T-Mobile, which exclusively has the G1 Android phone as well as the MyTouch3G and Cliq, has released some Android stats this week, including its forward plans for the Android Market.
According to MobileCrunch here are the stats from T-Mobile:
* Around 50% of myTouch users launch the Market app each day
* 80% of myTouch users launch the browser once a day, and roughly 66% launch it more than once a day
* More than 40% of myTouch users access social sites multiple times each day
* Roughly half of myTouch owners say they have “completely customized” their handsets, though that term seems a bit ambiguous
Perhaps the biggest note from the report is the upcoming addition of “Carrier Billing” to the Android Market. Until now, users needed a Google Checkout account to purchase any games or applications but with carrier billing you can download anything you want and it will be charged to your wireless bill at the end of the month.
The news should help developers sell more applications, and will also make the entire process as easy as click and purchase.
Additionally, T-Mobile will soon have its own Android Market channel and a T-Mobile Pack of 34 “recommended” apps.
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According to a study of Ohio State University students, students who actively use social networking site Facebook reported GPAs of between 3.0 and 3.5 while those who did not averaged 3.5-4.0.
Although the study was only of 219 students and cannot be considered definitive, it has suggested the clear link between the site and overall academic performance.
Also noted in the study was the fact that Facebook users studied only one to five hours a week while non-users studied 11 or more.
Ohio State doctoral student Aryn Karpinski, who conducted the research with another graduate student, did add however that the study was too narrow to make any “set in stone” conclusions.
“It cannot be stated (that) Facebook use causes a student to study less or get lower grades,” says Aryn. “I’m just saying that they’re related somehow, and we need to look into it further.” 68 percent of those studied said they use Facebook and 65 percent of those said they access the site daily or even multiple times daily.
Some students did say the site helps them form study groups with other students and overall 79 percent said the site did not hinder their academic performance.
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Over the last few years Exact Audio Copy (EAC) has gotten a reputation as one of the best (if not the very best) audio CD ripping tool around. Despite being officially designated as “prebeta” software it’s actually one of the most reliable and full-featured audio tools available. We’ve recently added three guides that take you from installation to ripping CDs, and even explain how to work with the unusual CD Image backups it produces. But before you read these guides you may want to find out more about the program to see if it’s right for you.
Secure Ripping
Although most people tend to think of CDs as sounding the same every time they’re played, in reality almost every time a disc is read there are errors. With modern media like DVD, or even CD-ROMs, this can be dealt with using very sophisticated error correction to re-create the original data. Audio CDs, on the other hand, primarily use a strategy of hiding errors instead of correcting them. While this increases the amount of damage it takes to audibly reduce quality, it also increases the complexity of performing perfect backups.
Afterdawn’s new EAC guides
Exact Audio Copy Installation and Configuration
