Skype released version 2.1 of their video-enabled Android software this morning, bringing more supported devices with it this time.
Skype’s Latest Update (Version 2.1) For Android Catches Up To Hackers
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Amazon Policies Cause Seller Anger And Abandonment
App developer Shifty Jelly complains about Amazon’s business practices related to their App Store, in one of the latest stories of angry sellers who wind up selling elsewhere. His/her grudge? Apparently, Amazon’s popular Free App of the Day promotion doesn’t compensate developers a single cent when a given app is featured. (Whether this affects Techcitement’s […]
eBay Says Buy It Now To 100 Terabytes Of SSD Storage
Online auction giant eBay remedies their growing problem meeting I/O storage requirements with an investment in 100 terabytes of solid state disk storage. Manager of QA Systems Administration, Michael Craft, says “One rack [of SSD storage] is equal to eight or nine racks of something else.” eBay not only saves a considerable amount of physical […]
Multiplatform Development — Holy Grail Or Bad Idea?
Competition in the mobile space is usually great for consumers. It helps inspire more innovation and fuel more affordable products, but when it comes to developers, having multiple options out there is a real headache. Traditionally, if you have an app idea that you want to reach the largest number of users, you are committed […]
HOAX: Something Most Of Us Already Knew — Study Finds IE Users Have Lower IQs
UPDATE: It’s all a bizarre hoax. Techcitement is keeping this story up to show we can fall victims to this weird prank just as well as Gawker, CNN, and the BBC (who have removed the article from their site). Plus, Jon still thinks IE users are dumb and we think the image of the browser […]
Bjork — One With Nature And Software Pirates?
Biophilia is an innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt universally by humankind, per the Collins English Dictionary. For Icelandic singer Bjork, Biophilia is also the title of her seventh album, scheduled for release on September 26. Interestingly, Bjork isn’t content to release this work simply as a music CD. Rather, she […]
Facebook For Android “Bug” Allows You To Stalk People More Effectively
XDA forum member Marko! (hurray for exclamation marks in usernames) discovered that the current Facebook app in the Android market allows you to view photos of folks who aren’t on your friends list, as long as you can click on their name somewhere in your feed. What, you didn’t actually think Facebook was totally secure, did […]
Segues: You’re Soaking In It
Hidden amongst you is a world rife with technology you don’t notice. No, I’m not talking about nanobots or Harry Potter-inspired invisibility cloaks. Technology is employed in places and ways you might not suspect until it’s pointed out to you. It shows up in trickily placed advertising to mess with your subconscious and can erroneously […]
FreeNAS Version 8 Won’t Talk Time Machine With Lion
The first article I ever contributed to Techcitement covered my experience trying out the FreeNAS, v8.0 server. Since then, my FreeNAS box has been happily storing Time Machine backups from several different Macs in the household — until now. What changed? OS X Lion! Apple’s ongoing efforts to increase security of their OS includes disabling […]
Tablet Thursday Digest: Facebook Fakeout, Streaking, and Walmart
You know how we were saying Facebook needed to get their Android act together? It gets a tad worse. Bad enough that it looked like Facebook was going to make hardware makers look into their own app solutions (ala HP and WebOS), now it looks more like it’s actually aimed at Android. That’s right, Android […]