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Daniel Allen

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Freelance Writer at Android Police

Writer and Copyeditor at Freelance

Freelance writer/editor Sometime programmer https://t.co/k66a3yglrP

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  • 5 days ago | androidpolice.com | Daniel Allen

    Android launchers have been a thing since the launch of Android in 2008. The unnamed launcher that shipped with the T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream if you're on the other side of the water) wasn't much more than a mash-up of a PDA and an iPhone. A few years later, after Android phones established a foothold in the market, the golden age of the launcher began.

  • 1 week ago | androidpolice.com | Daniel Allen

    The past 12 months haven't been good for Firefox. In July, Firefox's owner, Mozilla, quietly snuck in tracking software it developed in collaboration with Meta to keep tabs on what ads you click. Then, earlier this year, it removed language from its website, stating that they don't sell user data and never will. To put it bluntly, Mozilla has lost a lot of trust.

  • 2 weeks ago | androidpolice.com | Daniel Allen

    It's safe to say that the sun is setting on the empire of cable TV. From a peak of around 100 million subscribers in the mid-2010s to around 68 million today, cable TV's decline has been precipitous. At the same time, the world's largest streaming provider, Netflix, has around 66 million US subscribers and over 300 million worldwide. Still, even as streaming's star has been ascendent, it's beginning to be a victim of its own success.

  • 1 month ago | androidpolice.com | Daniel Allen

    The world of e-reading was shocked by the news that Amazon is limiting users’ ability to download and transfer e-books to its Kindle devices. Although Amazon didn’t state why it’s doing this, the most likely answer is that preventing downloads bolsters the strength of its DRM. Amazon isn’t the only one that uses DRM on its books. Most e-book retailers use Adobe’s document DRM, Adobe Digital Experience Protection Technology, and you’ll find this DRM in the best e-readers.

  • 1 month ago | androidpolice.com | Prarthana Gopal |Sanuj Bhatia |Daniel Allen |Will Sattelberg

    Do you want notification summaries on Android? Yes. The more tools to manage notifications, the better. 4%, 2 votes Yes, but only if they're reliably correct. 9%, 5 votes Maybe, but I want to be able to disable them if they're bad. 30%, 16 votes No, leave my notifications untouched by AI. 54%, 29 votes Something else (leave a comment). 3%, 2 votes Total Votes: 54

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Daniel Allen
Daniel Allen @dkallen78
27 Sep 24

#Balatro There's a workaround for the Campfire bug: https://t.co/YRPxfpJKmC @BalatroGame

Daniel Allen
Daniel Allen @dkallen78
23 Sep 24

RT @AndroidPolice: Anbernic’s RG35XX (2024) is a fun retro handheld, but it’s a device whose time has passed https://t.co/g0BKhrIoxA

Daniel Allen
Daniel Allen @dkallen78
21 Sep 24

RT @AndroidPolice: Skip could be the tool that revolutionizes cross-platform app development https://t.co/GfxI2l8KQh