2012

Android Central 2012 Gift Guide: Simon’s holiday wish-list

December 20, 2012
Android Central

It's coming down to the wire for holiday shopping, but you still have time! If you're looking to buy a present for that special technophile in your life that seems to already have two of everything, I've got a few solid suggestions here. Over the last couple of months, I've been on a big home [...]

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Beautiful Christmas Wallpapers 2012

December 17, 2012

It has always been our (hongkiat.com’s) tradition to celebrate the joys of Christmas by showcasing beautiful Christmas-themed wallpapers. And can you blame us? Until now, we can still find really amazing Christmas wallpapers that we thought our readers would love. Perhaps there’s something in the colors, or the spirit of sharing and gift-giving, or our [...]

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Refresh Roundup: week of December 10th, 2012

December 17, 2012
Refresh Roundup week of December 10th, 2012

Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make [...]

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The week in international Android news – Dec. 16, 2012

December 16, 2012
Android Central

The holidays may be just around the corner, but the pace of news shows no sign of slowing. So here's another quick recap of the week's main Android events around the world. It's been a busy week packed with device launches on various UK  networks, app updates from Google and the BBC, as well as [...]

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Mozilla looks back at 2012, finds many of us choosing Do Not Track

December 16, 2012
Footprints in the sand

It’s been a time of reflection for search engine teams, so why not for web browsers? Mozilla has taken its own trip back through 2012 and found that a surprising number of us have embraced Do Not Track. About 8 percent of desktop users, and 19 percent of Android users, have adopted the feature as [...]

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Games top App Store revenue in 2012

December 16, 2012
iPhone iPad Gaming

Apple (AAPL) this week released its annual lists of the top free, paid and grossing iPhone and iPad apps of 2012. To no one’s surprise, a majority of the top grossing apps for the year were games. In fact, seven of the ten highest-grossing iPad apps were gaming apps, as were ten of the highest-grossing [...]

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Mobile Miscellany: week of December 10th, 2012

December 16, 2012
Mobile Miscellany week of December 10th, 2012

If you didn’t get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we’ve opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This past week, a company that you’re no doubt familiar with announced its departure from the smartphone business, a UK-based carrier put the Nexus 4 up for sale and Republic Wireless made good [...]

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Android Central 2012 Gift Guide: Richard’s holiday wish-list

December 15, 2012
Android Central

Nights are drawing in, the temperature is heading below zero, and my wallet is empty. It's the festive season alright, which means giving killer gifts to the nearest and dearest. Me, as long as I get Back to the Future on the TV and the annual Boxing Day soccer football match, I'm happy.  But, you want [...]

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Angry Birds beats Samsung in viral marketing as mobile interest surged in 2012

December 13, 2012
Samsung Viral Video

This past year has shown us how effective leading smartphone and mobile app companies have become at leveraging viral videos. In Ad Age’s top-10 viral videos list for 2012, Samsung (005930) and Rovio each hog two spots. The Angry Birds Space video racked up 109 million views and the Angry Birds Star Wars hit the 41 [...]

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