tomorrow
By Craig Lloyd
Flash Player for Android will no longer be available starting tomorrow, Khan Academy launches new computer science program, Tweetbot for Mac updates with drafts and animated GIF support, and Google+ launches vanity URLs for verified accounts. ... [Google+]; Game On: Get the New YouTube App for PlayStation 3 The YouTube app for PlayStation 3 is now available, and you can control the app with an Android smartphone. Just pair up the two devices over Bluetooth, find a video ...
Lifehacker

Pinterest Launches iPad and Android Apps
By Josh Ong
The announcement was followed by an official blog post from Pinterest detailing the new apps. TheAndroid app has been custom designed for Android phones and tablets of all cost, speed and size. Meanwhile, the post puts forth the iPad app ...
The Next Web

Prez Elect USA for iOS will let you run your own political campaign ...
By Mel Martin
Just in time for the political season, Prez Elect USA is a universal iOS game that allows you to choose your party and then campaign across the U.S..
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Inky Fool: Wi-Fi
By M.H. Forsyth
The new Wi-fi Alliance were rather awkward about this. They did, for a little while, try to refer to wireless fidelity, but it's such an utterly meaningless idea that the term was dropped and hasn't been seen since 2003. So, wi-fi does not mean ...
Inky Fool

Pinterest Comes To Android – Now Available In The Play Store
By Chris Chavez
Purchase a smartphone online from Sprint, get a $100 AM... Motorola Atrix HD now ... for an And...Motorola Atrix HD now available in Canada from Bell · Motorola says ICS for DROID 4 now rolling out · Vodafone Smart II gets funky Tate edition ... Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 WiFi receiving Ice Cream Sandwi... Samsung Galaxy ... Pinterest has finally come to Android and if you thought you didn't need another social network in your life you'd be wrong — dead wrong. How else will you ...
Android Phone Fans

Microsoft unveils modern UI & new Android app for SkyDrive ...
By Sean Ludwig
The Android app is similar to our mobile apps for Windows Phone and iOS and allows you to browse your SkyDrive, upload files to SkyDrive, as well as share SkyDrive files with “Send a link.” You'll also be able to open SkyDrive files from ...
VentureBeat

Broadband speeds rise 20% after Virgin and BT launch superfast ...
The arrival of superfast broadband connections from BT and Virgin Media has ... " The move to faster broadband services is gathering momentum," said the ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../2012/.../broadband-speeds-rise-virgin-...

Android Touchscreen Secrets | Upgrade Your Life - Yahoo! News
So here are our top Android touchscreen shortcuts: (Looking for iPhone and iPad touchscreen secrets? Click here.) THE BASICS Caps Lock: Hit the shift button ...
news.yahoo.com/.../android-touchscreen-secrets-165148276.h...

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