More and more, Google decides to move away from their simplistic and minimalistic look. Some lucky people can now set a background for the google.com engine. You can either select and upload your own pictures or choose from the galleries “Public Gallery”, “Editor’s Picks” or your own Picasa Web Album. In the public gallery you […]
Continue Reading@HTC removes Desire Kernel Sources?
Hey @htc, where did the Desire kernel sources go? Just 9 days after releasing, you removed them? Why? Afraid of people simply creating a 2.2 ROM out of the Nexus One Vanilla Rom and your sources? I am pretty confident, Sense UI needs little change for Android 2.2 aka Froyo. In case anybody wants the […]
Continue ReadingAndroid Git gets Froyo
Update June 24th: Source code is now on source.android.com! Download and heck the hell out of it! Update May 24th: The full Android 2.2 (aka Froyo) source code is not yet in the git repository! It will take a couple more weeks before we see the full source code! Just did a `repo sync` and […]
Continue ReadingGoogle to buy Global IP Solutions from Norway
Google just informed that they are acquiring Norway based “Global IP Solutions” for close to 69 mio USD. What is Global IP Solutions? Global IP Solutions offers IP based communication services for Samsung, LG and other device manufacturers. So this buy is definitely for Android, Google Voice and other IP based communications tools from Google. […]
Continue ReadingFlash 10.1 with Google Chrome 5 Sucks!
Warning, this is a personal rant, without any technical background and contains pure personal opinions! Google recently distributed their browser Chrome with built-in Flash support. And ever since this has happened, not a single online web video on YouTube, Vimeo or any other website has worked correctly. Often after a few seconds the video stops […]
Continue ReadingCooliris Gallery3D Download for HTC Desire
Update June 24, 2010: The Gallery3D version from Android 2.2 is now running on 2.1. After I first wrote about the Gallery3D app from Cooliris running on HTC’s Desire Android phone I got a few request for offering a download of the application. I have now decided to offer you this download. To install, simply […]
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