Archive for January, 2009

Access Android Market from WEB

It seems that the guys at cyrket.com succeded to figure out how to tap to the feeds that are served for the official “Android Market” application. The result is that you can see (almost) all the information and options you could otherwise see on the device itself using the market. The only problem I can [...]

Android phones get its first copycats

If “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”, then it definitly means that Android already have it fans. First copycats start to surface that imitate Android look and feel, but do not actually run the Android operating system. Which immediately raises the question, why go into such trouble to poorly simulate Android when it is [...]

Boot Your PC from Android

An interesting hack was spotted, which is actualy very simple and explains how to use your Android’s SD card and USB capabilities to turn you device into bootable thumb drive. Nothing breaking new here, since booting from thumb drives was possible long ago, but it is certainly a nice usage idea if you got a [...]

More GEO Precision to Android from SkyhookWireless

SkyhookWireless has released their GEO locating library for Android platform. Now Android phones can easily benefit from the service as well. The positioning is done using several GEO aware components, and by combining them, skyhook can deliver more accurate location. There are many useful GEO aware services already available to the mobile users or in [...]

Mobile Startups are Blooming in Boston

It looks like if you got a cool idea in the mobile space – Boston is THE place to be. Mobile Monda Boston reports that the investments for mobile startups have been climbing up in the Boston area despite the limping economy. “Investors put $565 million into local companies focused on mobile and wireless technologies [...]