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Chinese iPhones and iPads Won’t Include YouTube
May 7th
This is interesting. As discovered by Chinese blog M.I.C Gadget, it appears that Chinese iPhones and iPads will not include the YouTube App which is pre-loaded into all iOS devices in other countries. Chinese video site Youku is set to replace YouTube on Chinese iOS devices. Read More
Steve Jobs and Andy Rubin on Privacy
Apr 27th
Both Apple and Google are collecting your location is some way or the other. AllThingsD have posted a video compilation of Steve Jobs and Andy Rubin discussing privacy related to their mobile platforms. In the video, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and Android godfather Andy Rubin make privacy related statements that seem to somehow relate to the present location tracking issue. Read More
iOS Notifications Need to Be Improved, Here is Another Mockup
Apr 10th
Android is way better than iOS in terms of notifications. The way the OS notifies the user about anything is remarkable, and most people agree that the iOS notifications system needs to be revamped. Mock-ups and suggestions for the a better and much more unified notification system have been posted on certain websites, and here is another idea that sounds really neat. Read More
Amazon Kills Apple and Google Music Offerings With New Cloud Based Music Service
Mar 29th
Amazon has just revealed its new cloud based music streaming and storage service dubbed “Amazon Cloud Player” and “Amazon Cloud Drive” that will kill Apple and Google’s music services. The new service from Amazon allows users to store music in the cloud, and then stream it from the cloud using the Web or an Android device. iOS devices are not yet supported by the Cloud Player. Read More
Google Translate Comes to the iPhone
Feb 8th
Google is slowly porting most of its mobile services to the iPhone. Today, Google announced that Google Translate is now available in the App Store for the iPhone.
iPhone users can now use the completely free App to translate words from one language to another. They can also speak in a particular language and translate it to another language by using the microphone button in the App. Listening to your own translations is also possible in 23 different languages.
Google Brings Instant Previews to iOS
Jan 30th
Google Instant Previews, a feature that allows you to view screenshots of pages in the search engine results page itself is now available for iOS devices. If you have Instant Previews turned on, you could simply hover your mouse over a link and a screenshot of the desired page would appear on the right side.
Developers Choose to Use PayPal Instead of Apple and Google for In-App Purchases
Jan 25th
Appcelerator and IDC recently released their mobile developer report for the month of January and as pointed out by PayPal, the report points out that developers prefer PayPal to both Apple and Google as their preferred in app payment method.
iPhone 3G Running on Gingerbread (Android 2.3)
Jan 7th
While Gingerbread is still not available for most Android phones, hackers have managed to port Google’s latest update for Android to the iPhone 3G. In a video posted at Redmond Pie, a jailbroken iPhone 3G runs on Gingerbread. The hack is based on the iDroid project and so you can dual boot iOS and Android.
