Gather ’round, kids. Gather ’round. I’ll tell you a story about the early days of the internet: pre-2006. Facebook was a relative unknown and Twitter was the sound a bird made right outside your open window while you tried to sleep off a long night of outdoor merriment on an Applebee’s patio.
Popular VoIP service, Skype, is now available for Android handsets. The app allows you to call and instant message other Skype users for free, and there are low-cost monthly plans for calling out to regular phone numbers and receiving calls to your own Skype-provided telephone number.
Looks like TaintDroid just stole the Worst Recent Product Name award away from the Dell Streak. Once you get past the name, though, TaintDroid (that’s hard to type, even) may turn out to be a valuable app for Android owners.
This information is all still in the early rumor phase, so take it with a grain of salt. There some loose talk that Amazon is working on its own version of an Android app store which has, in turn, led to speculation that Amazon may even be working its own Android tablet.
Today on Techland: Peter brought us the latest on the Apple Tablet unveil, Steve chatted up the talented Alex Proyas and Matt will probably be in the dog house for a few nights…
Marvel starts a war with DC Comics by asking retailers to send in unsold copies of DC’s Blackest Night tie-ins for variant covers of Siege #3. Meanwhile, Techland lists the 18 android apps to get you started on your Droid, Nexus One or whatever android phone you may have.
