Android Central Editors’ app picks for August 6, 2011

Apple Going After Galaxy S4 and Google Now in New Motion

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Tweet   If you were thinking that Apple didn’t have any more complaining to do in the courts when it comes to both Samsung and Android, then you’d be wrong. In their second round of patent litigation against Samsung, Apple have added the Galaxy S4 to the list, along with another, more widespread Android target; [...]

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Verizon Are Selling Location Data to Businesses All Over The Country

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Tweet   Whenever we talk about Verizon, it seems that there’s always something in the back, something that’s a little “0ff”. This time around, it’s the news that Verizon are selling customers’ location data to certain partners. Of course, this is hardly a secret, they’ve been doing this since October but, the WSJ are reporting the types [...]

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Samsung Acquires 10% of Pantech for $47.6 Million; Furthers Partnership Between Korean Giants

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Tweet   South Korea is a real hotbed for smartphones. You might think that China is the place to be when it comes to these pocket computers but, South Korea is where Samsung hail from and they’re not the only high-profile smartphone manufacturer in the Korean peninsula. Both LG and Pantech are manufacturers from South [...]

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HTC Falls Into Chaos Amid Staff Departures, Manufacturing Issues and the Disastrous First

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Tweet   HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer is long past its glory days as the number one Android manufacturer; from consisting of over 67% of Android phone sales, HTC has now fallen to less than 4% of the market and is now being grouped into the ‘other’ category in recent analytic reports. As a result of [...]

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Google Now-esque Google Search Now Live on Chrome with version 27.0.1453.93

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Tweet Today, the Chrome team has pushed out a new update to the Chrome stable version for your desktop. It’s now sitting at version 27.0.1453.93. I’ve been using it for a little bit now doing different tasks for the site and our social media pages, and the only really difference I’ve seen is that the [...]

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