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By Technology Times Staff Reporter Lagos. November 5, 2012: Jobberman.com has announced the launch of the Google chrome extension plugged in to ease to access jobs in Nigeria and beyond without having to go to the job search website itself. Announcing this, the frontline job search site says that, “in a world that is [...]
New entrant Tablet PC maker, Websoft, expects new versions due out this July to deepen diffusion of Vantium in Nigeria, writes Bunmi Adeniyi Lagos. July 2, 2012. The booming market for Tablet computers opening a new era of mobility and convenience for mobile users has also unfolded a new era of competition among technology companies [...]
By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. May 23, 2012: Globacom Nigeria has launched a new App store for Android, Blackberry and Java supported mobile devices under a major bid by the Second National Operator (SNO) to explore new revenue stream in mobile content delivery. Globacom ventured into mobile content and application space in order to provide access [...]
By Olubunmi Adeniyi March 28, 2012: Google have announced that it has officially commenced the second phase of its annual ‘Google Summer of Code’ programme designed to encourage young developers Every year since 2005, Google has sponsored the Summer of Code program in which it offers paid internships to students who are willing to [...]
It’s safe to say we’ve all been in a situation where a few extra pairs of eyes could come in handy, and the folks at Google know just how that feels. In an effort to give people that backup when they need it, they’ve just pushed out a useful new update to the Google Docs Android app.
The Asus Transformer Prime was the great, grey hope for many Android lovers – until they realized that the bootloader was locked it was impossible to upgrade or install a new bit of firmware onto the device. Asus has finally relented, allowing folks to download an unlocked bootloader and install it over the “official” Asus bootloader.
Canonical’s Ubuntu TV, unveiled earlier this year, was the first in a series of announcements about “Ubuntu on devices”. The next device in Canonical’s multi-screen strategy for world domination is being unveiled next week at Mobile World Congress 2012, and it’s an Android-powered smartphone. It’s not entirely what you might think, though.
This is not an Ubuntu app running atop Android. Nor is it an all-Ubuntu device running an Android emulator. Rather, Ubuntu for Android is the full Ubuntu desktop running side-by-side with Android on a shared kernel that provides context appropriate access to all your content. When out and about, the phone operates as any other Android-powered phone; but when you slip the device into a dock connected to a monitor, keyboard and mouse you get the familiar Ubuntu desktop experience.
In the latest monthly report from app analytics firm Distimo, the company delved into the revenue generating possibilites for apps sold through both Google’s Android Market and the Amazon Appstore. Looking at the top 110 apps available in both marketplaces, Distimo found some surprising data: 42 of those top apps made more money on Amazon’s store than in the more widely available Android Market.
By most accounts there aren’t very many people out there in the world using PlayBooks, but for those that are, or are considering the purchase of one, comes some good news: RIM has finally updated the OS to include two services that have been long discussed and much anticipated: integrated email support and Android app availability.
The OS could serve to give the device a boost in the market, after many people slammed RIM for shipping the tablet too early when it debuted last year without these and other features.
Microsoft and Apple should hate one another right now. I mean, really hate each other. After decades of domination, Microsoft has watched their rival move from death’s door to become the most valuable company in the world — over $200 billion more valuable than Microsoft itself. And it was Microsoft who helped get Apple there, remember, with a timely cash infusion in 1997.
Steve Ballmer laughed off the iPhone, which eventually helped kill off Windows Mobile — and it’s now bigger than all of Microsoft’s businesses combined. And the company shrugged off the iPad, even as it established a category, tablets, which Microsoft itself had been trying to establish for years.
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