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  • verb Present participle of sideload.

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Examples

  • Already some Android devices lock out "sideloading" of non-Market apps.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Already some Android devices lock out "sideloading" of non-Market apps.

    Slashdot timothy 2010

  • Already some Android devices lock out "sideloading" of non-Market apps.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Both stores will offer over-the-air browsing, downloading and installation of apps directly onto a mobile phone, along with PC-based downloading for later 'sideloading' to a mobile during the next desktop sync session.

    ActiveWin.com Headlines 2009

  • Like the iPhone's App Store, SkyMarket will offer free and paid software for both over-the-air installations and desktop download-and-sync or 'sideloading'.

    APC 2009

  • The wireless carrier will roll out an update to the Inspire 4G, Samsung Captivate, HTC Aria and LG Thunder in the next few weeks that will enable the sideloading of any Android app.

    Gizmodo Kelly Hodgkins 2011

  • Atrix 4G owners will have to wait for a maintenance release from Motorola before AT&T can enable sideloading.

    Gizmodo Kelly Hodgkins 2011

  • The judge also found MP3tunes founder Michael Robertson personally liable for sideloading some of EMI's copyrighted music to his own MP3tunes music locker from infringing websites.

    Ars Technica Timothy B. Lee 2011

  • "Android users enabling sideloading doesn't necessarily lead to piracy or installation of apps from unsafe sources," says Alicia diVittorio, a spokesperson for Lookout Mobile Security.

    Wired Top Stories Mike Isaac 2011

  • And unless they've tried to install these outside applications by sideloading them, they've probably never unchecked the unknown sources permissions box to begin with.

    Wired Top Stories Mike Isaac 2011

  • A top Apple executive sounded off Wednesday against a proposed European law that would force the company to let iPhone users download software outside of the App Store, also known as "sideloading," Axios' Ashley Gold reports.

    Axios Login 2021

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