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Rubin from Google denies tries to force anti-fragmentation

Published on: 13th April, 2011

Google’s vice president of Engineering and Android, Andy Rubin, vehemently denied claims related to his company’s fighting fragmentation in the mobile operating system. He stressed that Google did not believe in a universal solution and said that both tablet and phone designers were free to customize much of the operating system. Hardware partners considered quality [...]

Microsoft announces 11,500 WP7 applications, attacks iOS, Android and PlayBook

Published on: 4th April, 2011

The one-year anniversary of WP7 development details was accompanied by a Microsoft’s virulent attack on iOS, Android and BlackBerry PlayBook of RIM. Brandon Watson claimed Windows Phone 7 had reached about 11,500 active applications by concentrating on quality rather than quantity, while some of its rivals had been plodding. He criticized Google’s tolerance to almost [...]

Google’s Android in-app purchases ready to go live

Published on: 4th April, 2011

Google has recently followed up on a last-minute promise and started up public access to the Android In-app Billing. This system catches up to iOS and offers the possibility of buying books, game add-ons, as well as other content which had formerly been locked out. This can take the same payment methods as standard Android [...]

American Express unveils Serve mobile payments for Facebook, iOS and Android

Published on: 1st April, 2011

On March 28, 2011, American Express dipped into digital payments by revealing Serve. This new approach offers iOS and Android device, but also Facebook, a possibility to pay bills or friends with no need of having a conventional debit or credit card. This can be loaded up with debit or credit and works as well [...]

IDC claims that Android will lead until 2015 and Windows Phone will get past iPhone

Published on: 1st April, 2011

IDC has recently predicted that Android may keep its lead until 2015, but also that the Windows Phone will overtake Apple’s iPhone for second place. Android will most probably take 39.5 percent this year, but increase only slightly to hit 45.4 percent in 2015. Nokia’s Windows Phone switch may end up reversing its condition and [...]

Google to team with Citigroup and MasterCard in NFC trials

Published on: 1st April, 2011

Trials of Google’s NFC-based phone payments seem to go more and more tangible. A leak cited by the Wall Street Journal says that owners of debit or MasterCard credit cards at Citigroup would be allowed to make payments by simply swiping a Nexus S or any future Android 2.3 phone with NFC, in proximity of [...]

The final version of Firefox 4 to hit Android and triple Google’s browser speed

Published on: 31st March, 2011

Mozilla has recently posted the final variant of Firefox 4 for Android (free, Market), as well as for Nokia’s Maemo. This application uses much of the desktop engine and benefits from a JavaScript engine which guarantees to triple the speed of Google’s own stock browser. Multiple interface elements are borrowed from the desktop too (this [...]

HTC’s Thunderbolt to get Android 2.3 this spring

Published on: 28th March, 2011

An HTC representative has recently declared that the just shipping Thunderbolt will most probably get Android 2.3 this spring. While Carol, the representative, was telling John, a Droid-Life reader, about Bluetooth compatibility limits, she also added that HTC was eager to announce the refresh. However, she said that more details will be available closer to [...]

Google Music and Android in-app billing in tests

Published on: 28th March, 2011

According to tips, Google Music has finally passed internal tests. Google’s staff is using the streaming service for the web and Android for day-to-day tasks and this is usually a clear sign that it is almost complete. As CNET was told, a single vital component is still missing for the release, but it was not [...]

BlackBerry PlayBook to support Android applications

Published on: 28th March, 2011

Research in Motion has confirmed its support for Android applications on its BlackBerry PlayBook. There will be a Java engine on the seven-inch tablet, which not only will support legacy BlackBerry Java applications, but also those that are running Android 2.3. All the applications will work based on “players”. They also need to be repackaged [...]

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