Back in August of last year, Google acquired Motorola Mobility, the mobile division of Motorolla, for $12.5 Billion in cash in one of their biggest acquisitions yet. As with any acquisitions of this size from a public company, the deal first has to be approved by regulators. One of the last to approve the deal [...]
Google’s purchase of Motorola has been a long time in the making, but it looks like the last hurdle has finally been cleared: the Associated Press is reporting that China regulators have approved the transaction. A Google spokesperson confirmed that the Chinese government cleared the purchase on Saturday; the deal is now expected to close [...]
With the advent of the latest and greatest APIs, amazing new apps have been made possible. Unfortunately, these developments have also given rise to another, more insidious trend on Google Play: cruel and unusual advertising. For example, ad network SellARing allows developers to play a 10-second audio ad whenever users make a phone call. Fortunately, [...]
Google and Motorola took one on the chin today when the International Trade Commision upheld an earlier determination that Motorola’s Android handsets infringe on Microsoft patent no. 6,370,566 which involves “generating meeting requests and group scheduling from a mobile device”. This is an exclusion order, which means that in 60 days Motorola will have to [...]
Something odd is going on with the Google Wallet app. After a recent update the app appears to be requesting root access, though the initial report is that nothing has changed within Google Wallet that would need root access. Some suggest Google is doing this to check if a phone is rooted or not so [...]
In the continuing mild drama that is Google Wallet‘s security, there’s a new wrinkle to report. The latest update is specifically for the HTC EVO 4G LTE (which won’t be released any time soon thanks, Apple!) and a small bug fix. But why is the application suddenly asking for root access? Rooted users found that [...]
While getting cash back when you buy a new phone might not be such a new idea, Virgin Mobile’s delivering it in a novel way. With every Optimus Elite purchased between now and July 18th you’ll receive $25 Google Wallet credit, giving you a taste of how contactless payment works with your new device. Strangely, [...]
Those of you a part of the elite 4.9% of Android users currently running Ice Cream Sandwich have a little something to enjoy today. Looks like developer Imangi Studios has updated Temple Run for Android, finally fixing compatibility issues the game was having on some Android 4.0 devices. A few other bugs were fixed as [...]
Ever since the iPhone and the iPad appeared, people have praised the iOS’s simplistic design in comparison to what a user gets on a Windows machine, which can be a lot more complicated for most people than iOS. Android was built by engineers and for people who want more features and functionality, and not necessarily [...]
Yesterday we talked about the popular iOS puzzle game Trainyard, developed by Matt Rix, that Noodlecake was planning to release today onto Android. Well if you were waiting for this challenging puzzle game to arrive, it has now landed on the Google Play store. Along with its arrival, we now know what next week’s game [...]
While I am still waiting for Google Offers to be available in my area, it looks like it won’t be too long because a new update has been pushed to its bringing more locations and partners. Not only that but Google also improved navigating within the application. While this isn’t a major update, we encourage [...]
The popular deals-site Daily Steals, is looking to clear out their inventory of Motorola 32GB XOOM WiFi tablets with their newest “Last Call” sale. The tabs only run $240, but are factory re-certified and come with a 90 day warranty for anyone who is wary of buying “used” tech items. As we always say, the XOOM is the OG Android [...]
A small update is available for Google Offers over in the Google Play Store. The deals service has slowly been growing its stock of available offers, and the latest version of its Android app comes at a time when more and more partners are coming on board. In terms of actual changes to the Offers [...]
If you’re on Sprint and you’ve been feeling left out as far as having the option to use carrier billing when purchasing Play Store items other than apps, welcome to the circle. Sprint is now offering you the ability to use carrier billing instead of entering in your credit card information, adding music, books and [...]
What Do You Think About the New Nexus Rumors? The Nexus One, Nexus S, and Galaxy Nexus are all flagship Google phones, each being the first to use the then-latest version of Android (2.2, 2.3, and 4.0, respectively), each being free of any third-party UIs like TouchWiz or Sense, and each being the only flagship [...]
So, you know how Google allows you to authorize up to 10 devices to access its Google Music service? Well, recently an XDA member noticed that Google had placed a cap on the number of device de-authorizations to only 4 per year. For most people, that’s not an issue. But to frequent modders, devs, and [...]
It looks like Google is listening to its users and are working on finding a better solution to the 4-per-year device deauthorization limit that was previously set on Google Music. Earlier today, news broke out that Google was limiting the number of devices that could be deauthorized to a maximum of 4 per year, leaving [...]
Back at CES in January Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt took part in CNET’s Next Big Thing Panel, where he famously said this when discussing Android fragmentation: “You have to be careful with that word,” he cautioned. He actually prefers to use the term “differentiation” to describe the situation, as his definition of fragmentation is [...]
If you’re a Google Music user who likes to flash custom ROMS on your Android device, you might want to be careful the next time you deauthorize a device from your Google Music account. According to new reports, Google now only allows a maximum of 4 devices to be deauthorized each year. Some users on [...]
Google has responded to complaints about its decision to limit Google Music members to deauthorizing only four devices a year, a policy that caused problems for some Android users. In a statement, the company said that “we understand this has caused some issues for users who often deauthorize and reauthorize the same device, and we [...]
If you are out of deauthorizations in Google Music this morning, check again. We are hearing from a handful of users that Google may have opened it back up for the time being. Previously, users were only allowed to deauthorize 4 devices per year, but at this moment, it appears as if you can jump [...]
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Appbrain, which we here at AP still use to this day thanks to a few handful features that the Play Store still hasn’t implemented, analyzed 140,000 Android apps and came up with a list of the top 10 ad networks. While they don’t openly state the source of this data, I am willing to bet [...]
If you’re a user of Google Play Music that has multiple devices, you’re likely familiar with the fact that you may have to deauthorized devices on your account when it starts to get full to be able to add more. If you’re the sort who tends to flash your Android device with lots of different [...]
Mobile viewing link Today, Google released version 19 of their popular Chrome desktop browser. With this updated version of the stable release, you are now able to sync your open tabs across your devices. Started reading something at home on your desktop, continue reading it on your phone using Chrome for Android beta while you [...]
With the incoming rumor that Google will be adding a number of manufacturers to the Nexus program it runs yearly as oppose to just one, I’m sure many people are wondering who will make the cut. Of course, nobody knows who or what will make the cut to be added to the Nexus program if, [...]
Mozilla has released a new version of their Firefox beta into the Google Play Store, but this latest release is unlike those that came before. Instead of using XUL, Mozilla has transitioned to a native Android user interface. Nightly builds of this version have been available for some time now, but a Google Play release [...]
Driverless cars might seem like a thing of the distant future, but thanks to Google auto-piloted vehicles are no longer science fiction. The search giant was recently awarded a license to begin testing the vehicle on public streets in Nevada, a first for such a car, and has now been spotted as far east as [...]
Google’s been working hard lately at adding tab syncing to Chrome – first, the Chrome beta for Android synced tabs between an Android 4.0 handset and a computer browser, then a recent beta of Chrome for the desktop offered the option to sync tabs between multiple computers. Now, Chrome 19 has been officially released as [...]
Ah, Project Glass, by any other name would seem as awesome. I think there are a lot of you out there that whilst might not be sure of whether or not this kind of tech will catch on but, I’m sure there are a great many more of us that just think this stuff is [...]
For those of you that use the official Twitter for Android App you’ll be happy to know that there is an update waiting for you. Hit the My Apps section of the Google Play Store and you’ll find the update. It fixes issues with sync settings as well as fixes issues that people who are [...]
There’s been rumors floating around the last several months about Samsung and Google working on a Nexus tablet. Not much information has been able to go on, but it appears that there’s even more to making the rumors true. Google’s own GIT repository is being updated and mirrored to their AOSP tree. In plain English, a [...]
2012 has been quite the year for smartphones and tablets; more so for smartphones but that’s a story for another time I’d say. What with new – much faster – processors, higher-resolution displays, new materials and the latest from Android all becoming the norm it’s easy for a manufacturer to be shunned into the corner [...]
I’ve always felt notification bar ads are the worst things to have ever been created. However, such is the beauty of the human mind that we’re always, always capable of exceeding our previous achievements (whether for the good or for the bad). So, what could be more annoying than ads in the notification bar? How [...]
Hothead Games have published the award winning Steampunk themed adventure game from Amanita Design called Machinarium onto the Google Play store. As you know we just love unique indie games with a unique art style to them and Machinarium falls right into this category. Read more… … Continue Reading Here Award winning Steampunk themed adventure [...]
The Google Play store is currently in the process of being updated to version 3.5.19. Unfortunately, there’s no changelog posted anywhere, so we don’t really know what’s new with this update. The application still looks the same; menus haven’t changed, options haven’t changed. We can only assume that this update contains some bug fixes that [...]
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