Episode 50 – 110010+

By | July 6, 2011
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Image by Kai Hendry via Flickr

In Episode 50, we talk about Plus…from far…an interview with the Spin Doctor of StockSpinoffs.com, and more…

Show Notes

  • Google Launches +, their social networking platform. More on this when we get an invite, but it looks good so far…
  • Followup…uploading 20GB of music to Moozone
  • Platform News
    • 40GB of data that costs the same as a house…the insane cost of overrage charges. The EU is set to impose new caps on mobile roaming.
    • Android could reach 1 million daily activations in 2011, by Androinica’s calculations
    • Google pulls access from Taiwan after they find Android Market refund window unlawful
    • Android web Market now showing User Rating Details
    • Android phones suffer highest Hardware Failure Rate, 14%, compared to 9% Windows Phone 7, 8% to iPhone, 3.7% for Blackberry.
  • Apps News
    • CoPilot Introduces CoPilot Live version 9. This week, the apps are being offered for 40-66% off.
    • GateGuru for Android released. A long popular app for iPhone, GateGuru provides comprehensive airport information, including services, maps, checkpoint wait times, etc.  (Market Link)
    • Skype 2.0 released with two-way video calling support. (Market Link)
    • Opera Mobile 11 browser released.
    • Obscuracam detects, blurs faces, and strips metadata from photos. (Market Link)
    • Uloops Studio, music studio for Android (Market Link for lite version)
    • Miriam-Webster Dictionary App hits market (Market Link)
    • Transdroid, popular torrent download manager for Android, pulled from market.
    • CSI Virtual Mastercard app is scheduled to launch in July.
    • UberMusic Beta, a new music player from the creator of LauncherPro is now in beta.
  • Deveoper’s Corner

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