Author Archive: Lucian Armasu

Rich Notifications for Chrome Now Available in Beta, Resemble Attractive Google Now Info Cards

Google is showing some love to the desktop version of Chrome (Windows and ChromeOS). For the Chrome notifications, it appears that they’re adopting the same Google Now style aesthetics as they did with the new Google+ design. Say what you will about the mechanics, but there’s no denying the visual appeal. Google is slowly but [...]

Android OTA: Device Updates & Firmware Weekly Report – May 23rd Edition

It’s been a strange week for device updates, it looks like the carriers have gone a little quiet on us, which is to be expected, with Google I/O happening last week and CTIA this week. Thankfully, there was no new version of Android announced at I/O so, those of you just getting Android 4.1 won’t [...]

Verizon’s Galaxy S4 Finally Available For Purchase

Even though the device has been available from other carriers for nearly a month now, Verizon is now finally joining the Samsung Galaxy S4 party. Earlier this month, a Verizon PR person took to Twitter to announce that the launch date of the carrier’s variant had been moved up May 23rd from May 30th, and [...]

Nexus 7 Successor Coming In July According To Report

One thing noticeably missing from Google I/O 2013 was any hardware news. Many people had anticipated that we’d see a new Nexus 7 tablet unveiled at this year’s event, especially when you consider that the original Nexus 7 was unveiled at Google I/O 2012. Sadly, however, Google kept quiet on its budget tablet offerings at [...]

HTC a Sinking Ship? HTC One has Sold Approximately Five Million Units Since Launch

  Very recently, we’ve been hearing some fairly bad news coming from HTC, they’re losing staff, such as Asia Chief, Lennard Hoornik, which is an important market for HTC and while they’re still making a profit, HTC are still nowhere as strong as they have been in the past. Their Q1 figures for 2013 were [...]