Android Central Editors’ app picks for July 30, 2011

Factory Images and Rooted Kernel Released For Google Glass

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Tweet For the few people that have Google Glass in their hands, the company is definitely encouraging them to use it and pick around inside the software. Google has held several mod sessions for its wearable computing device and has emphasized that it is up to developers to make Glass appeal to the average consumer. [...]

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Project Glass Seems To be Always Watching You – But Is That a Good Thing?

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Tweet Now that Project Glass is in most Explorers, well developers, hands now. We are starting to find all kinds of experimental features that were built into glass. One of those was the ability to wink to take a picture. Which we found out a few weeks ago. Now there is another feature that has [...]

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Google Planning To Bring Wireless Networks, Affordable Android Devices To Emerging Markets

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Tweet Google has always wanted to bring the Internet to everyone on earth, and now that it is growing at such an exponential rate and making so much money, it the chances of that happening are becoming increasingly likely. According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, this quest may have Google planning [...]

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Tests Show That The Galaxy S4 Camera Outperforms The iPhone 5, Lumia 920

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Tweet You can hate on the iPhone all you want, but you have to admit that the camera on it is pretty top-notch. Android manufacturers have always had a hard time keeping up with it, but HTC’s usually been the closest, if not a tad better in some instances. The same can also be said [...]

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A New Google Patent Hints at New Screen Specific Haptic Feedback Technology

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Tweet A recent patent filing by Google points to unique haptic feedback technology. The patent is clearly labeled “Providing information through tactile feedback.” From the patent information it seems like Google’s idea will revolutionize the way we interact with our devices, and probably the content on them, as well. Instead of vibrating the entire device [...]

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