Shortly after releasing last week’s news round-up, I took my family on a whirlwind drive to attend a funeral for my grandfather. The event was great and I certainly appreciate the outpouring of support and condolences. However, the quick trip with many miles ended up throwing my law practice chaotically behind, and therefore, so are the posts on this site. Hopefully though, I am somewhat caught up, and so today’s news will commence a new string of posts:
- As we wait for the jury’s decision in Oracle v. Google, Reuters has this story regarding a hearing outside the jury’s presence discussing Android’s profitability. Apparently, for every quarter of 2010, Android lost money for Google.
- The bad news for Oracle, and possibly Google, is that the jury might be near deadlock in its verdict. Judge Alsup sent the jurors home Wednesday with encouragement to “start fresh.” Judge Alsup further proposed to the sides that if the jury agreed on some of the issue, that the parties accept that as a verdict and move on with the 2nd of 3 stages in the trial. I’m interested in your opinion and thoughts on this development. Who is this good for, Google or Oracle?
- Trend Micro apparently caught some malicious apps in Google Play, despite Google’s use of it’s scanner tool, Bouncer. To be specific, Trend Micro states it found 17 malicious apps. Most of the apps look malicious (Asian fonts), but there is one called, Say Phone PRO+, which someone could mistake as a legitimate app. However, if you look close you’ll see some obvious signs, such as grammar mistakes, which would make me leery. This is just another example of why you need to run antivirus software on your device and only download reputable apps.
- To add comedic opulence to the story, you might check out the Daily Dilbert for May 3rd:
- If you’re considering an Android device, or you’re just excited to gloat to your iOS buddies, Mashable posted this article on some of the features that make Android 4.0 superior to iOS.
- Business Pundit released it’s review of the 20 Best Mobile Apps for 2012. It’s a good run-down on 20 great Android apps. I’m not sure if it’s in order of importance, or just a list.
- Android will move away from Java (see the lawsuit above for a reason) if these developers/a have their input. The project seeks to port Android over to C# and totally replace Android’s Java code with C#. The endeavor is huge, but might save Android a lot of money strongemand/em/strong enable cross-platform unification. And thus expends the extent of my knowledge of emthis/em subject.
- Mother’s Day is right around the corner, that’s why you might consider grabbing one of these “helpful” apps. A warning though, RedLaser is really one of the only good ones on the list.
- Looking for an app to kill some time for your kids while you sit with mom at the Mother’s Day service? Well, then you might check out these five. Personally, I love the drawing/painting apps and Angry Birds.
- If you’re still using iOS, you might be angered by this news that Apple is dropping Dropbox functionality or sharing. This is shocking since a lot of attorneys favor Dropbox and interchangeably use Dropbox to store and review files on their iOS device. I’m not sure whether the rejections from Apple apply to new apps only, or to all apps with the Dropbox sharing function.
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