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General Assembly And Google Team Up To Crank Out An Army Of Android Developers
Education startup General Assembly, hot off raising a monster $70M round of funding, has partnered with Google to offer an immersive course on Android development. It’s 12 weeks, full-time and will start being offered next year in NYC (January) and San Francisco (February), expanding to other campuses as the year goes on. The cost for students? $13,500, which can be financed. This is… Read More
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For The Next 24 Hours, Google’s Letting You Skip The Line For Project Fi
Google’s all excited about the official launch of its flagship Nexus devices. We’ve reviewed the 5X and 6P and since they’re both unlocked, you get to choose your carrier.
One option? Project Fi. It’s been closed off to the world up until now, but the team is opening the gates just for the rest of the day:
The #Nexus5X ships today–so Project Fi is giving out… Read More
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How Attackers Could Send Your Smartphone To An Early Grave
A rare genetic disorder called progeria that causes symptoms of old age to manifest in the young has been popularized in books and movies such as Jack, a film that featured Robin Williams as a boy who aged four times faster than normal, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, based on a story said to be inspired by the disorder. Researchers at NYU have published a paper showing how to… Read More
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Nexus 6P Review: This Is The Android Device That You’ve Been Waiting For
Sundar Pichai made his first public presentation as Google’s CEO last month and showed off a slew of new hardware devices. One of the two phones announced was the Nexus 6P by Huawei. For the flagship Nexus phones, is bigger necessarily better? Let’s find out. Google Is Unveiling ‘New Treats’ — Like Its Next Nexus Device — On September 29th
Good things are coming this month, and I don’t just mean our Disrupt San Francisco event. That’s because Google just pulled the trigger on invites to a press event later this month which could see it unveil its next Nexus device, among other things. The Pod Pro Will Keep Both Your Apple Watch And iPhone Charged
Since Apple wants us to put their hardware all over our body, it’s becoming harder and harder to remember to charge everything. The number one reason that I don’t wear my Apple Watch is that the battery is dead. Have no fear, third-party device creators are here. Nomad has announced its battery pack called “Pod Pro” that supports charging for the Apple Watch and iPhone,… Read More
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Apple And Cisco Ink Nebulous Enterprise Partnership
Apple playing nicely with enterprise companies is a sight for sore eyes. The edict that Microsoft has enterprise on lockdown is dissipating. Huge enterprise player Cisco and Apple announced a “Fast Lane” for iOS enterprise users, which promises a more streamlined and optimized experience for those enterprise customers using Cisco networks and products. There aren’t a lot… Read More
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Apple Loses ‘Swipe To Unlock’ Patent In German Court
Apple has lost a challenge in the German court system that sought to overturn an earlier ruling, which voided its patent for ‘swipe to unlock’ in Europe. The patent (EP1964022) was granted back in 2010 and was used to win an injunction against Motorola smartphones (back when Moto was owned by Google) in 2012. Motorola has since appealed the injunction, with a decision dependent… Read More
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Slower Smartphone Growth Expected In 2015 As China’s Market Matures
Analysts at IDC have lowered their projections about how much they expect the smartphone market to grow in 2015. Earlier this year, IDC said shipments would grow at 11.3 percent year-over-year, but today’s report says that figure is being revised to just 10.4 percent growth instead. Both numbers represent a dramatic drop from the 27.5 percent growth the market saw in 2014, the firm… Read More
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Cyanogen OS Lands On Two New Smartphones, Targeting EMEA
The Cyanogen flavor of open Android, which is pushing a more customizable version of Google’s mobile OS — helped along by some $115 million in funding in its coffers, including an $80 million round back in March — has landed on two new smartphones heading for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Read More
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