Today, there have been numerous stories on various Australian news sites about Apple blocking Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 for various patent infringements. Of course, the immediate effects for consumers is that they cannot buy the device within the country and businesses such as carriers and technology shops are unable to sell the …
Category: Android
Jul 27 2011
Apple Forces eBook Apps to Stop “In App” Purchases
Just a heads up for those of you using iPads and iPhones for eBook reading through apps such as the Kindle, Kobo and Nook apps. If you remember, Apple drew the ire from the user community for wanting to claim 30% of the revenue for in app purchases for media publications including newspaper subscriptions and …
Jun 20 2011
Use Google Docs on Your Android Device
Here’s a quick tip for Android users out there. This slipped under my radar but last month Google released an Android app to use with its Google Docs service. The layout is fairly simple and you can get at your documents with a simple tap or you can get at your starred documents in a …
Jun 19 2011
Google Music – An Unexpected Invitation
After I criticised Google for making it difficult for us folks outside of the USA to get into the beta of its new music streaming service I received an invitation to join the Google Music beta. I had also tried the client software on my phone which didn’t go very far even when I was …
Jun 15 2011
Restore Missing Toggles in MIUI for Android
On the weekend, I upgraded the version of MIUI on my Samsung Galaxy S to Version 6.13.1 from an earlier version and noticed that the fantastic toggle drawer had disappearing leaving something that closely resembled the standard Android drawer and toggles. New MIUI Default Toggle Screen For me, this was a bit of a …
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