Monthly Archives: December 2010
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ChromeOS 12/29/2010
Chromium OS builds by Hexxeh tags: chromeos Get Chrome OS Linux RC & beta Download tags: chromeos Official Google Blog: Introducing the Google Chrome OS tags: chromeos Chromium OS – The Chromium Projects tags: chromeos Google Chrome OS – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia tags: chromeos Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are [...]
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More Payment Options in Android Market
[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty]
A key to a great purchasing experience is providing users with simple and fast payment methods. The Android Market team has been working hard to deliver more forms of payment t…
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It’s not “rooting”, it’s openness
[This post is by Nick Kralevich, an engineer on the Android Security Team. — Tim Bray]“Nexus S has been rooted, let the madness commence!” proclaims Engadget. “This is only possible because Android’s security is crap and it’s exploited easily…
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Android Browser User-Agent Issues
[This post is by Bart Sears, who manages the Android Browser team. —Tim Bray]This posting describes some issues when browsing websites with mobile variants using large-form-factor Android devices. This posting will be of interest both to OEMs (with…
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Analytics for Android Apps
[This post is by Alexander Lucas, an Android Developer Advocate bent on saving the world 5 minutes. —Tim Bray]With the addition of custom variables to the Mobile Analytics SDK for Android, it strikes me as a good time to cover something many of you …
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New Gingerbread API: StrictMode
[This post is by Brad Fitzpatrick, an Android Software Engineer who worries unreasonably about responsiveness. —Tim Bray]Back StoryOne great thing about Google is “20% time”: spending 20% of your time working on projects outside your main focus …
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Android Market Client Update
[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty]The Android Market engineering team has been hard at work on improving the Android Market experience for users and developers. Today, I’m pleased to announce a significant upda…
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Saving Data Safely
With the advent of Gingerbread, we’re going to be running a series of posts in this space about the aspects of Android 2.3 that developers should care about. One thing that developers should care about more than anything else is not losing data. Th…
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Android 2.3 Platform and Updated SDK Tools
Today we’re announcing a new version of the Android platform — Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It includes many new platform technologies and APIs to help developers create great apps. Some of the highlights include:Enhancements for game development: To …