SamsungBlogSA: Android Developer Workshop by @tobykurien (the guy in front behind the monitor) #AndroidZA http://twitpic.com/2ac0bb

SamsungBlogSA: RT @JeanSchoeman: @SamsungBlogSA where is the android conference held? << Wits University, Chamber of Commerce Building #AndroidZA

SamsungBlogSA: RT @simontrollope: Looking more forward to winning the #samsung Galaxy S at the @androidza developer conference << Good luck! #AndroidZA

SamsungBlogSA: RT @mar_juan: Android development workshop very interesting. Next up @tobykurien with how to write a basic Android app #AndroidZA

SamsungBlogSA: RT @derekgardiner: Interesting presentation by Brett from @samsungblogsa . Exciting times for mobile dev ahead #android

SamsungBlogSA: RT @leew4jc: Thanks @SamsungBlogSA for the talk @AndroidZA Developer's Day...awesum 2 get 2 chat 2 some1 who knows what is going on in t ...

SamsungBlogSA: Andrew Paverd and co. show off their app 'dribble' at #AndroidZA Dev Day http://twitpic.com/2aao5c

Starting next year, cell phones will have a one-size-fits-all charger. The uniform model, part of an agreement by at least a dozen cell phone makers, means new phones will no longer comes with chargers, and there will be less electronic waste.

[via Business Week]

Twitter is now suggesting people you don't currently follow that you may find interesting.

Today we're beginning to roll out a simple, but powerful new feature to help address that — "Suggestions for You". The algorithms in this feature, built by our user relevance team, suggest people you don't currently follow that you may find interesting. The suggestions are based on several factors, including people you follow and the people they follow. You'll see these suggestions on Twitter.com and the Find People section. If you like a suggestion, click "follow"; if you don't, click "hide," and we'll try not to suggest that user again.

[via Gizmodo]

SamsungBlogSA: Brett Loubser (Samsung Mobile Product Division) at #AndroidZA Dev Day http://twitpic.com/2aa60e

SamsungBlogSA: Johanna Kollar from Google at #AndroidZA Developer Day http://twitpic.com/2aa3jj

Mobile phone users are being encouraged to find out if operators are doing enough to keep their calls secret, reports the BBC.

Security researchers have released tools that, they say, make it easy to see what security systems operators use to stop eavesdropping.

The researchers want to expose those operators that have not updated security systems to prevent others listening in. "We want to enable users to test whether their operator has installed the patch," he said. "If not they should call them up or send a letter."

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Unwired View has unearthed three patent applications filed on Apple's behalf that cover travel- and shopping-related apps. One for travel booking, one for hotel services, and another for high-end fashion retail.

[via CNet]

SamsungBlogSA: RT @AndroidZA: Want to #develop Apps for #Android, Here's a list of the #files you'll need http://tinyurl.com/3385y5h

A thought provoking piece from The New York Times questioning whether Twitter posts are an expression of who we are — or are they changing who we are?

... Back in the 1950s, the sociologist Erving Goffman famously argued that all of life is performance: we act out a role in every interaction, adapting it based on the nature of the relationship or context at hand.

Twitter has extended that metaphor to include aspects of our experience that used to be considered off-set: eating pizza in bed, reading a book in the tub, thinking a thought anywhere, flossing. Effectively, it makes the greasepaint permanent, blurring the lines not only between public and private but also between the authentic and contrived self. If all the world was once a stage, it has now become a reality TV show: we mere players are not just aware of the camera; we mug for it.

Instead of investing in their own computer research and development, engineers at the NASA Ames Research Center are looking to cellphones and off-the-shelf toys to power the future of low-cost satellite technology. Wired reports.

The smartphone in your pocket has about 120 times more computing power than the average satellite, which has the equivalent of a 1984-era computer inside.

“You can go to Walmart and buy toys that work better than satellites did 20 years ago,” said NASA physicist Chris Boshuizen.

The biggest challenge of sending cellphones and toys into space is whether the parts can get up there without shaking apart and work in a vacuum at extreme high and low temperatures.

Read full article.

SamsungBlogSA: David Vanucci presents "An Introduction to Android" at #AndroidZA Dev Day http://bit.ly/9k0ePs http://twitpic.com/2a9vc2

From the AP:

Nokia Inc. spent $150,000 in the second quarter to lobby the U.S. federal government on patents, the use of minerals from rebel-held mines in the Congo and other issues, according to a disclosure report.

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Related: - According to Cellular News, Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry, spent $719,000 in the second quarter to lobby the U.S. government on patent reform and other issues, according to a disclosure report.

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