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According to app tracking metrics from Distimo, the Android Market may have reached the 400,000 app milestone. This is just one of several milestones recorded for the Market in the past twelve months. About 31 months after it opened for business, the Market reached the 200K mark in April 2011 and then climbed to the 300K…
Back in July of last year Google bought over 1,000 patents from IBM. Just a few short months later, in September, they picked up another bundle of over 1,000 patents. Now thanks to SEO by the Sea we can report that Google has called IBM yet again to buy some patents, though this time it’s…
Roughly a month ago we told you European owners of the HTC Flyer have started getting the Honeycomb update. Now the company is including Americans to the mix too, releasing the Android 3.2-based software for the Flyer Wi-Fi model users in the States. The keyword here is “Wi-Fi model” which unfortunately excludes those of you…
Samsung announced a new member of its Galaxy family of devices in Korea – Galaxy M Style. The new smartphone can’t impress an über geek like the one writing this post, but it will definitely find its place among the folks who don’t want to pay too much for their phone. As such, the Samsung…
Sony Ericsson has turned to social media (Google+ and Facebook) to prepare the world for “something big” that the company will announce next week at CES in Las Vegas. While the handset maker is naturally quiet about its plans, it did share an image of covered device which we think hides the Xperia Arc HD…
Vopium updated its Android app as I’m sure every user of the popular VoIP service has already noticed. The reason is simple – the application got a new “streamlined” UI that “improves communications and enhances the user experience” by automatically optimizing itself to match each device’s resolution and screen size. Moreover, the new app also…
Another day, another platform supported by USA TODAY. This time their target is Amazon’s Kindle Fire, which users will now be able to access the magazine’s award-winning content from the comfort of their sofa, couch or wherever they happen to use their tablet. Available as a free download, USA TODAY is sponsored by Volkswagen as…
One feature of Amazon’s $200 tablet, the Kindle Fire, that doesn’t get a lot of attention is the Silk Browser. On paper it doesn’t really do anything that hasn’t been done before by the likes of Opera and Skyfire. It basically intercepts the request for the web page you want to look at and then…
Android’s open nature has long been a double-edged sword. From security issues and fragmentation on the bad side, to insane amounts of customizations, mods, and ROMs on the good side. Manufacturers who have created custom user interfaces for its Android handsets, which is essentially everyone, have furthered the fragmentation of the OS with slower update…
LG unveiled some details on its website about its upcoming handset, the LG Optimus 2 and it will be the sequel to the entry-level Optimus One that was introduced in 2010. This new version isn’t that different from the original, it still carries a lot of features you’d find in a typical mid-range phone. Specs…