Developers are noting the crackdown Instagram is taking to its API usage while parent company Facebook is walking towards the spotlight in DC.
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At least, not suck entirely. We saw dynamic range adjustments improve the whole of the picture we Insta'd with the latest Android 8.1 developer preview.
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Amazon claims Google pulled YouTube off the Echo speaker with a screen without cause while Google says there's definitely cause to be seen.
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Gundotra, once leading social relations for Android, says that Android's software platform keep photo capabilities behind iOS.
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Some Android manufacturers and custom ROM makers bodged battery level readings into their interfaces — some more crudely than others.
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Android app developers are being urged to work on their products and implement new APIs in time for Android O's final launch in mere months.
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Android Nougat is out, but some major features like the Nexus Launcher, Google Assistant and more are expected in a Maintenance Release this fall. Google’s inviting developers to continue submitting issue tickets as they find and re-tread bugs so that it can fix them up in time for a supposed developer preview for MR1.Well, turns ...
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Contrary to what he was looking for, it seems that Dave Burke has lived to see Android Namey McNameface come to life.It comes as part of the Easter egg to Android N Developer Preview 4, which includes the final APIs for N (set number 24) for app developers to begin compiling and publishing or updating their apps. Devs can now also get out alpha/beta/production-grade apps set on API 24 onto Google Play.The images are ...
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What’s said to be billions of dollars will not go to Oracle because of today’s federal jury ruling.All ten members of the panel agreed that Google’s appropriation of 37 Java APIs in its development of Android fell under the “fair use” clause of copyright law.Shortly after the verdict, Google stated that:Today’s verdict that Android makes fair use of Java APIs represents a win for the Android ecosystem, for the Java programming ...
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Instagram’s logo isn’t the only thing they’ve updated recently: They’ve also made significant changes to their API.Internet automation service IFTTT posted a blog this afternoon detailing upcoming changes to the Instagram API. It would seem Facebook is locking the service up a bit tighter, which is going to hamper folks who like to share photos directly on services like Twitter.
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Samsung is galvanizing one of its user interfaces by Vulkanizing it. We’re seeing the company put the Vulkan API to good use on the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge already — how fitting that these two devices are the first in Android to support it.If you don’t know what Vulkan is, it’s a tool that will get graphically-intensive processes running on ...
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