A new type of wave is coming. Not a wave from the deep blue or one from your friendly neighbors, rather a wave that is going to revolutionize the way that we communicate through the inter webs. This new wave form is powerful enough to destroy the former rule of email as the main source [...]
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Google Wave: A Comprehensive Overview
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HTC to crank out at least two more Android handsets this year
Amongst the iPhone 3.0 craze today, news hit the web regarding a claim that Android is planning on releasing at least two more Android handsets this year, on top of their HTC Magic and slew of Windows Mobile running devices. The word came via HTC CEO Peter Chou, who is quoted as saying “HTC will [...]
Google Releases New Chrome Beta
Just today Google re-entered the world of betas by releasing yet another beta version of Chrome, Google’s first attempt at a web browser. Although the beta tag was removed from Chrome in December of 2008, Google decided to supply users with three different versions. The first is the stable version, which has minimal bugs, if [...]
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Android ‘cupcake’ update coming; G1 owners get some new fancy features
The rumored ‘cupcake’ update for G1 owners has been a long time coming; however, it seems that April will be the month for release. Various sources, including Pocket Lint are reporting that T-Mobile reps are blurting the news that cupcake will be available next month. With the main feature of cupcake being an onscreen keyboard, [...]
Andriod To Kill Microsoft?
Calvin Huang, an analyst at Daiwa Securities, has said that “Android is poised to kill Microsoft on several fronts” in a recent interview with ZDnet Asia. The first front that Huang speaks of is the netbook. Not too long ago, the Google backed, Linux-based Android operating system was ported onto an Asus Eee Netbook. After [...]
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New Google App Status Dashboard hopes to shut complainers up
After Gmail outages caused an uncalled for uproar over the web earlier this week, Google has decided to post the statuses of all their apps for everyone to see at all times. In this way, they are most likely trying to minimize complaints and keep their users aware of what is going on with their [...]
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First look at the Android “Cupcake” build; keyboard not so hot [Video]
The Android Blog offered us a first hand look at “cupcake” (code for an Android build) to be released most likely in the upcoming months. While the build changed some UI features, the most prominent integration to the G1 in this case, would be the full touch QWERTY keyboard. While the idea is nice for [...]
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The good and bad of the Android Market
While Android is completely open source, that doesn’t mean they’ve taken a bite out of Apple and borrowed some ideas. The Android blog posted a few policy terms on the Android app store.
1. Returns possible within the first 24 hours of purchase
This is a pretty awesome feature and one that Apple [...]
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Hands on with the HTC “G2″ Magic [Video]
Courtesy to Gizmodo for sharing their first hands on with us. Overall, the HTC Magic looks like a gorgeous device; inside and out. In this demo, the Gizmodo team gave us a tour of the keyboard and camera features. In terms of first impressions, I would still say that the keyboard software seems a little [...]
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