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Feb

7

2012

Google Chrome Beta Released for Android, Finally!

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by Jack Holt
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Google has finally release its long-wanted Chrome browser for Android roughly a few minutes ago. In order to run the app you must have Android 4.0 installed. It’s in beta right now so expect a few bugs and while we haven’t had a chance to play with it yet you can expect a review from [...]

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Feb

7

2012

Google Glasses On The Way

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by Roy Alugbue
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Google is looking to bring cool to heads-up display glasses. 9to5Google reports an anonymous individual has seen a prototype which looks similar to a pair of Oakley Thumps sunglasses. While it features a HUD display… keep in mind the HUD will be for one eye, not both. However, don’t let it stop you from drooling [...]

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Feb

6

2012

Further Clarification Offered for CDMA Galaxy Nexus “Official” Status Drop

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by Jack Holt
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For those of you who don’t know Google dropped official “developer device” support for the CDMA (Verizon) version of the Galaxy Nexus last week. While a statement was released explaining why, it apparently required further explanation as it wasn’t officially explained in full as to what this drop actually meant. So without futher hesitation here [...]

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Feb

6

2012

Google Loses Appeal Over Trial Period in Taiwan

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by Josh O'Donnell
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In June of last year, the Taiwanese government issued a complaint to multiple companies including Microsoft and Apple, defending a certain law they have in place that details anything downloaded from the internet must be subject to a mandatory seven-day trial period in which the user can request a complete refund. Both Apple and Microsoft [...]

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Feb

6

2012

White Galaxy Nexus To Hit The UK Next Week

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by Josh O'Donnell
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Those of you in the U.K. can mark your calendars because the white Galaxy Nexus has been officially confirmed by Samsung for release on Monday, February 13th — just in time to buy one for your special someone on Valentine’s Day. The sleek looking Samsung flagship model comes with the same color scheme as yester-years’ white [...]

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Feb

6

2012

Google Snatches Up Apple Senior Director For “Secret Project”

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by Roy Alugbue
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Well this certainly isn’t going to help with Apple/Google relations. We’ve just learned Google just hired Simon Prakash… better known as Apple’s former senior director of product integrity. In his 8 years at Apple, Prakash was most recently responsible for product quality control across all of Apple’s product lines. He now moves on to Google to work [...]

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Feb

4

2012

Verizon Galaxy Nexus Android 4.0.4 OTA Package Unofficially Available

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by Ed Caggiani
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A user over at Android Central received an OTA notification on his Verizon Galaxy Nexus, and managed to pull the file and make it available for download. Apparently the update contains Android 4.0.4 IMM30B. This seems to be a limited release, most likely for internal testing, so if you decide to flash this, don’t be [...]

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Feb

3

2012

Google Drops Official “Developer Support” for CDMA Galaxy Nexus, Google Releases Statement, Will Still Provide Direct Software Support

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by Jack Holt
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While most of us aren’t surprised by this move, I’m certainly not, Google has dropped official support for the CDMA (Verizon) Galaxy Nexus as a developer device. They did the same for the LTE Xoom and Nexus S 4G as well. At first folks thought was in regards to Google Wallet not being officially supported [...]

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Feb

3

2012

Mysterious LG devices could show up at Mobile World Congress

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by Emily Aquin
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On a Universal Plug and Play website, two new LG devices have appeared with very little information about them.  Code named LG-P700 and LG-P880, they most likely aren’t the Optimus 3D Max, as the rumored build number for that is LG-P920.  The LG-P700 will come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, have the TI OMAP 4430 dual-core processor [...]

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Feb

2

2012

Android 2.3 Gingerbread Running on 58% of Android Devices

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by Emily Aquin
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  Every two weeks Google releases the Android distribution numbers to the masses.  The biweekly survey reports what version of Android that a device is running when it accesses the Market.  Developers should note that a whopping 58 percent of devices are now running Android 2.3 Gingerbread.  This is especially important in determining which software [...]

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