Google’s statement on Facebook’s introduction of “Home” was short and sweet, but very telling, so let’s dissect it a little bit. As we noted earlier, Facebook went with Android first because of its flexibility. Basically it’s easy to customize.
Other platforms, not so much.
Well here’s a novel twist to the openness of the Android platform. There’s a new game system called Ouya that’s gotten the attention of many Android fanatics and gamers. The special characteristic about the game system is the fact that the console is completely hackable— as in ready to be tinkered with.
Colpito dal fuoco incrociato dei brevetti di Microsoft e Apple, Android riceve anche un’accusa molto dura: è il progetto open source meno aperto di tutti.
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GNU/Linux
Distributions
Devices/Embedded
Free Software/Open Source
Leftovers
Clip of the Day
GNU/Linux
Audiocasts/Shows
Linux Audio Blog #3
Some additional comments about operating systems with some more detail including MMUs, Amigas, old computer hardware and where computing is going, 16 minutes duration.
Google
Google Chrome OS: unlike Android, it’s open source
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Maluuba, a service many have lovingly dubbed the “Siri for Android,” is migrating to a brand new platform.
FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, it’s a free software, dedicated for lossless audio compression.
ALAC is a proprietary codec for lossless compression – called as Apple Lossless Audio Codec. So, if you’re looking for a FLAC or ALAC player for android devices such as your Samsung or Google Android phone (or tablet, whatever you’re using, it doesn’t matter) th
“We’ve always been shameless about stealing great ideas.”
–Steve Jobs, Apple
Summary: A quick walk-through covering Apple news as it relates to Free software and to Android (Linux-based)
YESTERDAY we wrote about Apple's latest attack on Android, where Steve Job was claiming that it is not open (whatever he meant by open).
“The first t
“Quote Of The Day”, it’s a simple android app, full of awesome quotes (currently number of quotes is not very high – only hundred – but I’ll update that soon) and it’s Free too. Few days ago, I suddenly got interested in ‘creating some cool apps for Android‘ and now it seams like I’ve started.
We just heard about China finally approving Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility, but now we learn that in order to get China’s approval, Google had to promise to keep Android open and free for anyone to use for at least the next five years.
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