It’s the same damn Nook Touch browser they offered two years ago.
Photo published here earlier:
One Terabyte Flickr
I stopped using Flickr when I hit the limit for free photos. I also transferred everything to a blog.
Things have changed since then. We have tablets with Retina-class screens. Smartphones with 13MP cameras.
I’ll have to think about using Flickr again. But first I’ll really need a pocketable device that’s suitable for such photos.
Anyway, here’s my old Flickr.
Now, when will WordPress up their free image storage to 1TB? I’m already past half of my free 3GBs of space just for this blog.
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Countdown Clock Begins To Yahoo Screw-Up
I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr!
We promise not to screw it up.
And this:
In terms of working together, Tumblr can deploy Yahoo!’s personalization technology and search infrastructure to help its users discover creators, bloggers, and content they’ll love.
The countdown clock now starts to the first complaints of “Why isn’t my Tumblr being indexed in Yahoo!?” and “What happened to my Tumblr of felching photos?” (as an example of X-rated; I have no idea if such a thing actually exists).
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Chuwi V88: China’s iPad Mini
The Chuwi V88 got another review in China.
Google English: China’s iPad mini? Chi for V88 quad-core evaluation experience
And what was their AnTuTu score?
Filed under Android
Doctor Who: The Name Of The Doctor
Filed under TV
Newsmy’s Clone Of An iPad Mini Clone
Chuwi V88:
Newsmy/Newman S8 Color:
I don’t know what’s happening here. Is Newsmy rebranding from Chuwi? Or are both Chuwi and Newsmy sourcing a design from someone else?
Full details are in the Guide To Chinese iPad Mini Clones (jump to the bottom).
Filed under Android
Get Android 4.2.2 For The Onda V818 Mini
My own inability earlier this week to get a link to the beta of Android 4.2.2 for the Onda V818 hasn’t stopped others from finding it.
Here are two posts:
English at Arctablet: Onda V818 mini (V1 hardware) Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean root custom firmware V3.0 (2013-05-15) — which requires registration to see links (I wish forums would stop that practice)
Spanish at Forotablets: [TUTORIAL] Actualizar ROM v3.0 en Onda v818 mini. (Android 4.2.2)
Maybe combining the two can do it without registering at Arctablet.
I don’t own an Onda V818 so can neither test this nor vouch for it. Those of a less adventurous nature might want to wait for the final non-beta firmware via OTA notification.
If you do this, run a new AnTuTu test and Comment with the score and other observations.
The Onda V818 runs on an AllWinner A31s CPU. Do not try this firmware with either the HKC Q79 (Quest) or the Chuwi V88!
Previously here:
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Apple Vs. Google
The Epic Battle Between Apple & Google Is All But Over – Who Won?
… given the alarming rate at which consumers worldwide are speaking with their wallets and selecting Android handsets over iOS handsets. With just a few more quarters like this, coupled with the cumulative effect of similar sales data over the past 2-3 years and the likely coming wave of Android-based tablets, it is a given (to me, anyway) that Android will be soon be effectively ubiquitous around the globe.
Google Play Services gives control of Android back to Google
For a minute, forget all the complaining about how Hangouts weren’t instantly available for everyone at the same time. Most everyone should be good to go by now and have their new Hangouts app. Everyone. Think about that — Google Talk, a long staple and core feature of the operating system, was updated with a slew of new features without you getting a system-wide update.
Two interesting posts that somehow fit together. But I can’t concentrate on them right now, so here’s this post for later.
