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Mar

16

2012

Kainy Allows Users To Stream Gaming Content From PC To Phones Or Tablets Using WiFi, 3G Or 4G Connection

by Roy Alugbue
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We have yet another method to display PC content on our tablets everyone. After previously seeing an option for gaming on Tegra 3-based tablets, developer Jean-Sebastien Royer saw that option wasn’t enough and decided to do something different— in a better way of course— by developing the Kainy app for both tablets and smartphones. The app [...]

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Mar

15

2012

Google+ adds Google Doc Support in Hangouts

by Stacy Bruce
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One of the great features about Google+ is Hangouts. It’s a place where you and multiple friends, schoolmates or coworkers can gather online and gives you the ability to share a video chat between multiple people. Google just recently added a new feature that I am sure will make the productivity side of Hangouts much [...]

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Mar

15

2012

Ambitious Developer Designs ICS-Based Live Wallpapers Ready For Users

by Roy Alugbue
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Let’s face it: some live wallpapers are awesome, but then other wallpapers are generic and not-so-awesome. That’s why a creative individual created some snazzy new ICS-based live wallpapers based off the AOSP PhaseBeam Live Wallpaper & its modified version called GummyBeam by kejar31. The new live wallpapers as you can see have a sweet theme and give some needed oomph to [...]

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Mar

15

2012

Mika Mobile Update: Why They Really Quit Android

by Ed Caggiani
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  A few days ago, we reported about how developer Mika Mobile decided to abandon Android because the cost of Android game development was higher than the profits they were making. Since Mika Mobile blogged about leaving Android, their decision was widely reported as a failing of the Android ecosystem and how making money as an [...]

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Mar

14

2012

Turn Your Galaxy Nexus Into a Mini Tablet

by Stacy Bruce
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Want to make your Galaxy Nexus screen appear even bigger than it already is? Then you need to check out this awesome mod created by Rootz Wiki member CurrentWeb. What he has done is create a flashable .zip file that will trick your ROM into thinking your GNex is actually a tablet. This means that [...]

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Mar

14

2012

Sony Engineer Explains the Xperia Sola’s ‘Floating Touch’ Display

by Stacy Bruce
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Yesterday Sony unveiled their Xperia Sola handset and it’s new an innovative “floating Touch” display feature. Essentially this means the Sola’s screen can be activated without actually touching the display. Pretty cool, right? Well if you’re anything like me then you are wondering what Sony did to create this technology and how the hell it [...]

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Mar

14

2012

HTC Updates List Of Devices Getting Ice Cream Sandwich, Thunderbolt & Incredible 2 Smartphones Make The Cut

by Roy Alugbue
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  HTC is doing its best to make owners of its smartphones happy, so it’s provided an updated list of devices that will receive the Ice Cream Sandwich update. In addition to previously announced devices such as the Rezound, Vivid and EVO 3D getting Android 4.0 and an updated version of the Sense UI, HTC [...]

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Mar

14

2012

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Receives New Software Update, Likely To Fix Various Bugs

by Roy Alugbue
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Well it looks like ASUS is right on cue as always. After previously releasing the coveted ICS update for the original Transformer tablet, the manufacturer realized the update was prematurely released, encountered numerous bugs like random reboots and had since promised it was working on a fix that would be released soon. Well soon is here folks [...]

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Mar

14

2012

AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note now working on T-Mobile thanks to modem hack

by Robert Nazarian
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While the Samsung Galaxy Note finally made it to the U.S. a few weeks ago, unfortunately it was an exclusive to AT&T and left T-Mobile customers in the dark. There has been some development to get the AT&T version up and running on Magenta, but constant freezing didn’t get anyone excited. Well XDA user tomin.fhl [...]

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