Just Show Me: How to see recently used apps in Android 4.0 (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to find out what apps are running on your Android 4.0 …
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How’d they do it? NASA explains the Blue Marble photo (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - A few days ago, NASA published an incredibly detailed photo, dubbed Blue Marble, of the Earth's western hemisphere. Since then, the photo has generated over 3.1 million views on Flickr, making it one of the all-time most-viewed images on the photo-sharing site. So …
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Google tightens security in Android app store (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc has been quietly policing its online store for months now in an acknowledgement of malware's growing threat to its increasingly popular Android mobile software.
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Senate passes insider trading ban (AP)
AP - Sagging approval ratings brought Democrats and Republicans together Thursday, as the Senate passed a bill to explicitly prevent members of Congress, their top aides and administration officials from using non-public information for insider trading. New disclosure requirements will require public reports online within 30 days of buying and selling stock.
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Wisconsin woman accused of selling fake Facebook stock (Reuters)
Reuters - A Wisconsin woman has been charged with theft over accusations she tried to profit from Facebook's much-anticipated plans to go public by selling fake stock in the social media giant, a criminal complaint showed on Thursday.
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Facebook filing lifts Zynga, other recent IPOs (AP)
AP - Facebook's long-awaited IPO filing lifted the stocks of many Internet companies, including recent laggards Zynga and Groupon. But analysts said the halo effect may fade, because some companies basking in Facebook's glow just aren't as financially sound as the world's largest social network.
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Group seeks to save data on Megaupload servers (Reuters)
Reuters - The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Thursday asked federal prosecutors and lawyers for the Megaupload.com file-sharing service to allow users who uploaded material to retrieve it as long as it was not copyrighted material.
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'Like' Facebook stock? Experts weigh in on IPO (AP)
AP - Facebook's much-hyped initial public offering promises to be an exciting spectacle when the social media giant goes public this spring. But should you update your status to "shareholder"?
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How Wireless Carriers and Manufacturers Screw Up Android (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Google recently unveiled its new Android design guidelines, which are meant to help people develop apps for its open-source smartphone and tablet operating system. The guidelines work in tandem with Android Ice Cream Sandwich's visual overhaul, which was designed to "enchant" smartphone and tablet users in a way that Android's previous, bare-bones iterations, did not.
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Update for Google Docs app adds offline support, amps up tablet features (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Google has done an admirable job of providing web apps that lots of people use every day. Gmail is firmly ensconced as a leader in web-based email, Google Reader provides easy RSS feed access, and Google Docs allows users to create word processing documents in their browser windows and share them with other users.
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Gameloft has record quarter thanks to winning mobile game franchises (Appolicious)
Appolicious - Big-time mobile game maker Gameloft rode the uptick of sales of iPhones, iPads and other mobile devices to pull down its best sales quarter ever, according to a press release from the company.
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Steve Jobs brought back to life as an Android fan in Taiwanese ad (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - In the months following long-time Apple CEO Steve Jobs's untimely death, we've seen him resurrected in many forms. He's already been brought back in plastic and bronze, but we never thought we'd see him reborn as an Android supporter. Leave it to a Taiwanese tablet …
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The $23 Android Tablet You Can Buy in India (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - You can buy it in India if you're a student, that is. According to Jamie Yap of ZDNet Asia, the Aakash tablet is priced at 2,200 rupees, or 45 U.S. dollars, while students pay a special subsidized price thanks to a government contract. 25,000 students have already requested one from the University of Mumbai, and more than 1.4 million people have ordered the tablet so far, with three new factories being set up to meet the demand.
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New version of Showyou is a Flipboard for video (Appolicious)
Appolicious - While there is no shortage of video to consume online and via mobile devices - 60 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute! - finding clips and programs most relevant to you is challenging.
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Angelic "Steve Jobs" loves Android in Taiwan TV ad (Reuters)
Reuters - He may have derided Android devices in real life but in the afterlife Apple Inc founder Steve Jobs is glad he can use one -- or at least that's the story a Jobs look-alike tells in a recent TV commercial for a Taiwanese electronics company's new product.
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Man indicted on software copyright charge arrested (AP)
AP - Federal prosecutors say a former Baltimore man has been arrested in the U.S. after fleeing to Pakistan before he was indicted on a software copyright infringement charge.
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Facebook surrenders its privacy in IPO documents (AP)
AP - Facebook is baring its business soul.
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NASA Launches Facebook Game to Test Space Program Knowledge (Mashable)
Mashable - How much do you know about the NASA space program, Earthling?
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Facebook by the Numbers: Ready for Its First Public Offering? (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - The social networking giant Facebook might be extending its reach to raise $10 billion in its IPO -- which company spokespersons deny, but which The Wall Street Journal says might happen as early as next April. As it stands, Facebook, Inc. might be standing on a $100 billion valuation when it's all said and done.
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Cluzee is Android's latest answer to Siri (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - Android users with App envy may be interested in the latest Siri Contender from a startup named Tronton. The company launched Cluzee on Tuesday, labeled as a âtalking intelligent personal digital assistant,â and the app has began to create some buzz.
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