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Jan

23

2012

Developer Stephen Erickson Open-Sources BusyBox Installer App

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by Roy Alugbue
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      If you’re a developer, a fiddler or a hacker, chances are you’ve heard about or used BusyBox. If you’re a commoner and haven’t heard about it, BusyBox is one of the most imporant tools needed to harness the true potential of your Android device. Essentially, it’s something you install on your device which gives [...]

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Aug

22

2011

Patent protection advocate asks for help in the investigation of Apple and Microsoft’s purchase of the Nortel patents

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by Robert Nazarian
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A few weeks ago we reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) was going to investigate the pending sale of over 6,000 Nortel patents to a consortium led by Apple and Microsoft. If approved, the deal would be completed sometime during this quarter. Keith Bergelt, CEO of the Open Invention Network is asking for help. [...]

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May

26

2011

Miro 4 released – will sync tunes to your Android device – and it’s free

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by Jesse Bauer
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Similar to what Winamp can do for syncing your local tunage to your Android device, Miro 4 has launched, and is on a mission to take over your computers ability to sync music and video to your Android devices. Just looking at the interface is almost enough for me to want to use it over [...]

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May

9

2011

Sony Ericsson Wants To Show You How To Build A Linux Kernel And Flash It To Your Phone

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by Joe Sirianni
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The folks over at Sony Ericsson have released something a bit useful if you’ve been wondering lately how to build Linux Kernels for your phone.  Sony Ericsson’s Developer Blog has laid out a detailed process on how to build a new Linux kernel and flash it to your Android device.  We’ve pasted the info below [...]

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Mar

7

2011

Installing Ubuntu on your Motorola Xoom tablet

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by Jesse Bauer
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There’s a stigma in the mobile world that hackers prefer Android systems because the SDK’s and software is open, therefore allowing users to customize how they please. Some hardware manufacturers on the other hand may not be totally supportive when it comes to users installing their own custom ROMs and OSs, like Motorola for example. [...]

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Nov

10

2010

Study shows Android grew 628% year over year in 3rd quarter

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by Dustin Karnes
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We know that Android is big, huge even, but here’s the question: how big is big? According to a study done by Gartner, big – in terms of Android – is a 628% increase from Q3 2009, which is a number that has pushed Android to be the #2 OS for smartphones worldwide. Users gobbled [...]

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Oct

31

2010

Open source licensing a large factor in market and app store apps

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by Dustin Karnes
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In a study by OpenLogic, a software services vendor, open source components play a huge part in the development of mobile apps. According to the study, 88% of the apps available on the Android Market had at least one source component that was open source. The same study found that number to be lower in [...]

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Oct

14

2010

Notion Ink Adam gets “Eden” multitasking feature

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by Jesse Bauer
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The Notion Ink Adam seems to be getting some more attention according to the Notion Ink blog. They have been developing a new way for the Adam to multitask aside from the standard method with Android OS. The multitask feature to be installed on the Adam is called “Eden”, which fundamentally looks like they’ve taken [...]

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Sep

11

2010

Adobe demonstrates the power of Adobe Air

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by Tyler Cunningham
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While not falling entirely under the Android news category, it can definitely be filed under the awesome category.  To show off the power and flexibility of Air, Adobe has demonstrated the same application, powered by the exact same code, running on five different platforms.  The example used is a Reversi game, and is shown running on an [...]

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