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Google special event Thursday may bring Android video calls
Aug 10th
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Google today sent notice of a special event at its Mountain View campus on Thursday to unveil a “couple of cool new mobile features” that may bring video calling to Android. While the company has so far only said that mobile product lead Hugo Barra will lead the event, sources suggested Tuesday night that it may be video chat integrated with the mobile OS. A second option raised by AllThingsD may be a clone of Find My iPhone that would help Android owners track, lock down or wipe a lost handset.
A video chat feature would be a quick More >
Apple may have known of iPhone antenna flaw two years ago
Aug 8th
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Apple’s iPhone 4 antenna issue might have been identified as far back as two years ago if a scoop is accurate. An internal bug report for the signal drop was allegedly filed in 2008, well in advance of when the phone shipped. The “informed” source of John Gruber’s didn’t say how the issue was treated or whether it was known it would be a long-term issue, but its existence implies advanced knowledge that an external antenna might have been an issue.
The early mention of the bug would have come significantly before the hiring of Mark Papermaster, who is rumored More >