Category: Android
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Anti-Apple Publications Start Recognizing Apple’s Excellence
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the last few years, Business Insider has made a name for itself by finding a way to point out the negative implications of current technology news on Apple Inc. So, I was surprised to read Jay Yarrow’s post, It’s Pretty Clear That Apple Is Winning The War With Samsung, which discusses…
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Will the FAA Succeed in Banning Drone-Piloting Using First-Person View?
Reading Time: 2 minutesI had never read the website called Motherboard before, but I stumbled on to an article called The FAA Is Trying to Ban First-Person View Drone Flights and the information they provided about both the FAA’s attempts to regulate the use of drones, and the FAA’s apparent lack of authority to regulate…
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Watching the World Cup Online If You Are Outside of the United States
Reading Time: 2 minutesOperation Gadget is a U.S. website, and a lot of what we talk about is focused on the products and services that are available in the United States. But some of our readers are outside the United States and Canada. Therefore we try to present information relevant to international readers whenever possible.…
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Watching The World Cup On-Line Using WatchESPN or Univision Deportes
Reading Time: 2 minutesEarlier today, I talked about the hidden features of WatchESPN that benefit U.S. soccer fans who want to watch the 2014 World Cup. Since then, people have been asking me questions like “Yea, but who gets to see WatchESPN, and can I see it if I’m a cord cutter?” Some of my…
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U.S. Federal Trade Commission Sanctions Maker of an Extremely Popular Flashlight App for Android
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFast Company reports that an Android app called “Brightest Flashlight Free” has been found to collect location information and device identifiers for the phones on which the app is running, even if the user opted out of collection of that information. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleges in their press release…
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KitKat Release of Android Available on Only 1.1 Percent of Active Android Devices One Month After Its Release
Reading Time: 2 minutesEngadget reports that the KitKat version of Android, also known as Android 4.4 is only available on 1.1% of active Android devices, according to the Android Platform Versions Developer Dashboard. There are two aspect of this statistic that are interesting: The Chikita advertising network estimated that iOS 7 was available on 51%…