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Although voice to text applications have been on the market for some time, the technology is becoming more progressive at recognizing different annunciations. If you have ever experienced voice to text messaging with the result being less than accurate or understandable, newer applications are now programmed to understand your unique speech patterns much more clearly. The new VoiceToApps … [Read more...]
Android technology is built on Linux. In the last few years, Android deviated from the main Linux platform. In 2010, Android officially became a 'fork' of Linux, which has been the cause of much thought among Linux developers. Now Android and Linux are being reunited. This reunion is making life easier for developers, who will now have faster access to the latest developments in Linux. This will … [Read more...]
Jean-Baptiste Queru, also known as JBQ, is the person in charge of the Android Open Source Project. He usually creates the media commentary, declaring the latest updates, when it comes to Android technology. Often, the release dates stated in these commentaries are not met by companies. In relation to this, Queru claims that the time that lapses between the release of a source code and the … [Read more...]
Google came out with Android OS in response to the iOS and iPhone made by Apple. A lot of people thought that Google was too late in making their move, however, in a very short time, Android has become the most popular smartphone platform in US, UK and most other countries in the world. In fact, the growing demand of Android training classes and numerous apps available on the Android market … [Read more...]
Two major companies in the field of online security, Symantec and Lookout, are arguing whether a particular app is infecting more than 5 million Android phones. The fact that this app is available in the official Android marketplace is bothering these security experts. According to Symantec, a lot of publishers are pushing out an app called Android.Counterclank. Symantec believes that this app is … [Read more...]
More and more people own mobile phones and advertisers have gotten increasingly aggressive about tapping into the mobile phone market. If you have problems with ads showing up in your pulldown notification tray or some mysterious star, circle, or plus icon in the corner of your notification bar, you might have an app on your device that pushes ads. Ad networks collect information that … [Read more...]
According to a recent BGR.com report, only 27% of smartphone owners in the U.S. owns an iPhone, while 47% of them owned Android devices. The research also found that less than half the people researched their phones before purchase and their decision was mostly based on Google's reputation. This amounts to Android having almost twice the market share as compared to Google. The most popular brand … [Read more...]
The results of a recent survey conducted by the Yankee Group show that more than 70% of customers, who are planning on buying a smartphone in the first half of 2012, will buy a handset based on Google's Android software or an iPhone. With increase in the use of these software, the number of people enrolling for iOS and Android training courses is also increasing. Research by Yankee … [Read more...]
Last year was a year that saw a lot of changes in the world of programming languages. Mobile phones continued to emerge as a popular platform for programming, and when it came to applications and data use, the most popular platforms were cloud based. PCs and laptops got a lot more computing power though the multiple core processors and RAM, which also ended up affecting the programming languages … [Read more...]
Apart from Google's Android platform, Linux is not particularly known for much else. But that is about to change. With Linux powering a line of exciting gadgets, it could look forward to a flourishing 2012. IT professionals are grabbing this opportunity to work on the OS with the help of Linux training classes. Linux fans have a lot to look forward to this year with the unveiling of new products … [Read more...]
At the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) convention in Las Vegas last week, there was a discussion regarding the amount of smart phones on the market today. During the discussion, HTC and Samsung officials agreed there is a flood of smartphone choices on the market with little to distinguish some of them, other than OS changes and price variances, but they also argued that competition and demands … [Read more...]
The 2012 International CES Exhibit opened up it's doors in Las Vegas, Nevada yesterday and runs through January 13th. There are more than 3000 exhibitors displaying the newest, cutting edge products today including ultrabooks, voice and gesture based technologies, smartphones and OLED TVs. The exhibit is hosted by the Consumer Electronics Association. The Consumer Electronics … [Read more...]
The demand for Linux skills in the current job market is strong. The Linux Foundation, more recently, published data regarding Linux job trends, as reported in a PCworld.com news piece. This takes into account the job postings in the Jobs Board of Linux.com from September 1 to November 30. Based on this data, the group has pointed out some recruitment trends with respect to job type, skill areas … [Read more...]
Android Market is an on-line software store for Android devices. Most Androids are pre-installed with Android Market, but not all of them. Android Market allows users to browse and download apps published by third party developers and was consistently the top app for the 18 to 24, 25 to 34, and 35 to 44 age groups in 2011. Applications for Android run in a sandbox, an isolated area of … [Read more...]
Android, Inc. developed the Android operating system in 2003 and sold it to Google in 2005. The founders of Android, Inc. continued to work for Google on the Android operating system and in 2007, Google initiated the Open Handset Alliance for the purpose of advancing and promoting the Android technology for mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets. The Open Handset Alliance The Open … [Read more...]
Smartphones are rapidly overtaking lower end point and shoot cameras. The images on smart phones are catching up in quality, if they are 3-megapixel shooters, to lower end phones, so consumers do not feel a need to purchase both items. According to NPD's Retail Tracking Service, the point and shoot camera market fell 17 percent in units and 18 percent in dollars in 2011. The reason for the … [Read more...]
Apple has been the technology leader for quite some time now, but with out Steve Jobs, companies like Google, Amazon, Samsung and Microsoft are swiftly moving forward to catch up. Some of the new releases in 2012 are expected to rival and surpass that of Apple, thus making the pressure to remain number one a challenge. The iphone, MacBook Air and the iPad are all expected to get some stiff … [Read more...]
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