Google Answers: Market Purchase Pin
I recently wrote about Android needing parental controls [specifically for purchases] and Google has answered with pin locking for purchases. Not that they did it because of my post but the things I’ve...
View ArticleHTC, I want a divorce!
[fair warning, this is a rant] Since Summer 2010 I have been rocking an HTC Evo after leaving my iPhone 4 upgrade with AT&T. I went with the Evo 4G and loved it, even bought my brother, wife, and...
View ArticleMost Ridiculous Article Award: Apple’s Relentless Push Forward
@daringfireball quoted this: At a time when most current Android devices — even the ones that will be sold over the holiday shopping season — wont ever have the option to install Android 4.0, Apple is...
View Article700,000+ per day
Andy Rubin on G+: There are now over 700,000 Android devices activated every day. Awesome news but who’s winning? Short answer: the device/OS that works best for you.
View ArticleGoogle, FIX THIS!!
What is “this”? Here is what I said on March 4, 2011 in my Where Android blows itself away, for me post: Why are manufacturers not releasing their updates within days or weeks of Google releasing their...
View Article3.7M
Andy Rubin on Google+: UPDATE: There were 3.7M Android activations on 12/24 and 12/25. Congrats team-android! Wow. Just…wow.
View ArticleGoogle Play Developer Console – Alpha Testing
I was impressed by the Google Play Developer Console announcements surrounding alpha/beta testing. At work and on other personal/contracting projects I use TestFlight. They just added Android support...
View ArticleFacebook goes all in on Play Beta Testing
Beginning today, the Android beta program will give users who opt-in access to the latest versions of Facebook for Android before the general release. Our goals with this program are to expand our...
View ArticleAndroid vs iOS: Product dev
I ran across this post by Audiobox through +Matias Duarte and enjoyed these nuggets: For reference, Google’s developer instructions for how to set up beta testing are ~350 words. Apple’s? 2800. That’s...
View ArticleThen there’s the truth
I’ve been through numerous debates on Android malware. The truth never fit the narrative spit out by, of all people, virus companies. Then today…the truth: Based on the data from tracking over one and...
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