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Automatic app updates coming in Android 2.2

By: |Apr 25th, 2010 at 01:19PM
Filed Under: Rumor, Software
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Updating Android applications has always been a pain in the butt thanks to Google’s insistance that each app be updated by itself. But according to a 4chan poster who apparently has a reputation for being in the know, Android 2.2 will make it possible to have apps automatically update themselves. His proof? The image you see before you. (more…)

Verizon Wireless explicitly blocking 4chan?

By: |Feb 8th, 2010 at 10:51AM
Filed Under: News
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4chan, the internet message and image board known for its legion of anonymous users, has been explicitly blocked by Verizon Wireless. 4chan founder Christopher Poole said, “Over the past 72 hours, we’ve been receiving reports from Verizon Wireless customers having difficulty accessing the image boards… After an hour and a half on the phone, we’ve received confirmation from Verizon’s Network Repair Bureau (NRB) that we are ‘explicitly blocked.’” The reported bloc...