Android Moving Forward Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility finally received China’s approval. As part of the agreement Google has agreed to keep Android open and free for at least the next five years, in arrangement they had stated would be the case back with the deal was announced last summer. Which means as it stands Google still [...]
It seems that the Enyo team from HP’s adopted WebOS will be off to greener pastures of sorts. The Verge has learnt that the Enyo team from HP’s WebOS department is going to work for Google, soon. The entire team isn’t moving over to Google but, sources close to HP have informed The Verge that [...]
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Today, we move yet another teeny tiny step forward to the truly digital future of television. Xfinity has launched the XFINITY TV Player which, aside from a name that’s needlessly yelling, gives Comcast/Xfinity subscribers access to a host of television and movies on their Android 2.3+ devices. Both phones and tablets are supported. The [...]
It looks like Om Nom is going to have more opportunities to eat some candy because ZeptoLab has just pushed a new update to the Android app of Cut the Rope Experiments. It adds 25 new levels, all packed in a new box called Handy Candy where you will find a new robotic hand instead [...]
Bump have announced a new update for their sharing service that allows two mobile users to share files and media by simply “bumping” phones. Today, it extends beyond mobile. You can now share your stuff to your desktop. Simply tapping your keyboard’s space bar with your phone does the trick. The catch is that it’s [...]
While there have been a number of rumors regarding just what Google intends to do with the newly acquired Motorola Mobility, we now have the official word. It appears now that Google will not be selling off the hardware division, but will instead in the words of Chairman Eric Schmidt have, “more investment in products and a [...]
Attendees at today’s Google + Photographers conference were in for a special little treat, they just didn’t know it yet. The lead for tech projects, Google’s Max Braun, came on stage to showcase some new and exciting possibilities for photographic opportunities using the glasses. All this happened quite surprisingly during a segment of the conference [...]
The Android and iPhone app Bump has been updated to extend single-touch photo-sharing beyond phones to include your computer as well. From within the free app, select the photos you want to transfer then head over to bu.mp and tap your spacebar with your device to initiate the transfer. The files will then pop up [...]
More Tegra 3 news this afternoon after General Manager Mike Rayfield told analysts that there will be 30 quad-core Android phones this year. Currently there have been two phones released? So with 28 more to go, there should be a nice selection for everyone. Read more… … Continue Reading Here nVidia planning on having 30 [...]
There’s been more than a fair few rumors surrounding the much-fabled Google tablet that’s rumored to be produced by ASUS instead of their sub-$250 Tegra 3 tablet they unveiled with Nvidia at CES at the beginning of the year. Digitimes have learned from “sources from the upstream supply chain” that these tablets will be unveiled [...]
According to TalkAndroid, Google is preparing to release 5 Nexus devices directly from the Play Store starting November 5th. Why November 5th? Well, that happens to be Android’s 5th birthday, making the offer quite fitting. Of course, at this point, this is all just a big fat rumor. But it would certainly be fitting, given [...]
At the IEEE Security Symposium there’s been a taskforce of sorts formed, the Android Malware Genome Project – AMGP doesn’t sound good does it? – to understand our enemy that seems to be gaining strength. Critics for some time now have been poking fun at the Android platform for its apparent malware problem however, it’s [...]
Today is a good day for Google who has been battling Oracle in a patent infringement case, claiming that they infringed upon some of Oracle’s patents with Android. For a bit of a backstory, it was in regards to two different patents, one that is a “method and apparatus for resolving data references in generated [...]
It seems that the rumors of Google expanding its Nexus program to a number of OEMs this fall instead of taking favourites is ringing true. Talk Android have a reliable source telling them Google will in fact bring five devices under the Nexus umbrella this fall, in order to celebrate our green friend’s fifth birthday [...]
Over a week after it began deliberations, the jury has returned a verdict in the patent infringement case between Oracle and Google, finding that the search giant did not infringe upon Oracle’s patents with Android. In play were infringement counts on eight different claims across two separate patents: RE38,104 and 6,061,520. We’re updating live from [...]
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Last week we reported that Google would offer five Nexus devices later this year and sell them directly out of the Play Store. Well, a reliable source just told us that we can expect to see them on November 5th. Why November 5th? It just so happens it’s Android’s 5th Birthday. Now you can clearly [...]
While NVIDIA hinted in March that we could see a $199 Tegra 3 based tablet as early as summer, they’ve fully declared it today as they detailed their new Kai Platform. Hoping to get in on the success that Amazon had with the Kindle Fire companies are looking at bringing a cheaper tablet into the [...]
The original Babel Rising game which was released on iOS and Android by White Bird Productions back in 2010 has been picked up by Ubisoft apparently who has been working on remaking the game. Called Babel Rising 3D, this remake of the original 2D game is slated for release next month on iOS and Android. [...]
At the recent Zeitgesit 2012 event in London Larry Page took to the stage with ‘Project Glass’ – which he referred to as “Google Glass”. It’s fantastic to see an enthusiastic CEO like Larry Page show off his company’s upcoming creation. The Glass is obviously an early prototype but, it’s certainly nice to see them [...]
We’ve talked about this game a few times in the recent past but now we can finally say that Gameloft’s Men In Black 3 game has finally been released onto Android. Actually, it was released on iOS and Android at the same time which is something that almost never happens. Read more… … Continue Reading [...]
There’s been a lot of buzz around the recently completed acquisition of Motorola Mobility, mostly about just what is going to happen with the company now that it’s finally been brought under Google’s wing. There’s something else to focus on here and that that’s Motorola Mobility will, for the time being, still function like it has done. [...]
When Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said we might see $199 Tegra 3 tablets this summer, he wasn’t speculating idly. Nvidia has revealed that it’s working on just such a tablet: Kai. At the company’s annual meeting of investors last week, VP Rob Csonger revealed the idea, and explained Kai isn’t just a piece of hardware, [...]
All you fans out there of the mass effect series, your wait is finally over for Mass Effect: Infiltrator. You’ve heard that it dropped for iOS months ago and you’ve watched your friends in the apple legion enjoy its many masterful missions and become engrossed into its awesome storyline spun off the original Mass Effect [...]
Nimblebit, developers of the hit game Tiny Tower, are currently working on a new game for Android and iOS called Pocket Planes. In fact, Pocket Planes is part of the Tiny Tower world complete with all the pixel art and pixel people, also known as ‘bitizens’. Read more… … Continue Reading Here Nimblebit’s upcoming Android [...]
Before any of you go and get your hopes up, this is no Transformer Prime, far from it, in fact. VIA are bringing this PC to the market with the hopes of replacing Windows desktops for web browsing and light productivity. There’s been a fair few companies bringing super small PCs to the market, such [...]
Angry Birds, it’s somewhat impossible to escape, don’t you think? Especially if you’ve got family that love casual games. It’s certainly hard not to love Angry Birds, it’s so simple and yet so addictive. There’s no doubting Rovio’s runaway success with the game either. Having launched originally on the iPhone and then Android it’s only [...]
Recently at Zeitgeist 2012, Google CEO Larry Page gave a nice talk about Google, Android, and of course, those funky looking glasses he’s sporting. Page said he was really happy to be wearing a working pair of Google Glasses and that there is still a lot of work to be done on Project Glass. To [...]
Android is all the rage. A new phone hits the market in just about the same amount of time it takes for you to dust off that old pairs of LA lights. Android software is no different. It seems that a new version is already under development not even a few months to half a [...]
From the makers of Dead Space comes the new Mass Effect game for Android that we have been talking about for the last little while. EA has just released Mass Effects Infiltrator onto the Google Play store which is not only a mobile exclusive part of the Mass Effect storyline but also ties into the [...]
HTC has released a list of devices that are scheduled to receive the infamous Android 4.0 update. It is looking good for handsets like the HTC Rezound, HTC Rhyme, HTC EVO 3D and few others (list below) because they’re all getting ICS by the month of July or before. If you’re an HTC Thunderbolt owner, [...]
The day is fast approaching. The day when you can hold Samsung’s new little piece of heaven right in the palm of your hands. But screw it, waiting is for chumps and you’ve got to have the most sought after device to date, RIGHT NOW! Well, you’re in luck. Kinda. The Amazon pre-order pages for [...]
Yesterday we reported on the fact an unofficial port of Theme Hospital had arrived on Android from BarleyStudios. This version of Theme Hospital was available for download for $1.49 but as it turns out, the BarleyStudios version uses the same coding as the CorsixTH version and since BarleyStudios is charging for their port, it violates [...]
A rather popular PC/console game has arrived on Android in the form of what can pretty much be considered an unofficial port. The game in question is called Theme Hospital, originally developed by Bullfrog Productions before merging with EA back in 2004. Read more… … Continue Reading Here Theme Hospital arrives on Android in the [...]
If you’re the owner of a Kindle Fire running the stock version of Amazon’s fork of Android, you could be seeing ads on the device at some point in the future. According to Adage, Amazon is looking to sell ads on the welcome screen of its popular Kindle Fire tablet. At the moment, there’s no [...]
As a Brit myself, this seems a little cheesy but, also nice to see happening all the same. Samsung have announced Olympic Editions of both the Galaxy Note and the Galaxy Y. These are essentially dressed up versions of the devices here in the UK. You can get them from O2 (Galaxy Note, Galaxy Y) [...]
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