Saturday, June 30, 2012

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foursquare announces new third-party app integration with its mobile apps

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 06:22 AM PDT

Yesterday, foursquare announced its new Connected Apps platform, which lets third-party apps integrate into foursquare's mobile apps for Android, iOS, and BlackBerry. The Connected Apps integration provides users with helpful information when they check-in to a location, as well as let users access other apps directly through foursquare.
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Twitter for Windows Phone gains push notifications in latest update

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 05:50 AM PDT

Users of the official Twitter app for Windows Phone have had to deal with quite a sub par experience compared to what is available on other mobile platforms, but, today, a new version of the app helps rectify that inequality. The latest version of Twitter for Windows Phone, available now in the Windows Phone Marketplace, finally offers push notifications for new mentions, direct messages, favorites, retweets, and new followers - just like the official apps for iOS and Android offer. Additionally, there is a new Live Tile for the app that will display incoming mentions or direct messages. You can download the latest version of Twitter for Windows Phone for free now.
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Adobe confirms no Flash support in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 05:29 AM PDT

This doesn't really come as a surprise given that Adobe announced last year that it was ceasing development on Flash Player for mobile devices, but the company has clarified that it will not support Adobe Flash Player on the new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. Adobe says that no devices running Android 4.1 will come with Flash Player, and devices that are upgraded from Android 4.0 to 4.1 may "exhibit unpredictable behavior" if the plugin is still installed. Adobe recommends users uninstall the Flash Player plugin on devices that have Android 4.1. Additionally, Adobe says that starting on August 15 of this year, it will limit installs of the Flash Player plugin to devices that already have it, meaning that no new installs of the plugin will be allowed.
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