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Why Apple should implement a 24 hour return policy for all iPhone apps
One of the more interesting facts surrounding Google’s Android Market Place is that there will be a 24 hour return policy for all paid applications. Users who aren’t satisfied with their purchase can opt to return it for a full refund within 24 hours of the time of purchase. This type of policy stands to […]
Continue reading...New Plugin from Google lets you Stream Hulu and Netflix videos with Frontrow
Monday, February 16, 2009
A new plugin from Google allows Frontrow users to stream Hulu and Netflix videos straight to their computer. The plugin is called ‘Understudy’ and is hosted over at Google Code. Once the plugin is installed, users can select from a number of feeds to add to their Frontrow page. For example, you can add a […]
Continue reading...Apple asked Google not to use multi-touch in Android
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Citing a developer who supposedly worked on Android, VentureBeat is reporting that Apple asked Google not to implement multi-touch technology in its Android mobile OS, and that Google, obviously, complied. The implementation of multi-touch on the iPhone gives it a key advantage over competing phones such as the G1 and the BlackBerry Storm, and it raises the […]
Continue reading...Google e-books come to the iPhone, Kindle App on the horizon?
Saturday, February 7, 2009
As part of its initiative and lofty goal to scan every book ever made into electronic form, Google began by scanning in 1.5 million public domain books and making them available for download for PC users. Now, Google is taking that a step further as it recently announced that those same books will now be […]
Continue reading...iPhone outsells G1 Android by 6 to 1
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
According to a report from Morgan Stanley, the Android powered G1 phone from T-Mobile sold around 300,000 units this past quarter, about 1/6 of the number of iPhones that were sold. The figures, however, are somewhat misleading. For starters, the G1 didn’t come out until October, and more than that, the phone was tied to […]
Continue reading...The problem with developing for Google’s Android
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
From tkcodesharing: So the problem is that as it seems, we will have a lot of different devices, with different configurations. Some will have touch interfaces, some will not, some will have a D-PAD, some will have trackballs, some will have acceleration sensors and so on… That increases the amount of time and resources a […]
Continue reading...Survey: Steve Jobs has second highest approval rating for CEO’s
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Glassdoor.com is a website that lets employees anonymously complain about or lavish praise upon their company and C.E.O, and in its most recent survey for 2008, the site found that Steve Jobs had a 90% approval rating as the C.E.O of Apple, coming in second place behind Arthur D. Levinson, the C.E.O of a biotech […]
Continue reading...Apple, Microsoft, and Google sued over File Preview
Thursday, December 25, 2008
If you’re gonna go, go strong. That appears to be the strategy of Cygnus Systems, an Arizona company who on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Apple, Microsoft, and Google. A trifecta of sorts. The lawsuit alleges that the above-named companies all have products that implement a file preview feature, which allows users to preview the […]
Continue reading...Breaking down the competing App Stores: Google vs. Apple vs. Palm
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Wired has an informative article that breaks down each of the various app stores used by Apple, Android, and Palm. One point that struck a chord was that it seems that Google, in their zeal to make the Android marketplace as open as possible, has instead created a free-for-all type of system that developers and […]
Continue reading...Internet Explorer share hits historic lows as Firefox gains ground
Monday, December 1, 2008
Electronista reports that Mac webshare hit 8.9% last month, while Firefox saw its share of the browser market top 20% for the first time in history. Internet Explorer’s share of the browser market dipped below 70%, a significant fall considering that at one point it had over 95% of the market. Internet Explorer has increasingly been […]
Continue reading...Google Voice App uses private iPhone API’s.. But how?
Thursday, November 20, 2008
John Gruber over at Daring Fireball has an interesting article about how the new Google app uses an API function call that is otherwise prohibited for developers to use. The feature in question is the ability to initiate a voice command simply by lifting the phone up to your face via the proximity sensor. “The […]
Continue reading...Google Voice App now available
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
After a scheduled release on Friday didn’t go down as planned, the conspiracy theorists were out in full force describing how Apple screwed over Google. In any event, the Google Mobile App is now available as a free download from the iTunes store. Gizmodo has some first impressions of the app that you can check […]
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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