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Android Central international round-up – May 19, 2012

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:55:16 +0000

Compared to all the drama stateside surrounding the customs woes of HTC's new handsets, it was a fairly quiet week for international Android news. But even a quiet week here in the Android world has its share of phone launches, update news, release announcements and the like, so let's dive right in.

We got our first peek at the HTC Desire C this week, as HTC prepares to launch its successor to the Wildfire S. With NFC, ICS and Beats Audio on-board, the Desire C looks like a surprisingly feature-packed little device, and we're looking forward to getting our hands on it in the near future for a full review. Speaking of reviews, we wrapped up our Motorola Motoluxe review this week — Richard found it to be a well-built entry-level handset, albeit one that's limited by Moto's slightly janky software additions.

And the countdown to the Samsung Galaxy S III launch continues — T-Mobile UK announced its pricing for the device, and we heard that some stores in the UK will be opening the evening before the official launch day to give eager pre-order customers the chance to pick up their handsets.

We also got a release date for an Android flagship from another manufacturer — LG revealed that it'll launch the Optimus 4X HD in Europe starting in June.

Check out some choice cuts from the past week's international Android developments below, and if you've got news, be sure to tip us at the usual address.

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Add a Windows 8 user tile to your Windows 7 taskbar

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:55:20 +0000

Now that Windows 8 images have begun leaking out, it’s only a matter of time until developers start releasing mods for Windows 7 which mimic upcoming features. Over at Into Windows, they’ve spotted one such mod already.

In the earliest Windows 8 images, we saw Windows Live integration on the taskbar. In the far right corner, there’s a user tile displayed. If you’d like to do the same on Windows 7, download Taskbar User Tile from DeviantArt user AngelWZR.

Once installed, your current picture will appear on the taskbar. Click it, and a menu appears which allows you to log off, switch users, and access the control panel. Right now, the mod only works if your taskbar is displayed on the bottom of your Windows desktop.

Add a Windows 8 user tile to your Windows 7 taskbar originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/06/add-a-windows-8-user-tile-to-your-windows-7-taskbar/

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Scalado Album’s Photo-Mapping Skill Earns It a Niche

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:55:26 +0000

Have you ever found yourself scrolling endlessly around your phone’s chronologically arranged photograph album — called “Gallery” in Android — looking for a photograph you’ve captured? If you can remember the specific place but not the date, then Scalado Album may be for you. I say “may be” because there are some downsides to using it over the stock “Gallery” app, which I’ll get to.

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20 SF Bars Debut Sausage Fest-Fighting Facial Recognition Service [Privacy]

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 15:55:25 +0000

It’s Friday night in the City by the Bay, you and your boys are out from Concord, rolling deep in your old man’s Escalade through North Beach. But what club do you hit up first, where all them bitches at? With a new service debuting today, you’ll know. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/iE1shrDGDA8/20-sf-bars-debut-sausage-fest+fighting-facial-recognition-service

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Google Voice Search learns Latin American Spanish, Indonesian, and Malaysian

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 13:55:18 +0000

Google Voice Search has just introduced localizations for Latin America, Indonesia and Malaysia, enabling native language search for hundreds of millions of users.

Google’s official blog post offers some interesting insights into the process of collecting and analyzing the speech data needed to expand support. Thousands of hours were spent gathering voice samples and choosing key regional accents to analyze, and International Program Manager Linne Ha is clearly very appreciative of the Google users who helped the company complete the expansion. Without an enthusiastic base of users to lend a hand, Google Voice Search’s polyglot powers would have been nearly impossible to deliver.

Google Voice Search learns Latin American Spanish, Indonesian, and Malaysian originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Skype 5.3 for Windows released, improves mobile video call quality

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 11:55:21 +0000

Version 5.3 of Skype for Windows has just been released, with the main emphasis of the new release being improved call quality, and the quality of video received by mobile Skype users. Presumably one party of the video call must be using Skype for Windows 5.3, though.

Beyond improved call quality, not much has changed. You can now see your friends’ presence icons when contact cards are collapsed, and the topic editing button is now always visible on the conversation header. For a complete list of changes, hit up the Skype Garage blog.

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Skype 5.3 for Windows released, improves mobile video call quality originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Zuckerberg Just Got Married [Facebook]

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 09:55:16 +0000

Mark “IPO” Zuckerberg just dropped a Facebook status update bigger than the NASDAQ bomb: he and longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan are married, only a day after he became one of the richest men on the planet. He wore a suit! More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/XG6sJ-sriqM/zuckerberg-just-got-married

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HTC EVO 4G LTE RUU now available – let the games begin

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:55:18 +0000

We're still waiting for word on when to expect the HTC EVO 4G LTE on the shelves at Sprint, but that wasn't enough to keep the RUU from leaking out. Football has posted the file up for the folks who want to get an early start on the device ROMs, so things should be looking sweet shortly if you're in to that sort of thing — and we know plenty of you are. Keep in mind this isn't something you should be fooling with if you don't know what you're doing, just let your favorite developers do their thing with.

Now if only they could make their way out of jail.

Source: XDA; via Android Central forums

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Motorola: If ICS won’t make our device better, we won’t update to it

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 05:55:20 +0000

Motorola yesterday updated its device update schedule, with the crux being that we'll finally start to see some phones get Ice Cream Sandwich in the next month or so. Specifically, that's the Droid RAZR/MAXX, with the Atrix, Atrix 2, Droid 4 and Xyboards getting it in Q3.

Have a Droid 3 or Droid X2? Sorry, you're out of luck. And today Motorola expanded on why, saying:

"… obviously we want the new release to improve our devices. If we determine that can’t be done—well then, we’re not able to upgrade that particular device."

Interesting choice of words. What it probably means is that Moto determined that the cost in time and effort to update those older phones to ICS outweighs the benefit of Ice Cream Sandwich, which indeed sucks given how young those phones are. But that's the crapshoot we all enter into these days, unfortunately.

Good luck convincing folks that Ice Cream Sandwich won't improve their phones, Moto.

You can get the full statement at the source link below.

Source: Motorola

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Man Loses His Penis to a Flesh-Eating Bacteria After Failed Penile Implant Surgery [WTFriday]

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 03:55:18 +0000

A man is suing one of his doctors after a surgery that was supposed to improve his sex life resulted in the loss of his penis. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/QY0NX-Fsv0M/man-loses-his-penis-to-a-flesh+eating-bacteria-after-failed-penile-implant-surgery

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