Tag: Google

Andy Rubin Starting A New Chapter With Google, Says Good-Bye To Android Team

Mar. 13 Android, Featured, Google no comments

Andy Rubin

Andy Rubin, founder of Android has decided that he is going to leave the Android team and start a “new chapter at Google”.

Android has a global partnership of over 60 manufactures, over 750 million devices activated (globally) and about 25 billion applications have been downloaded from the Google Play Store, under Rubin’s leadership.

Taking his place will be Sundar Pichai, who currently works with Chrome and Apps.

Sundar Pichai

Larry Page, CEO stated in their Official Blog:

“So while Andy’s a really hard act to follow, I know Sundar will do a tremendous job doubling down on Android as we work to push the ecosystem forward”.

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Google Play Store Celebrates First Birthday

Mar. 06 Android, Featured, Google no comments

Google

Happy First Birthday Google Play! A year ago today Google rebranded their Android Market to the Google Play Store, which offers more than just apps. Celebrating their birthday, Google is going to be offering discounts on their music, books, magazines, TV shows and exclusive gaming offers.

This celebration will carry on throughout the week. Check out the goodie bags and discount offers they are running via this link.

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Nexus Devices To Have Insanely Great Cameras

Feb. 18 Android, Featured, Google Comments Off

Vic Gundotra

Google’s Senior Vice President of Engineering posted on his Google+ that he was packing for a trip to the mountains and was unsure which type of camera equipment to bring. “Obviously taking my Android phone and Google Glass,” he stated.

As comments started following one users wrote, “I hope that someday we will just carry our future Nexus and we won’t worry about any heavy camera (smiley face) is that possible +Vic Gundotra any way thank you for all the efforts you have already done”.

Gundotra replied, “We are committed to making Nexus phones insanely great cameras. Just wait and see.”

As phones become more and more apart of our lives, the camera quality on a smartphone has become more of a focus. Lets see if the next Nexus lives up to the Gundotra’s comment.

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Google I/O Event To Take Place In May 2013

Dec. 05 Android, Google Comments Off

Google has tweeted “Save the date! Google I/O ’13 will be 5/15-17. Reg info coming in early ’13. Meanwhile, revisit the magic”.

Following up on the tweet was Vic Gundotra from Google, who blogged letting fans know that the event will take place at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco, California. Announcement for registrations will happen in February, so mark your calendar for what will once again be a sellout in record time.

 

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T-Mobile’s Holiday Lineup

Nov. 14 Android, Google, LG, Nokia, Samsung, T-Mobile, Tablets, Windows Phone Comments Off

The holiday season has finally arrived. The time when we to enjoy family, friends, and holiday deals!

Starting today T-Mobile has released their full holiday lineup of smartphones, tablets, and exciting new services. Costumers can now get their hands on the newest devices, including the Google Nexus 4, Nokia Lumina 810, Windows Phone 8X by HTC. In addition EA Games and PowerA have partnered with T-Mobile to bring premium gaming experiences to their holiday line up.

To help their customers beat the Black Friday madness T-Mobile is holding their T-Mobile’s free Samsung 4G smartphone sale on November 16 & 17.

Pricing and Availability for all of T-Mobiles holiday line up are listed below.

Windows Phone 8

Nokia Lumia 810:

-Available starting today online and in retail stores

-Value Plan: $99.99 down payment after a $50 mail-in rebate card and 20 equal payments of $20 per month with a two year service agreement on qualifying voice and data plans.

-Classic Plan: $149.99 after a $50 mail-in-rebate card and with a two-year service agreement on qualifying voice and data plans

Windows Phone 8X by HTC:

-Available starting today online and in retail stores

-Value Plan: $149.99 down payment after a $50 mail-in rebate card and 20 equal payments of $20 per month with a two year service agreement on qualifying voice and data plans

- Classic Plan: $199.99 after a $50 mail-in-rebate card and with a two-year service agreement on qualifying voice and data plans

Android

Google Nexus 4:

- Currently available via Google Play and will be available in select T-Mobile retail stores and online starting today

- Value Plan: $199.99 out of pocket down payment and 20 equal payments of $15 per month with a two year service agreement on qualifying voice and data plans

- Classic Plan: $199.99 with a two-year service agreement on qualifying voice and data plans

Google Nexus 7:

-Coming soon – available with T-Mobile service via Google Play

Samsung Galaxy Note II:

- Currently available online and in retail stores

- Value Plan: $249.99 out of pocket down payment and 20 equal payments of $20 per month with a two year service agreement on qualifying voice and data plans

-Classic Plan: $369.99 with a two-year service agreement on qualifying voice and data plans

LG Optimus L9:

- Currently available online and in retail stores

-Value Plan: $49.99 out of pocket down payment and 20 equal payments of $15 per month with a two year service agreement on qualifying voice and data plans

-Classic Plan: $79.99 after a $50 mail-in-rebate card with a two-year service agreement on qualifying voice and data plans

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1:

-Available starting today online and in retail stores

-Value Mobile Broadband Plan: $199.99 out of pocket down payment and 20 equal payments of $15 per month with a two year service agreement

-Classic Mobile Broadband Plan: $399.99 after a $50 mail-in-rebate card with a two year service agreement

Samsung Galaxy S III:

-Currently available online and in retail stores. For more information, visit: http://galaxy-s.t-mobile.com/samsung-galaxy-s3

Windows 8

Dell Inspiron 14z Ultrabook

- Currently available online and in select retail stores

- Value Mobile Broadband Plan: $389.99 out of pocket down payment and 20 equal payments of $20 per month with  a two year service agreement

Accessories

-The AllShare Cast Wireless Hub accessory is available in T-Mobile retail stores and at www.T-Mobile.com for $99.99.

-The MOGA  Mobile Gaming System is available at www.T-Mobile.com for $49.99 and will be in select T-Mobile retail stores starting today.

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Google Play Store Reaches 700,000 Apps

Oct. 31 Android, Apple, Applications, Google, Uncategorized Comments Off

Google has been trailing behind Apple in their application market, but now Google has closed the rather significant gap between the two. The Google Play Store has reached 700,000 applications available across all Android devices.

Last week at Apple’s iPad Mini event they announced that they have 700,000 applications available for download in the App Store, and less than a week later Google announced that they have reached the same amount of applications in the Google Play Store.

While the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store may have the same amount of applications avaliable for download, Apple still leads the pack with over 35 billion downloads and Apple has a much tougher approval process.

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Google Announces The Samsung Nexus 10 And LG Nexus 4

Oct. 29 Android, Featured, Google, LG, Samsung Comments Off

 

Google’s press event was cancelled today due to Hurricane Sandy, but that didn’t stop the company from making their announcements online as they have unveiled the Samsung Nexus 10 and the LG Nexus 4.

The Samsung Nexus 10 has a 10-inch WQXGA display (2560 x 1600 pixel), a dual-core A15 processor, 2 GB of RAM, 5 megapixel rear camera, 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera, available in 16 GB or 32 GB of internal memory, a 9000 mAh Lithium polymer battery and running Google’s new Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean).

The other device is manufactured by LG, the Nexus 4 has a 4.7-inch WXGA IPS display (1280 x 768 pixel), Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 8 megapixel rear camera, 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera, available 8 GB or 16 GB of internal memory, 2 GB of RAM, NFC (Android Beam) and also running Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The Nexus 4 does lack LTE. This is noted as being due to size and battery constraints.

Both the Nexus 10 and Nexus 4 will be available through Google’s Play Store starting November 13th in United States and other countries. The Nexus 10 will be priced at $399 (16 GB) and $499 (32 GB) Wi-Fi version only.

The Nexus 4 will be available for $299 (16GB) or $349 (32 GB) unlocked in the Play Store, or if T-Mobile is your carrier the 16 GB versions will go for $199.99 on qualifying two-year agreement starting November 14th.

 

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Google’s Nexus 10 Outed Before Monday Event

Oct. 26 Android, Google, Leaks, Samsung, Tablets Comments Off

There has been a lot of talk about the Nexus 10, and today specifications, along with pictures of the tablet have surfaced. The Android powered tablet is said to be running Google’s next version of Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean).

Specs that are said to be on the Nexus 10 are a 1.7 GHz dual-core Corten-A15 processor, 10.1 inch Supper AMOLED display, 5 megapixel rear camera with LED flash, VGA front-facing camera, 2 GB of RAM and NFC (Near Field Communications).

If the pictures and specs are the real deal, you are getting the first look at what Google is expected to announce Monday in New York, City.

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Day 3 Of 25 Cent Android Apps

Sep. 28 Android, Applications Comments Off
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Apple Posts List Of Alternative Map Apps

Sep. 28 Apple, iPhone / iPad / iOS Comments Off

Following Apple CEO Tim Cook’s open letter to iOS users, Apple has updated the App Store with a list of recommended map applications as you can see above.

Head over to the App Store and grab yourself an iOS 6 Maps alternative. As always we recommend Scout by TeleNav especially as it currently includes a free year of turn by turn voice navigation.

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Google’s YouTube App Arrives Before Launch Of iOS 6

Sep. 11 Apple, Applications, iPhone / iPad / iOS Comments Off

Just in time for iOS 6, the official YouTube app is now available for download in the Apple App Store for the iPod Touch and iPhone. In case you haven’t heard yet, Apple did not pre-install a YouTube application with iOS 6 so Google released their own. The YouTube engineers are working on an optimized version of the application for Apple’s iPad to arrive in the coming months, which is a let down.

The new application seems to work faster than the native YouTube app provided by Apple and the searches seem to be much more refined delivering you exactly what you are looking for without all the extra clutter.

 

You can follow this link to download the new YouTube app and give it a try yourself.

 

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Adobe To Disable New Installs Of Flash Player Tomorrow

Aug. 14 Android, Applications, Google Comments Off

Tomorrow Adobe is ending Flash Player support on Android devices. We all knew this day was coming as Adobe made it clear back in November of 2011 that Flash on mobile devices was a challenge they no longer wanted to conquer.

If you currently have Flash Player installed on your Android device you have nothing to worry about. Adobe plans on some maintenance updates as well as security fixes as required going forward. If you don’t have it installed yet and want it, be sure to tap on the Play Store today and download it.

Honestly I feel this is a major step in the right direction for website viewing from a mobile device. Flash never worked well at delivering a smooth mobile experience as it was built around using a mouse and a large amount of memory. Now we just need web developers to take the time to build rich media environments without relying on Flash so much.

Are you worried about the lack of Flash on your device? Let us know in comments.

 

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