recollect Bump , that bully small app that let you transfer data from phone to earpiece — or phone to computer — with a handy little NFC - free bump ? Wellnow it belongs to Google .
https://gizmodo.com/bump-is-the-newest-easiest-way-to-send-your-digital-go-5984313
Bump / touch - to - share has always been a small bit of a novelty , mainly because most variation — like those build - in to Samsung ’s Galaxy phones — rely on NFC to get the business done . gibbosity , instead , just relies on both users having theBump app , while the synchronization chance in the scope thanks to some fancy cloud - syncing illusion . Now , with a Google acquisition , it might not be long until that feature is build up right into vanilla Android .
In fact , Google ’s got a short catching up to do considering thatAirDrop — a similar easy - portion feature article — is comingbaked into iOS 7 , at least formore late handsets .
https://gizmodo.com/airdrop-is-now-baked-into-ios-7-512342446
https://gizmodo.com/the-prettiest-way-to-find-out-what-ios-7-features-your-512905905
Sharing datum between phones directly without some sort of social medium wholesaler or obnoxious number - exchange has always been a little more complicated than it feels like it should be . And solutions like Bump have been offering simpler alternatives . The only matter that ’s left is to have something become the de facto standard so there ’s no “ hey just get this app ” before the bumping begin . And being built mightily into Android for certain seems like the way to get that done . [ BumpviaTechCrunch ]
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