Android 4.1.2 brings landscape mode to the Nexus 7

Google has a new build of Android released with number 4.1.2. This build ensures among other things that the home screen of the Nexus 7 also can be rotated in landscape.

The full changelog of this small update is here to read. The build is primarily intended for bugs boards were still in Android 4.1. Nevertheless, Google has a new feature is added only to the Nexus 7 usable, and of course other tablets. It is now possible to the home screen of the Nexus 7 in landscape mode to show giving you the tablet also tilted to use. 

The update in the coming days released for the Nexus 7 and not much later for the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S . Other devices will be updated by the manufacturer. The new build seems already to various OEMs to have arrived.

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Apple's $ 70 billion worth less since release iPhone 5

Investors are apparently not totally impressed with the iPhone 5. The price of Apple fell from over $ 700 per share to $ 585.

This means that the total market value of Apple in a short time by about $ 70 billion has fallen. The company was just before the release of the iPhone 5 in total $ 661 billion worth. That was a single peak. Investors, analysts are worried that the Apple iPhone 5 is not fast enough to deliver to consumers, allowing the company revenues. 

The stories about a big strike at iPhone manufacturer Foxconn in China the share price did no good. For the first time in two months was the value of the company under the $ 600 billion. This means more precisely that $ 76 billion has evaporated. This amount, for all this in perspective, it is more than the combined price of Facebook, Linkedin and Dell. Meanwhile the fair value decreased further to $ 590 billion. It is important for Apple to supply lines in order to get, because the decline seems to be no end to come.

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Lightning-chip Apple cracked; counterfeit accessories road

An accessory maker has managed to chip in the Lightning connector is the iPhone 5 after it. This allows counterfeit accessories for the device fabricated.

The chip in the new USB cable and charging cable for iPhone 5 ensures among others that the cable at both ends can be inserted in the device. It does not matter how the cable into the designated loading point protrudes into the iPhone since the chip will recognize this and then activates the appropriate ports for the data or for loading. 

So far proved very difficult to make this chip after order accessories from other manufacturers can produce. now would succeed his. 

A Chinese manufacturer has managed to imitate the chip and thus with its own cable and docking station to come up. This has the advantage that now other manufacturers such accessories can go and that prices will come down soon. Currently Apple charges 30 euros for a converter from the old connection to the new connection. It is unclear when the Chinese mass production will begin.

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Apple picks senior chip designer from Samsung

Reportedly has a senior Samsung employee resigned and he went to work at rival Apple. The CEO does have a short time at Samsung actually worked.

Jim Mergard came from AMD before he went to work at Samsung. At Samsung Mergard was responsible for computers processors and servers. Nevertheless, he worked only a few months before he switched to Apple, as reported The New York Times.

The American was in Texas responsible for the server branch of Samsung, where the Korean big plans to own a chip to develop efficient and low heat generating server. Meanwhile the manager to work at Apple, where he was to all probability will develop chips for Apple computers.

Apple has long used Intel chips for its laptops and computer and seems now plans to use its mobile processor by developing for computers. The A6 chip is also manufactured by Samsung in Texas, the same location where Mergard of origin. Both Samsung and Apple have not responded to the departure of Mergard.

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Dropbox for Android gets gallery option for photos

Dropbox has released an update of its Android app. The update ensures that a new picture tab in the app is that the entire album is clearly displayed.

The 2.2 update of the app is now available in the Android Market for download. The update brings a trio, improvements, so let Dropbox in its changelog know. First there is a new gallery tab to come all photos inlaad of the gallery on the device. As is clearly shown which photos and videos can be uploaded via the app to the cloud of Dropbox. 

In addition, the uploads already in the cloud are moved to the file browser in the app so that they can be viewed from there. Dropbox lets us know that they have many bugs have been able to solve in the app. The app should now be safer and more stable and slightly faster. With names uploading would now have to go smoother and less problems, says the app-makers. The application can be downloaded below from the Google Play Store.

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