Tag Archives: android
1DollarScan Scanning service Launches “Fine Tune” Technology for Ereaders.
Scanning service 1DollarScan takes your dusty old books, scans them and then converts them into PDFs that you can access on your mobile device. If that’s not helpful enough, the… Read more
Amazon turns on in-app purchasing for its Appstore apps
Amazon is turning on a key money-making tool for developers in its Appstore for Android, letting app makers offer in-app purchase through Amazon. The service, which has been in testing recently, allows… Read more
Bump Closes $16M Round By Moving Beyond Sharing Contact Info
Bump Technologies, the company that makes it super simple to exchange information, photos and music with other users by bumping phones, has announced that it has closed a $16 million… Read more
Android 2.4 “Ice Cream” Rumored to Be Coming This Summer
The Android rumor mills never do stop churning. Mere moments after the confirmation of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and the showcasing of Android 3.0 (Honeycomb, a new fork of the OS… Read more
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc: Ultra-Thin Android With a Powerful Camera
Among Sony’s many announcements yesterday at CES was an interesting new device from Sony Ericsson’s Xperia product line, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc. Now we have the full specifications: It’s… Read more
8 Gadgets to Watch in 2011
Perhaps thanks to CES, perhaps thanks to the handful of high profile announcements Apple has made over the years, January has become virtually synonymous with gadgets and new technology. It’s… Read more
Mac App Store, New Tablets & More: This Morning’s 3 Biggest Stories
Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes… Read more
Toshiba to Launch a 10.1-Inch Android Tablet
Toshiba will announce a new, yet unnamed 10.1-inch Android tablet this week at CES, Engadget reports. The device is not yet ready for production as it awaits the new version… Read more
Reading A Google eBook On My iPad
Earlier today, Google launched its eBook store with 3 million books, many of them free. I’ve been playing around with it on my iPad even though there is no iPad… Read more
Android 2.1 and 2.2 Now Reign Supreme Over Older Versions
Eighty-three percent of all Android devices now run either Android 2.1 and 2.2, according to the latest data from Android Developers. The remaining 17% is almost evenly spread between Android… Read more
