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Thursday, April 11, 2013

MC2 Post 1566 Chrome Beta for Android *update Adds

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From: http://arstechnica.com

Link: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/04/chrome-beta-for-android-update-adds-full-screen-browsing/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/bow4cfd

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Android Application Support is coming with Qt 5.1

The upcoming version 5.1 of the Qt graphics widget framework will support Android as a target platform, according to its developers. The Android port of Qt was developed in large part by BogDan Vatra and it has now been pushed into the development branch of the project. In their announcement on the Qt Blog, the developers have posted videos of sample applications working on a range of devices, including the Nexus 4 phone and tablets like the Nexus 7 and Asus Transformer TF300

From: http://www.h-online.com

Link: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Android-application-support-is-coming-with-Qt-5-1-1823659.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/cgfxrjm

Qt 5 for Android is based on the Qt 4 Necessitas Port

and the developers are calling the community to test

the release in the current development branch.

They also say, however, that developers should not use this version to develop production applications and should wait until Qt 5.2 is officially released.

More information on how to develop and deploy Android apps

with Qt 5 is available on the Qt Project wiki.

Link: http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt5ForAndroid

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Science 'javelins' Spear Pine Island Glacier

Keeping Track of the PIG...

From: http://www.bbc.co.uk

The javelin's tail sticks vertically out of the snow/ice surface, ensuring good communications UK scientists have developed an air-dropped projectile to put instruments in some of the most inaccessible places in Antarctica.

Twenty-five of the "javelins" are currently sticking in Pine Island Glacier (PIG), one of the continent's biggest and fastest-moving ice streams.

The PIG has many deep crevasses that are too dangerous to traverse.

The British Antarctic Survey's spears have been equipped with GPS to track the PIG's progression towards the sea.

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22079052

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/bngenvy

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Wind tunnel tests led to the most stable javelin configuration

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