Tuesday, June 30, 2015

YouTube Brings 60fps Video Streams To Its Android And iOS Apps

4481461680_845dd529ca_o Over the last few months, Google’s YouTube launched both 60fps video on the desktop and — later — for live video streams. Starting today, you can also watch the service’s smooth 60fps videos in its iOS and Android apps. Read More


Source: TechCrunch http://j.mp/1FP8HhS

Monday, June 29, 2015

Bits Blog: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal in Google-Oracle Copyright Fight

A years-long copyright fight between Google and Oracle will continue. At issue are the bits of code that help pieces of software work together, called Application Programming Interfaces.











Source: NYT > Technology http://j.mp/1C3kMFp

Shazam Takes On Apple Music Connect With New Social Features Aimed At Musicians And Their Fans

08_Shazam_Android_insitu_final Music discovery platform Shazam is today rolling out a new feature in partnership with over two dozen artists that will allow Shazam users to see which songs their favorite musicians are listening to on the service. The news comes just ahead of Apple Music’s worldwide debut tomorrow, which will introduce streaming music, radio and other features, including a social network… Read More


Source: TechCrunch http://j.mp/1JkxvDk

Apple Wants to Create a Way To Share Files With High Fives

Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2015 Will Launch On July 20

RTMannounce Microsoft today announced that Visual Studio 2015 (VS 2015), the latest version of the company’s integrated development environment, will launch on July 20. This latest version greatly emphasizes cross-platform development, with support for targeting Windows, iOS and Android, in part through its support for the Apache Cordova project and Xamarin’s app development platform. Read More


Source: TechCrunch http://j.mp/1Io6u38

Drippler Scores $4.5M Series A To Deliver Smartphone News And App Recommendations

Scenery-iPhone-6-131-6-3-15-15-152 Drippler, the iOS and Android app that delivers news about your smartphone and recommends new apps, has raised a $4.5 million Series A round. Read More


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This Is the Robotic Rig That Google Uses to Test Android Latency

Latency on your phone is annoying. But Google feels your pain—which is why it has this dedicated robotic rig, used to test out hardware and software in order to keep Android and Chrome OS devices zippy.

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Source: Gizmodo http://j.mp/1TZRbSN

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Today's Best Deals: UE Mini Boom, Free Android Apps, and a Lot More

Here are the best of today’s deals. Get every great deal every day on Kinja Deals, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a deal, join us on Kinja Gear to read about great products, and on Kinja Co-Op to help us find the best.

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Source: Gizmodo http://j.mp/1HhAcYy

Amazon's Giving Away Over $50 Worth of Android Apps and Games Today

Amazon just kicked off another of their popular app giveaways, featuring a number of popular (and a few obscure) apps for your Android device of choice.

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Source: Gizmodo http://j.mp/1LEKRKA

The Smaller, Cheaper, FLIR ONE Thermal Camera Now Works With Other Apps

Thermal cameras that can see a person’s body heat were once expensive tools that only police and the military used. But now they’re small and cheap enough to work alongside your smartphone. And FLIR’s latest model will make anyone feel like the Predator hunting its prey.

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Source: Gizmodo http://j.mp/1Kc487p

Now They’ve Gone And Stuck Android Onto A Graphing Calculator

nexus2cee_CIAONytUEAAMPnl_thumb Today in our ongoing series of people putting one thing into another thing, we present Android running on a Texas Instruments TI-Nspire CX, a robust graphing calculator popular with the pre-calc set. The calculator has about 100MB of storage and 64MB of RAM but has enough power to run Android 1.6 aka Donut. Obviously you’re not going to make very many calls using your graphic calculator… Read More


Source: TechCrunch http://j.mp/1CvmGJt