Nielsen, best known for its TV viewing habits research, also performs a lot of research in the mobile world. It released a summary of findings of Android app use by age today. And, while some of the results are reflect what most of us might guess, there are a couple of surprises too in: App-Happy with Android: The Most Popular Android Apps by Age.
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Despite speaking with several friendly Time Warner customer service people, I have never been able to login to a TWC WiFi hotspot. I should note that the same devices work fine with other hotspots. But, if it works fine for you, you have an Android device, and live in the Southern California area, Time Warner has an app you might find useful.
If you are wondering what Twitter for Android 3.0.0 looks like with its redesigned UI, wonder no more. Here’s a screenshot tour of the updated app.
I was a guest on Hawaii Public Radio’s Bytemarks Cafe technology show on November 30, 2011. The topic was gadget holiday gifts. When asked about the new Jawbone Up activity monitor, I said while it sounded interesting, I saw comments on the Apple Store site from customers talking about a variety of problems with the device. Based on this, I recommended people check customer comments there and other sites before buying the device.
Engadget reported that Jawbone responded by, in my opinion, doing the right thing for their customers:
Jawbone offers ‘no questions asked’ refund for troubled Up band, even if you keep it
The details of the policy is found here on the Jawbone site:
The XBox Live app for iOS still doesn’t work on my devices. But, the Xbox Companion app for Windows Phone finally became available (after the iOS version) and does work.
And, it does a lot more than the iOS version. The Xbox app for iOS deals with messages, shows achievements and manages the avatar. The Windows Phone version requires that the Xbox be on at the same time and can be used as a adjunct limited controller. You can, for example, navigate around the Xbox and launch a game. Once in the game (Fusion:Origins in my case), the controller function did not work or did not have enough buttons (no “Start” for example) to be useful. It can also provide details about games, music, TV shows and movies playing on the Xbox.
It seems like forever, but it took Google a couple of months to finally add search to the Google+ app for Android. The announcement appears, appropriately enough, in Punit Soni’s (Lead Product Manager, Google+ Games and Mobile) Google+ stream:
AND a new version of the Android app 🙂 We made good on our promise eh?
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