18 great uses for an old Android device

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	18 great uses for an old Android device We all love getting new gadgets, but what to do with the old ones? Here are 18 superb ways to put your old Android phone or tablet to good use. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: DEMO Enterprise DEMO Enterprise: New Tech Solving Big Problems Technologies from cloud computing, mobile, and big data to sensor networks, 3D printing, and robotics are changing the landscape for enterprises large and small. Attend DEMO Enterprise, April 3 in SF for an eye-opening array of products solving big problems for business. Special offer to newsletter subscribers, register and save 40%. In this Issue A mobile app reality check Public wants the FCC to hang up on in-flight cellphone idea Samsung adds low-end Lite tablet to Galaxy Tab line Why Google paid $3.2B for a thermostat company PhoneGap toolkits tame mobile app development The new Blackphone promises secure communications -- and privacy Apple CEO Tim Cook boasts of record iPhone sales in China Justices let stand appeals court decision on border searches of laptops Apple settles FTC complaint over charges in children's apps JR Raphael: Hands on: What's different with the Moto G Google Play Edition? Evan Schuman: Starbucks caught storing mobile passwords in clear text Jonny Evans: Apple's Android problem is slowly solving itself Preston Gralla: Microsoft may score big coup with high-end Samsung Windows Phone WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Why Your Cloud Should Be Built With Open and Hybrid in Mind Experts predict that most private cloud and community cloud services will evolve to a hybrid model. Recommendations in this guide explain how an open, hybrid cloud differs from a "closed" cloud and why enterprises should start planning now to build an open, hybrid cloud. View now A mobile app reality check If you have programming chops and hold dreams of chucking your day job to build a cash cow mobile app in your basement, here's an irksome reality check. Read More Public wants the FCC to hang up on in-flight cellphone idea Like a nearby cellphone user with an annoying way of saying, "Helllloooo!" recently confirmed FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has already hit a nerve. Read More Samsung adds low-end Lite tablet to Galaxy Tab line Samsung Electronics is readying an entrant to the increasingly important low-end of the mobile device market with the Galaxy Tab3 Lite, which is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor. Read More Why Google paid $3.2B for a thermostat company Google is moving into your home. On Monday, the Internet company said it was acquiring Nest, a maker of smart smoke alarms and thermostats, in a move that gives Google a strong foothold in a hot new market known as the "connected home." Read More PhoneGap toolkits tame mobile app development The very first road to the various app stores from Apple and Google was paved with native code. If you wanted to write for iOS, you learned Objective-C. If you wanted to tackle Android, Java was the only way. Similar issues popped up with all the other smaller players in the smartphone market. Read More The new Blackphone promises secure communications -- and privacy Playing on mobile users' fears of commercial and government surveillance, two companies are building a phone they say is designed to protect privacy. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Streamline Testing to Forge Real Savings Discover the value provided by the CA Application Quality and Testing Tools, a comprehensive, integrated suite that offers a streamlined, lower-cost approach to performing application quality and testing. Learn more>> Apple CEO Tim Cook boasts of record iPhone sales in China Apple CEO Tim Cook's claim that the company broke iPhone sales records in China during 2013's fourth quarter meant that the company sold in excess of 10.4 million smartphones in the region, an IDC analyst said. Read More Justices let stand appeals court decision on border searches of laptops In a boost for civil rights advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision that requires U.S. border agents to have at least some cause for searching electronic devices belonging to travelers at the nation's borders. Read More Apple settles FTC complaint over charges in children's apps Apple will pay at least $32.5 million to customers in a settlement over a U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaint that the company allowed children to run up huge in-app purchases on the company's devices. Read More JR Raphael: Hands on: What's different with the Moto G Google Play Edition? Wondering how the Moto G Google Play Edition differs from the regular Moto G device? Here's a hands-on look at the newly Googley model. Read More Evan Schuman: Starbucks caught storing mobile passwords in clear text In a case of convenience for users trumping security, Starbucks has been storing the passwords for its mobile-payment app, along with geolocation data, in clear text. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's Android problem is slowly solving itself Apple's Android problem is solving itself, and while Google's mobile OS isn't going away, it's increasingly seen as a second class option among the only people who matter: Customers. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft may score big coup with high-end Samsung Windows Phone Windows Phone may get a big boost this year, with Samsung releasing a high-end Windows Phone handset. Having the world's largest smartphone maker join the small Windows Phone club could be just what Microsoft needs to finally gain some serious market share. Read More
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