Although an alpha build of Fennec was available for download for Android 2.0+ devices since a few months, it wasn’t really the most stable pieces of software. Today, Mozilla have officially released the alpha version of Fennec for Android 2.0+ and Nokia N900. It features much of the features that we’ve come to love in the desktop version of Firefox. It’s loaded with features such as awesome bar, Firefox Sync, Add-ons support and much more.
YouTube Gets a New Section for Movies, Contains 400+ Full Length Movies
Send Links from Google Chrome to iPhone with this Free Extension
Google provided a very useful functionality in Android through the Chrome to Phone extension for Android phones which lets you send links, text, phone numbers or map locations to your phone directly from your browser. An alternative extension is now available called Google Chrome to iPhone which lets you send web pages without even having to buy or install an app on your iPhone.
Nexus One Developer Phone is Out of Stock
In mid July, Google announced that they will not sell Nexus One on their Web Store just after the finish of their current stock. Then just after a few days, Nexus One was no longer available from the online store but Google still had some phones for their official developers. Nexus One was available as an official developer phone since the early part of this month. And now Android Developers Blog reports that Nexus One is out of stock even for developers. Developers rushed out to buy the unlocked Nexus One and now they are out of stock.
Final Version of Adobe Flash 10.1 for Nexus One Available for Download
The final version of Flash Player 10.1 for Android 2.2 is now available for download, although for Nexus One owners only. The update weighs in at just 5MB. It’s available in the Android Market, so if you weren’t already using the Beta, it’s time to stop being lazy and download it just to one up your iPhone buddies. Yeah right.
Oracle to file lawsuit against Google for Patent and Copyright-infringement
Oracle, a company known for its databases software and management software Primavera, is filing a lawsuit against Google after they violated several patent and copyright infringement. Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in the year 2009 which makes them the owner of Java computer programming language. The company plans to sue Google for using its technologies in Android.
Girl scared the hell out of everyone by pretending to be dead on Google Street view
Nine year old girl Azura dropped down the street pretending to be dead in order to frighten her friends. The girl had no idea that her prank would be captured by a passing Google Street View van. Well, her prank scared the hell out of every one who noticed her on the street view.
Apple is the Seventh Largest Mobile Manufacturer but Android OS Surges Past iOS
According to a recent report by research firm Gartner, worldwide sales of mobiles devices have increased by about 13.8 percent from the same period in 2009 and the sales of smartphones have gotten a boost of 50% as compared to the second quarter of 2009. In last quarter, Apple was in seventh place in mobile phones manufacturers and in this quarter Apple is still at the same position although their sales have gotten some boost with the launch of iPhone 4. Apple is catching up to Motorola as Apple has a share of 2.7% as compared to 2.8% of Motorola.
Official Netflix app coming soon to Android according to Job Listing
Electronista has gotten word from a Netflix employee that the company is hiring Android developers to create an app that would let users watch streaming movies on the go. Netflix app is already available for iPad and will be coming soon to iPhone as well. The source also said, “With the way Android is blowing up it would be stupid of us to ignore that”.
PlaceTrack is a silent background updater for Google latitude on jailbreak iPhone
Google Latitude is a location based service for Smartphones which lets you share your location as well as see where your friends are.Weirdly, Google hasn’t bothered updating their iPhone app with support for Google latitude updating in the background. This issue with no background updating got a lot of hype back in the days as Apple’s iOS didn’t have support for multitasking back then. For all you location addicts, there’s a solution called PlaceTrack available now for jailbroken iPhones. It lets you keep your Google Latitude location up to date without having to open the app. It also lets you stalk your friends on Google Latitude.