Android Leftovers
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My Favorite Android Games of 2015
We already delivered our Favorite Apps for 2015, and now it is time for the games. Oh yes, the games. How far we have come over the past few years, seeing the release of major titles for mobile devices that were once the pinnacle of console gaming. For example, the Grand Theft Auto series is available on Google Play for virtually any Android device with enough storage to hold them, and that series was the biggest thing to hit consoles ever. Now, they are merely apps on our phones. Pretty mind blowing, if you ask me.
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Android N to ditch Oracle's proprietary Java APIs for OpenJDK
According to the commit in the Android code base, Google has been working on the switch since February of 2015, but Google's statement makes it official, and it looks like we'll see the fruit of the company's labors in the next major Android release.
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Google comes up with a new Android plan as its epic legal battle with Oracle continues
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Google Will Switch to OpenJDK in Android N
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Google Will Replace Oracle's Java APIs With OpenJDK In The Next Version Of Android
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Android N and beyond to ditch Oracle’s Java for open source version
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Google switches to open-source license for Java APIs in Android: will this limit Oracle's case to past damages?
It's too early to agree with those who believe it's a virtual settlement (except that damages for past infringement might still have to be determined in court). I do remember that Oracle's lawyers released a statement ahead of the 2012 trial in which they basically said that Google had two options for using Java in Android--a proprietary license or using it on open source terms with the obligation to contribute back to the open source community--but, by simply using Java without either kind of license, Google had committed copyright infringement. That was more than three-and-a-half years ago. Why wouldn't Google have taken this step long before, if such a seemingly simple solution to the legal problem as OpenJDK had existed all along?
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Bluboo Xfire 2, World’s First Triple-SIM Android Smartphone Priced At $69 And Bluboo XWatch To Release Early 2016
In early 2016, Bluboo will be releasing two new products. The Chinese firm is currently working on a new affordable smartphone with triple-SIM support as well as a new sports-centric smartwatch.
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Largest Computer Makers when Smartphones and Tablets are Included
So Sony drops out as it sold its Vaio business and the smartphone business has been struggling. New chart entrants Xiaomi and TCL from China are powered only by smartphone sales. Traditional PC giants, Dell and HP keep dropping down on the charts as they are not participating in the fastest growing side of the computer business, the smartphones. Lenovo held its ground in market share so of the top 3 its the only one able to keep pace with the computer industry growth rate and it obviously sells computers in all the sectors of the industry. Samsung and Apple gave up market share while holding their top rankings. The race in the midfield is very intense and close.
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HTC One E9, One E9+ Start Receiving December Android Security Update
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