Google Seeking Better Accreditation

Qwerty

Google recently signed an agreement with the UK Government for the civil service to start using its apps.  However, there are questions, I believe, over security. Consequently, it’s been reported that Google is seeking higher security accreditation, which would give Google a better chance of getting a stronger foothold in Government departments. To date, the [...]

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RIM Clawing its Way Back

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It seems Research in Motion (RIM) the Canadian outfit who makes the BlackBerry smartphones is making something of a comeback.  Moreover, the company is doing it by offering free tablets. RIM appears to be employing a new marketing strategy that will come to an end on the 13th February.  Apparently every Android Apps developer that ports [...]

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How Much is Google’s Business Worth?

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From what I can gather, Google has never officially confirmed how much the company is worth, but I guess it is worth billions now. While the company has interests in many areas, one particular area, however, has recently interested one other company, namely Backupify.  The latter, who provides a Google Apps backup service, reckons that [...]

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RIM Offers Google App Developers a Deal

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Developers who work on Android apps have been asked to repackage applications for use on RIM’s updated PlayBook.  The latter is expected to be released later this month. I am not sure when this request was put out by Research in Motion but, the deadline is the 6th February, which seems rather short notice to [...]

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Display “Quirk” Helps Maintain Battery Power

Android

A researcher, I believe, has come up with a novel idea to maintain battery power on OLED and AMOLED smartphones.  With many smartphone Google Apps using up batteries so quickly these days, this could be welcomed by smartphone users. OLED is an acronym for organic light-emitting diodes and is (along with AMOLED screens) the fastest [...]

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What is Apple up To?

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That’s a question I believe is exercising the minds of some experts in the mobile gadgetry world.  It seems there is a rumour circulating that the company is organising some sort of “strange” event this month ahead of launching the iPad 3. The news seemingly came from an unknown source inside Apple.  He is reported [...]

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Teach Yourself is now an App

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Do you remember the Teach Yourself books you could buy from your local bookstore?  I do.  My favourite was languages. However, since the development of the computer and software, and more latterly the smartphone and tablet along with applications such as Google Apps, the use of books to find out things and even learn from [...]

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More Trouble for Android?

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Could the following news be more trouble for the embattled Android operating system?  It appears that malicious coding written into 13 Google Apps has infected up to five million smartphones so far. The news was reported by the well known anti-virus software company, Symantec.  They reported this information a few days ago, I understand, on [...]

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Kindle Fire Grabs a Third Share of App Usage

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In just three short months since the Kindle Fire was released, it has managed to grab about a third of the overall Android tablet usage activity.  This means in simple terms that Amazon’s Kindle Fire owners are the keenest on using Google Apps. The news comes from Flurry, a firm of digital analysts.  A spokesperson [...]

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Are Price Comparison Apps a Scourge for Shops?

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The growth in the number of Android Apps and other similar applications has become something of an annoyance for many shops in the USA. It seems that shoppers are using them to compare prices they find in a store with those online.  If they find it cheaper on the internet the shop could lose the [...]

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