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Microsoft Marketplace Remote Kill Switch Not So Scary
Sep 22nd
Many of you might have heard of the fabled Marketplace kill switch that Microsoft will have hard lined into their Marketplace app. While not comforting to know that someone else has control over what your device does without your prior knowledge it is still comforting to know this is just like the Android Market kill switch in so much that it is place to subvert subversive apps with ill intent. In other words, if a developer creates a trojan app of some sorts and you download it to your device that the evil little app can be killed en masse at the flick of a switch. This feature is in place to save us from our own curiosity.
Sources: CoolSmartPhone, Ars Technica
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Oct 14th
With October 22nd getting closer by the minute let’s take a look at some apps that might prove interesting. With all the hardware under the G1’s hood, app developers have many options to work with when creating innovative solutions and new functionality you never knew you wanted. The following are some apps from the Android Developer Challenge that either solve a problem or add value to the G1. Most of these are location aware. Go on, you know you want to keep reading… More >
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