Google has announced tablets bundled with Android 4.2 on its blog. The new version is likely to bring a few feature enhancements along with under the hood improvements, details on which are expected to be revealed soon, once the source code is released for everyone.
Apple added Indian rupee along with 7 other currencies to be supported in its app store. This will allow iPhone developers and consumers to sell and purchase apps in their local currency.
A recent report by market research firm Gartner suggests that Android will dominate the computing space as the platform of choice among all manufacturers by 2016.
A hacker group called ‘The Three Musketeers’ have released the LV0 decryption keys to the firmware of PlayStation 3 which allows hackers to install a custom firmware and bypass security restrictions imposed by Sony. It’s also expected to make it easier for hackers to break into the online PlayStation Network.
Apple in a recent update to its Mac OS X operating system, removed the Java browser plugin altogether. It has now asked users to download the Java plugin directly from Oracle’s website, which puts the onus on the user and Oracle to keep the plugin updated.
Google has finally made an official announcement regarding the availability of Google Checkout in India which will allow Indian developers to sell paid apps.
In an effort to drive more developers to its mobile platform, Facebook released a new Android SDK with updated features and a dedicated Android Dev Center for developers on its platform.
Google reached the first milestone release of Dart which also marks a year of development into the language for web apps. It was announced around the same time last year as a technology preview. The current milestone release of Dart makes a number of improvements in performance and aims to generate more interest by showing off accompanying tools like the Dartium browser and code editor.
Google has made a public beta of its new Android developer console available. It features the ability to track statistics related to user ratings and an overhauled publishing workflow.
Samsung has now officially declared that it will no longer be focusing its efforts on developing the bada OS and it will eventually be merged with the upcoming Tizen OS.
