Car manufacturer Chrysler Group this week issued two recalls for nearly 800,000 vehicles over airbag and head-restraint system flaws. One recall involves 282,000 minivans which have flawed airbag-control software. The software is programmed to deploy side airbags at the opposite side of a vehicle from the side it really is impacted. Chrysler stated it’s acquainted with three accidents and one “minor” injury concerning the defect. The affected vehicles include 2013 Dodge Grand Caravans, 2013 Chrysler Town & Countrys, and 2013 Ram Cargo Vans. Owners of those vehicles were notified and may be capable of have their airbag-control software patched for free of charge. The other recall involves 490,000 cars and SUVs which have flawed head-restraint systems. Head-restraint systems are designed to head head-restraints forward during collisions, preventing neck injuries. Microcontrollers within the recalled vehicles can be faulty, preventing the active head-restraint system from working. Chrysler has stated that no accidents or injuries was reported owing to this actual defect. The vehicles with the faulty microcontrollers... Read More »

Over the last year, we’ve seen Android 2.3, or Gingerbread, slowly lose its majority share of Android distribution. Android 4.0, or Ice Cream Sandwich, helped start the decline of Gingerbread, nonetheless it was Android 4.1/4.2, or Jelly Bean, that truly helped kick Gingerbread to the curb. In the most recent Android distribution numbers released on Monday, Google revealed that Jelly Bean is finally the dominant Android operating system. By combining both Android versions 4.1 (32.3 percent) and four.2 (5.6 percent), Jelly Bean is now on 37.9 percent of Android devices. Gingerbread continues to be hanging onto second place, however, with 34.1 percent. As you will see above, Ice Cream Sandwich, very like Gingerbread, is ceding ground to Jelly Bean as increasingly more Android users upgrade to devices that use the newest OS. As this trend continues, developers would be capable of better target Jelly Bean and ICS devices with no need to fret about Gingerbread users. Next month’s numbers will undoubtedly see the continuing rise... Read More »

Facebook announced that it has a brand new way for developers to gets started with mobile app install ads. They could now achieve this by just copying and pasting their app’s Google Play or Apple App Store URL into the Ads Create Tool. “If you’re new to developing on Facebook, it is the quickest approach to start advertising your mobile app, and you’ll measure click-through rates to your campaign,” says Facebook’s Chris Pan in a blog post. “As you gain experience and scale with Facebook, we encourage you to measure installs and optimize your bid for installs,” says Pan. “To start measuring installs, 1) register your app with Facebook and a pair of) integrate our SDK or work with a mobile measurement partner. After you complete these steps, you may then simply input the app’s URL into the ads create tool to run mobile app install ads at anytime one day and measure installs.” Facebook also released an update for its iOS SDK. This comes... Read More »

[ Developer] Google launched app indexing globally in English a pair months back after testing it since November. Now, they’re expanding it into more languages. The feature enables Google to deliver in-app content in search results on mobile devices (specifically Android devices for now). As an instance, in the event you seek for “Dee Barnes,” you could possibly get a result from Wikipedia. With app indexing, Google provide you with the choice to open the app from the outcome instead of going to a mobile web version. The feature requires app developers to be on board, so Google has announced specific publishers with content in numerous languages which are now profiting from app indexing. These include: Fairfax Domain, MercadoLibre, Letras.Mus.br, Vagalume, Idealo, L’Equipe, Player.fm, Upcoming, Au Feminin, Marmiton, and chip.de. Google has also translated its developer guidelines into eight more languages (Chinese – traditional, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish), in order that may help too. Google has a sort here where... Read More »

[ Developer] Twitter’s Crashlytics announced a brand new beta distribution tool aimed toward helping developers simplify the method of sharing apps with testers. They’re releasing it to iOS and Android developers after keeping it as a Crashlytics Labs project. Now, it’s fully supported by the company’s engineers, designers, user experience staff, and support team. It features a rapid release cycle, the corporate says. In a blog post, Crashlytics says: We’ve heard your frustrations in regards to the state of beta distribution today. Poor UI, confusing registration systems, frequent downtime, and only single-OS support. It’s time to construct something usable with both developers and testers in mind. We applied our Crashlytics power and varnish to this problem. The end result: a streamlined experience for distributing apps that offers you a single, cross-platform toolset for iOS and Android. Beta distribution must be an intuitive process for you and your testers so that you can think about what matters — building your app, not stressing about getting testers... Read More »