The latest Android Developer numbers are in and Android Jelly Bean continues to steadily makes its way onto more Android smartphones. It now accounts for 40.5 percent of devices that visited the Google Play store for the two week period ending on August 1st. This is up from 37.9 percent less than a month ago. Meanwhile, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the […]
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New screenshot of BlackBerry Messenger for Android
BlackBerry will finally open up BBM to other platforms by the end of the summer. Versions of BBM for both Android and iOS are expected later this summer. We now have a new screenshot of the Android app running on a Samsung Galaxy S III. It shows the login screen. According to BGR‘s source, the application “isn’t bad” and is […]
AndroidTO returns on October 17th
AndroidTO, billed as “Canada’s Premier Android Development Conference,” is coming back to Toronto on October 17th. The one day event will again cover everything Android with four tracks on tap: Developers, Designers, Mobile Business and new addition Gaming. AndroidTO exists because our community deserves a place to gather under one roof to chat about the latest technologies in the Android […]
Google now activating 1.5 million Android devices a day
Google this week announced its latest financial results with revenues for the quarter hitting US$14 billion. On the analyst call that followed, Google CEO Larry Page announced a couple of milestones for its Android mobile operating system. The company is now seeing 1.5 million Android device activations, up from 1.3 million last September. Total activations since the launch of Android […]
Google releases patch for Blue Security Android vulnerability
A security hole that allows nearly all Android applications to be turned into Trojan malware has been patched by Google. The vulnerability, identified by Bluebox Security, goes back as far as Android 1.6 and allows someone to change the contents of an application without changing its cryptographic signature. As a result, when the app is installed, Android cannot detect that […]
Android Jelly Bean finally on more devices than Gingerbread
Google has just updated its Android Platform Versions Dashboard and, lo and behold, Android Jelly Bean can finally be found on more devices than Gingerbread. Android 4.1.x and 4.2.x now make up 37.9 percent of all Android devices that visited the Google Play Store during the 14-day period that ended today. Gingerbread (Android 2.3.x) still accounts for 34.1 percent of […]
Google working on Android gaming console, smartwatch and more
Google’s hardware efforts are set to go beyond smartphones and tablets in the near future. Citing people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is looking to broaden its hardware portfolio to better compete against Apple and its own upcoming products. The Google hardware being developed includes a gaming console and a smartwatch as well as […]
Setting Up Multiple Accounts with the Outlook.com Android App
The Outlook.com Android app supports multiple accounts but it is certainly not intuitive how to go about setting them up. This short guide will walk you through how it can be done. Step 1: If the folder view is not open, open it by swiping the screen to the right. At this point, you should see the folder view panel […]