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Google used its Map-oriented event to announce that it will bring offline map access to Google Maps for Android. The demo showed how an Android owner could download the full map of London before travelling out into the city. The offline map access will provide street-detail coverage when a user is in an area without…
Today’s the big day! It’s June 6, 2012. Exactly six months ago from today, Google chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt made a wild prediction saying that six months in the future, developers would prefer creating Android apps over iOS development. Well, here we are. “Ultimately, application vendors are driven by volume, and volume is…
LinkedIn is having one hell of a Wednesday. First, the company faced scrutiny after it was learned that LinkedIn’s iOS application stores some calendar information in plain text on their servers. LinkedIn collects names, email addresses, and meeting notes from your calendar appointments. Of course, giving LinkedIn access to your calendar is completely optional, and…
Apple is sitting on a ton of cash, with nearly $100 billion in cash on hand. The tech industry has been looking to Apple to see just what it’d be doing with all that dough, and a report out of The Next Web gives us a good idea of one of Apple’s expenditures. The Next Web spoke with an…
The Samsung Galaxy S III is now available for pre-order at three of the five US carriers that are selling the phone. Verizon and Sprint offer both the 16GB and 32GB models, with pricing set at $199 for the 16GB model and $249 for the 32GB model (prices include a two-year customer agreement). AT&T is offering…
Samsung is joining the Linux Foundation as a Platinum member, which gives it a seat on the Foundation’s Board of Directors. At the same time, the Korean giant has the opportunity to participate with the kernel community and adopt open source best practices. Linux is not just about phones — though Android is a Linux-based…
Windows Phone Marketplace has reached an important milestone, surpassing 100,000 app submissions from 23,825 different publishers. Microsoft reached this important milestone faster than Google (Android Market / Google Play), but slower than Apple (AppStore). At the moment I’m writing this, some 313 apps are added every day, with 26,493 being added in the last three…
Think mophie’s juice pack is cool for getting you all that extra battery life? Think again – the company’s new product, juice pack PRO, comes with an even larger battery while at the same time making sure nothing (yes – nothing) happens to your beloved iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S. This powerful case boasts an…
Google is acquiring Meebo, which calls itself a “web platform for IM on any network or site” and which you may’ve used to keep up with your buddies from multiple IM networks while accessing Internet using some other (not your own) computer. Both companies have approved the transaction that is subject to customary closing conditions.…
My carrier contract is about to expire in a month or so and I’ll definitely use the opportunity to get the new phone with a new two-year contract. Two devices that top my list are the Samsung Galaxy S III and HTC One X, both rocking pretty similar specs. As an existing (and pretty satisfied)…