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How to Implement map and geofence features in Android business apps

  Here's a guide on how to integrate map and geolocation features into an Android business app. This guide specfically tells you on how to includes overlaying store locations on Google Maps*, using...




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How to test your Android apps on Intel devices using third-party services

  More and more Android devices have Intel Inside. Besides getting your hands on Intel-based Android devices to test your apps and make sure they deliver the best experience for your users, there are se...




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How to create sample codes for Video 3D on Android

  In Android, it is very easy to create an app that can play video clips; it is also easy to create a game app with 3D graphic surface. But it is not straightforward to create an app that can play...




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How to choose the right engine for your x86-based Android game

  The fact that games are your best bet for getting a healthy and quick response you your Android app on Google Play Store. While gaming apps do score the highest in terms of downloads, popularity and a...




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How to get started with OpenCL on Android OS

   OpenCL™ Basic Tutorial for Android* OS provides guidelines on using OpenCL in Android applications. The tutorial is an interactive image processing Android application. The main focus for...




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How to use Intel Cilk Plus to speed up your Android application

   Intel(R) CilkTM Plus is a set of language extension of Intel(R) compiler, which can help to quickly and easily implement parallelism and vectorization for C/C++ code. You may refer to its m...




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How to use Native Library Compression SDK for Android apps

  Android apps are typically written in Java* because of its elegant object-oriented design and the fact that the Android Software Development Kit (Android SDK) provides cross-platform features in Java....




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Tutorial: How to implement H.265/HEVC for Intel Atom Based Android Platforms

  The H.265/HEVC standard is becoming more and more popular in the mobile market. Online video providers, mobile Internet users, and broadcast/TV operators are the beneficiaries of this new video revolu...




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How to use the Intel GPA System Analyzer to Improve performance of Android Apps

  Mobile applications can behave differently between emulator and device and, as an app grows more and more complex, debugging performance bottlenecks can become extremely difficult. The GPA System Anal...




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How to use Intel INDE Media Pack for Android to add video capturing capability for Unity Apps

  This tutorial explains how to use Intel® INDE Media Pack for Android* to add video capturing capability to Unity applications. Prerequisites: Unity 4.3.0. Capturing works as a fullscreen...




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How to optimize multimedia & augmented reality Android apps for Intel platform

  Most Android applications, even those based only on scripting and managed languages (Java*, HTML5,...) eventually use middleware features that would benefit from optimization. This article willl di...




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Case Study: Deliveing an immersive gaming experience for Intel based hybrid devices

  Abstract Tencent wanted to give gamers the best experience on Intel® Ultrabook™ and 2 in 1 systems. Legend of Xuan Yuan was already a successful game, but these systems provided Tencent w...




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How to port the Android Bullet Physics Engine to Intel Architecture

  Introduction Mobile games with stunning graphics and realistic physics are now possible due to the increasing compute power now available on mobile devices. Effects such as grenade explosions in sh...




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How to setup the peer to peer connection between two Android devices

  Introduction Android* applications may require a peer-to-peer connection between two or more Android* devices without a Wi-Fi access point or Internet access. Two examples of this are file sharing...




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Guide: Using CoCos2D for Android on Intel Architecture

  Cocos2D is a game engine that works with various devices from PCs to smart phones. This engine supports the vast majority of the features needed to make wonderful 2D-based games; it even includes a fu...




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How to customize Android security using SEAndroid

  Security Enhancements for Android (SEAndroid) Android has added some new features to the 4.4 version of the Android OS ("Kitkat"). The most important change among the new features is the...




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Case Study: How to adapt multiple input methods on Intel based hybrid devices

  Trine* 2 from Frozenbyte, Inc. struggled with optimal playability on Intel® processor-based touchscreens and 2 in 1s running Windows* 8. Supporting varied play styles and local multiplayer require...




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Use Spotify, Netflix in India on your PC, Android smartphone

  While India has kept in step with the way the Internet is used in the West in most aspects, we’re still behind when it comes to consuming streaming content. Apart from YouTube and some music and...




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How to prepare libGDX to natively support Intel x86 CPUs running Android

  Overview With Android x86-based Intel® architecture devices increasing in prominence in the marketplace, the libGDX team set out to ensure developers could seamlessly deploy their games and app...




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Tips and tricks on how to optimize Android apps on x86 platform

  Intel has a vested interest in helping developers provide Android applications that run well (or even best) on Intel architecture. While Intel is working at the community level - optimizing Dalvik Jav...




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How to use services to test your Android apps on Intel devices

  More and more Android devices have Intel Inside. Besides getting your hands on Intel-based Android devices to test your apps and make sure they deliver the best experience for your users, there are se...




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How to analyze the performance of C/C++ and debugging OpenGL ES frames on ARM and x86 Android devices

  When developing an Android* application, you usually need to test, optimize, and debug on many different platforms. While basically every hardware and chip manufacturer provides a set of custom tools...




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Guide to prototyping Android animations with Intel Animation Interpolator

  Introduction Modern user interface design has evolved dramatically in the last few years, with animation-rich interactions becoming the norm. On mobile devices, where screen space is at a premium a...




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Guide to using RenderScript on Intel architecture running the Android OS

  Intro RenderScript is a scripting language on Android. You can use it to write high performance graphics rendering and raw computational code. The RenderScript API includes high performance func...




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Guide to using a database with your Android app

  Abstract In mobile apps, using a simple database backend such as SQLite can be useful in a variety of use cases. In this article we will take a look at Android* SQLite API and helper classes for da...




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Guide to debugging Android NDK apps with Eclipse and gdb (video)

   Debugging Android* NDK apps with Eclipse* and gdb Eclipse* with ADT plugin and CDT, all part of the ADT bundle, support the Android* NDK quite well. You can even use gdb integration to debug yo...




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Guide to new features of Intel XDK kit release September 2014

  I want to start this blog with a big thank you to all of our Intel® XDK users for the enthusiastic, positive feedback to our July release of Cordova* Plugins support. It shows that we are on the r...




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How do I connect from my Android phone to Intel Edison using Bluetooth?

  Introduction Bluetooth* LE (BLE) communication use is exploding both in commercial products and hobby applications, mainly due to its low-cost and low-power requirements. This makes it an excellent...




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3 easy steps for maximum performance for your Android emulator (Intel HAXM)

  First time users of Intel® HAXM can occasionally run into situations where they are not sure if their Android* emulator is in fact using HAXM technology. This article will provide the necessary st...




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Design your own app: A beginners guide to Pixate

  Pixate is what you’d call an app prototyping tool and they are a dime a dozen. For the uninitiated, prototyping is how you generate mockups or prototypes of applications without the need to know...




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Your guide to mastering Opera Neon

  Everywhere you look, there is a radical reimagining of the way we perceive technology. Cars are driving themselves, homes are maintaining themselves and in general, everybody is busy offering you thei...




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Your guide to mastering UPI apps and payments

  Digital Payments in India took off more by force than by choice. If you’re one of those affected by the sudden move to a digital economy, we bring you one such service which promises to revoluti...




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How to Create your own WhatsApp sticker apps on Android

  WhatsApp’s sticker functionality has witnessed a substantial amount of traction amongst its 200 million users since its recent advent. However, the limited stickers provided by WhatsApp seem rat...




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Environmental conclusions ‘not supported’ in draft TSCA evaluation of carbon tetrachloride

EPA did not use conservative values for aquatic organisms in draft, Sacc says




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'Clear evidence' of PFOA carcinogenic activity, according to NTP report

Effects observed in male rats




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Risk from pesticide mixtures below threshold in Efsa assessments

But campaign group concerned about selected modelling tools




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Covid-19: Deadline extensions, derogations and supply-chain news

The latest news and developments




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MPC, RBI must coordinate action amid COVID-19 disruption: MPC minutes

While four of the MPC members voted in favour of the eventual 75-basis point (bps) cut, external members Chetan Ghate and Pami Dua argued for a 50-bps cut, the minutes, released on Monday, showed.




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Covid-19 crisis: Supreme Court seeks details of relief steps for migrant labour

In its status report submitted earlier, the Centre had said that all the steps were being taken for the welfare and benefit of migrant workers.




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FICCI panel seeks relief based on Dutch-model wage subsidy

The letter has urged, mainly for wage subsidy to large employers, on the lines of the Netherlands and Australia .




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Coronavirus lockdown 2.0 guidelines: Select economic activities to resume

Job guarantee programme (MGNREGA) works are allowed with strict implementation of social distancing and face mask.




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Farmers ask govt to purchase onions from them at Rs 20 per kg to avoid financial distress

The Lasalgaon APMC officials said that another reason for imposing restrictions is the drop in demand of onions. According to officials, the demand has reduced to a great extent in domestic markets.




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Covid-19 impact: Real estate sentiment at historic low, says Knight Frank-Ficci-Naredco survey

Even while the government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have provided some stimulus, further support may be required to help real estate and for the economy to stay afloat during the crisis.




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RBI provides limited provisioning relief for unresolved cases

According to the June 7, 2019, circular of the RBI, banks had to make additional 20% provisioning for the cases where resolution could not be reached over a period of 210 days, after signing the inter-creditor agreement.




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COVID-19 outbreak: UP mulls package for investors relocating from China

Meanwhile, the UP government had, on Thursday, issued an order allowing nine types of industries to run conditionally with essential services.




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RBI to provide Rs 50,000-crore refinance facility to AIFIs

The measure has been taken by the RBI to meet sectoral credit needs at a time when the institutions are facing difficulty in tapping the market.




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COVID-19 crisis: RBI tells banks to hold back dividends for FY20

A banking analyst told FE: “As of now, the directive is about retaining profits, but if it is extended beyond September, there could be a stock impact.”




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COVID-19 crisis: WMA limit hike for states to help reduce market borrowing cost

With the increased WMA limit, state governments are expected to plan their market borrowings in a better way rather than bunch up their borrowings, leading to oversupply issues.




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COVID-19 lockdown: No immediate relief in supply of goods

The stock of products with retailers currently is just about sufficient and distributors have been directed to supply them with quantities that will last for about four days or so.




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COVID-19 lockdown: Govt gives blanket extension of timeline for renewable projects

The move comes after renewable companies made representations to the government to allow a blanket extension for six months to overcome supply-side disruptions in completing the projects.