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 [...]
There is a new maze puzzle game on the Google Play store from Bit Breakers called Cosmicube. If you have played games like Edge then you already have a bit of an idea as to what you can expect in this game. However, it is a lot more challenging. Read more… … Continue Reading Here [...]
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 [...]
Psychic Software has released a new fun game onto the Google Play store called Let’s Break Stuff. Just as the title sounds, this game is all about breaking ‘stuff’ such as dishes, glasses, crockery and other breakable objects. Read more… … Continue Reading Here Let’s Break Stuff from Psychic Software lets you break all kinds [...]
MiniClip has been releasing a steady pace of popular games from their site onto the Google Play store recently and a new one has arrived in the form of Extreme Skater. This is an all out trick filled skateboarding game with a whole lot of levels and just as many tricks to break out. Read [...]
Today Google released the first video taken exclusively by Google Glasses. Set on a trampoline, the video shows how easy it is to record video even when you’re doing upside-down somersaults in the air. Take a look at the video below: Sure, the clip is just 15 seconds and shot in 720p but it’s pretty [...]
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 [...]
There are many things to look forward to when the annual Google I/O rolls around and new Android hardware is one of them. According to a “trusted source” close to Techno Buffalo we have at least one piece of hardware we can look forward to at this this years conference and it may even go [...]
The very popular Grand Theft Auto III is on sale this weekend in the Google Play Store. It’s normally priced at $4.99, which in my opinion is already a great price, but starting today through May 28th, you can grab it for .99 cents. That is an absolute steal and if you’ve ever had fun [...]
The Android team introduced subscription billing to the Google Play store today, giving developers another way to monetize their apps. Going forward, developers can build in interval payment systems for premium content, bundled in-app products, magazine subscriptions, etc. and have Google Play handle the entire process. As a consumer, this doesn’t really affect you until [...]
Another change to the Google Play store has arrived regarding in-app purchases/billing but this time it deals with subscriptions. Developers can now offer in-app subscriptions which users can sign up for. Games for a monthly fee and digital magazine style applications will benefit the most from this. Read more… … Continue Reading Here Google Play [...]
Google updated the Google+ iOS app recently with a complete visual overhaul, and now the company’s brought the new look to Android as well – plus a few unique tricks. For one, version 2.6 of Google+ for Android now allows you to start a Hangout directly from your phone; you could previously join a Hangout [...]
We heard a lot of talk about a Google (possibly) Nexus Tablet, but things cooled off. All talk seemed to point towards ASUS manufacturing it with a June release. Well DigiTimes is reporting that 600,000 tablets will be made available in June and ASUS continues to be the manufacturer of choice. Projected sales for 2012 [...]
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 [...]
Verizon Galaxy Nexus owners had a taste of the Android 4.0.4 update (IMM76K) at the beginning of this month but the download was later removed for unknown reasons. Today, the link became available again and the update is ready to download for those who don’t want to wait for the OTA push and know what [...]
Since it was released, the Verizon Galaxy Nexus has been stuck on Android 4.0.2 without receiving an update to Android 4.0.4 which the international version of the phone has gotten ages ago. The 4.0.4 update was pushed a couple of times already and then pulled for reasons only Google and Verizon know. The link to [...]
At the beginning of the month, Google made the 4.0.4 update file for the Galaxy Nexus available for everyone to download. Unfortunately, Google must have jumped the gun, because just a short time after release the link was pulled and G-Nex owners were back in the dark with no word from either company. The link [...]
Oh no! It looks like one of the Google Maps cars was involved in a pretty bad accident. So far, there are no details as to what exactly happened, but we’re hoping everyone is okay. Luckily for Google, figuring out what happened shouldn’t be too difficult, seeing as how there are plenty of cameras on board that hopefully caught the footage. Have you [...]
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 [...]
So we have reported on the fact that Google is looking at making multiple Nexus brand devices from multiple manufacturers and to have them heading our way by Q4 2012. Well it seems a close source to it all has told TalkAndroid more information about this subject and that there will be five Nexus brand [...]
After a week of deliberation, the jury in the Oracle vs Google trial has finally reached their verdict: Android did not infringe on any of Oracles patents. Developing… … Continue Reading Here Oracle vs Google Trial Over – Android Did Not Infringe On Oracle Patents Chris Chavez – phandroid.com
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 [...]
Some new rumors are floating around this morning regarding the extremely popular Microsoft Office Suite. Apparently multiple versions have been spotted running on the iPad and Microsoft is looking to launch Office for Android tablets and that other tablet later this year, possibly in November. Google Docs might have some competition pretty soon. According to [...]
nVidia has reveal their newest platform, called Kai, which is apparently going to bring to market those $199 quad-core Tegra 3 Android 4.0 tablets we have been hearing rumors about over the past month or two. More specifically, the rumored Google Nexus tablet which has been rumored to be a quad-core tablet that will sell [...]
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. [...]
Google has officially closed the deal for the acquisition of Motorola. Now Motorola is fully owned by Google and Google has already announced some changes like replacing the CEO of Motorola with one of their Senior VP’s, and cutting 30% of the workforce, which makes sense since Google will need Motorola to be as lean [...]
As Facebook counts down the days to the opening of its new App Center, it is spotlighting another piece of functionality that it intends to include: easy installs. The App Center, if you don’t recall, will be a centralized place where Facebook will allow users to browse (and install) apps that utilize Facebook connect – [...]
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 [...]
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