After I switched from the iPhone 4 to a Galaxy Nexus with Android ICS 4.0.2 about two weeks ago (with all the trimmings, the iPhone was at home with a dead battery and no SIM card) and ...
Continue readingAndroid x86: Intel shows first Atom smartphone
Android on x86 processors has been a niche product so far, but this is about to change: Intel is showing a smartphone at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas that runs Android with an Atom Z2460 processor. The smartphone operating system was developed for ...
Continue readingCar mounts for Samsung Galaxy Nexus (i9250)
Actually, this blog entry should already be about navigation. Only: the right mount is still missing, because too far in the car inner has the GPS reception simply no longer sufficient. So: a suitable mount is needed. Since ...
Continue readingSamsung Galaxy Nexus with "ICS" 4.0.2 - impression of an iPhone 4 user
I have to admit that Android has always put me off a bit. Too few apps, no consistent user interface and a horrible update policy. Then I got my hands on a relatively inexpensive Samsung Galaxy Nexus, ...
Continue readingSamsung brings Android 4.0 ICS to tablets - in 2012
Samsung has announced that it will release Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" (ICS) for the current Galaxy Tab 10.1, 8.9, 7.7 and 7.0 tablets next year, according to Golem.de. The original Galaxy Tab (without number) seems to be ...
Continue readingNginx: Activate GZIP
To speed up the data transfer and minimize the data transfer GZIP should be enabled for JavaScript, CSS and HTML files. By default Gzip is not enabled for all relevant mimetypes, so this should be done in nginx.conf.
Continue readingGoogle with Majel against Apple's Siri
Apple has launched a functioning voice control with text recognition with Siri, which naturally motivates Google to create a similar product. However, Google's variant is supposed to be reminiscent of the computer from Starship Enterprise - hence ...
Continue readingHP might bring WebOS devices again
HP is apparently changing course frequently with regard to WebOS at the moment: now there are to be WebOS tablets again after all; smartphones are ruled out, however, after the change of course this year, the network operators' confidence in ...
Continue readingAmazon with 3rd Cybermonday this year
Apparently, Amazon has full stocks this year: next Monday, Dec. 12, for the third time this year, there will be "Cybermonday," where selected products will be offered at a lower price for a limited time (two hours) ...
Continue readingHot 2-click sharing solution here on the blog
Since Facebook, Google+ and Twitter also transmit data if the button is not clicked at all, these services are now integrated via a 2-click solution, which was originally devised by Heise.de. According to data protection experts, this integration is ...
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