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Nov

22

2011

Buffy: The Real Facebook Phone

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by Justin Routhier
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  This year has been wrought with so-called “Facebook phones” popping up all along the way and ultimately, only giving its users a colorful designated button, a few easy sharing features… and not much more. Facebook itself has served as a mere collaborator in these unimpressive efforts that came with silly monikers like Cha Cha, [...]

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Nov

22

2011

Silly Best Buy, It’s Galaxy Nexus not “Nexus Prime”

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by Stacy Bruce
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Oh snap! Somebody within Best Buy marketing either made a huge snafu or Verizon decided to throw a major curve ball real late in the game. According to Best Buy’s upcoming December wireless catalog, the Galaxy Nexus, as it was officially named by Google, has reappeared with the Nexus Prime name. Some reports are saying [...]

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Nov

21

2011

Galaxy Nexus Gets Perma-Root [Courtesy of MoDaCo]

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by Jack Holt
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There is good news for you folks that are holding out for the Galaxy Nexus when it comes out in the US. The folks over at MoDaCo have created a way to permanently root your Galaxy Nexus. What this means is that when it is released, and you are able to pick up your Galaxy [...]

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Nov

21

2011

Google Clears Up Storage Concerns For Ice Cream Sandwich

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by Justin Routhier
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Some frustrated Galaxy Nexus owners were unhappy to discover that their device did not support USB mass storage as they connected to a PC. From this, concern has grown as to whether this limitation is one of the Galaxy Nexus individually or a larger, more disappointing misstep for Android 4.0. Luckily, Google’s Dan Morril has [...]

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Nov

19

2011

Google’s Chris DiBona Calls Out Mobile Antivirus Companies

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by Jim Farmer
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Google’s Open Source Programs Manager, Chris DiBona, recently posted a to his Google+ page a rant of sorts calling out mobile antivirus companies. “Sometimes I read an article about open source that drives me nuts. A recent one stated, without irony, that ‘critics have been pounding the table for years about open source being inherently [...]

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Nov

18

2011

No, Google Didn’t Extend The Android Market Return Policy to 48 Hours

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by Stacy Bruce
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Today, a new developer distribution agreement was sent out by Google and caused quite the stir within the rumor mill. There is a certain part of the new agreement that talks about the Android Market’s return policy that when read, can definitely be misleading. Here, I will let you read the excerpt in question so [...]

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Nov

18

2011

Google and Motorola Merger Approved By Motorola Mobility Shareholders

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by Jack Holt
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Back in August we reported on the possible merger of Google and Motorola. Well as of yesterday after a special shareholder’s meeting, it appears that shareholders are on board with this idea, overwhelmingly so. According to the press release 99% of shareholders approved of the merger. Sanjay Jha, Chairman and CEO of Motorola Mobility was [...]

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Nov

18

2011

Google Music Will Integrate with Google TV

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by Spencer McClendon
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Google announced today, that Google Music would be coming to Google TV. For those of you that have been living under a rock for the past few weeks, let me catch you up to speed by giving you the link to our coverage of the event. Are you back now? OK, now that we got [...]

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Nov

16

2011

Easter Egg Finally Uncovered In Ice Cream Sandwich, Flying Nyan-Andys (Video)

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by Joe Sirianni
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Well, we all know how silly Google can get, and that’s just how it goes when you’re a multi-billion dollar company.  You can do whatever the heck you want to.  And with that, Google tends to cleverly hide little tidbits of joy within their OS on flagship devices, and your job is to dig deep and find [...]

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Nov

16

2011

[Video] Google’s Matias Duarte Shows Off Android 4.0 Real-Time Video Effects

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by Stacy Bruce
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With all the great features that we are looking forward to in the impending release of  Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, some are more practical than others. This week, The Verge, had an opportunity to sit down with Matias Duarte to spend a few minutes discussing one of the more ‘add-it-cause-it’s-fun features’ rather than focus on more serious [...]

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