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Apple vs Samsung: The $2 Billion Big Fight

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              Apple and Samsung have scores to settle with each other, with the 2012 lawsuit between them barely laying down the marker for the long-drawn tussle. At present, Apple has sued Samsung over the violation of five patents – and the latter has hit back with a couple of countersuits of its own. It’s the fight… Read More »

Google Nexus 5: Not Everything Is Right About It!

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              According to reports, the first batch of Nexus 5 (32 GB) phones was sold out within a week of its launch. Favorable reviews have also coupled with the mighty impressive sales numbers of this handset. However, it does have certain shortcomings – and we highlight them here. The initial sales figures of the Google Nexus… Read More »

Android Client SDK Errors: Do You Know What The Codes Mean?

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              Prior to testing, even highly experienced Android developers cannot be fully certain that their codes are error-free. If you have to work with the Android Client SDK, you should have a thorough idea of its error codes and the reasons why they are generated. With nearly 26 billion Android apps downloaded in all by the… Read More »

Working With JSON: A Beginner’s Guide

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              Since 2006, the popularity of JSON has steadily risen among programmers, data analysts, app developers (mobile and web) and other techies around the world. A preliminary overview of some key features of JSON has been presented here. When JSON services were launched in the final quarter of 2006, few people had envisaged that it would… Read More »

The ‘Tasty’ Code Names Of Android OS Versions: What You Need To Know

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              The name of which dessert will be chosen as the code name of Android 5.0? As debates and discussions on this topic heats up among techies, we take a look back at the previous versions of the Android mobile OS. All of them, of course, had ‘tasty’ code names! Eclair, Ice Cream Sandwich, Gingerbread, Cupcake…no,… Read More »

Samsung Galaxy S5 – The Features We Liked

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              Along with the Sony Experia Z2, the launch of the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy S5 was the most talked-about event at the Mobile World Congress this year (at Barcelona, Spain). Let us here take you through some of the best features of the new smartphone model from the house of Samsung. Putting an end to weeks… Read More »

Are You An Eclipse User? You Will Find These Tips Useful!

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              While there is hardly any need to reiterate the popularity of Eclipse among Android developers, not everyone manages to use the plug-in in an optimal manner. In the following discourse, readers will be acquainted with a few handy features of Eclipse that considerably ease the task of application development.   On average, over 65% of… Read More »

11 Useful Pointers To Get More Out Of Google Now

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              During the last year, both Google Now and Siri showed significant improvements in terms of command-recognition accuracy. In terms of reports, the improvements in the former have been higher than those in Apple’s virtual assistant. We here present a few guidelines to use Google Now in the best possible manner. Google Now, the highly-regarded virtual… Read More »

Android Kitkat – Know All Its Main Features

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              Since its release late last year on the Google Nexus 5, Android Kitkat has managed to garner a pretty respectable device distribution figure. The following discourse is focused to familiarize you with some salient features of the latest mobile OS version of Android.   Google Android has this strange tradition of naming all its versions… Read More »

Android Jelly Bean – Is It Always ‘Tasty’ Enough?

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Hussain Fakhruddin is the founder/CEO of Teknowledge mobile apps company. He heads a large team of app developers, and has overseen the creation of nearly 600 applications. Apart from app development, his interests include reading, traveling and online blogging.
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              With a device distribution share of nearly 60%, Jelly Bean is, undoubtedly, the most popular Android operating system platform. Jelly Bean is not entirely free of problems though, and we focus on some common user-complaints about the OS here.   Since its release in July 2012, the Jelly Bean has been widely hailed as the… Read More »