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Jun 4, 2013

One third of Android devices are on the latest version of the OS, one third are on the oldest

Stefan Constantinescu

Every two weeks or so, Google updates their "Developer Dashboard" with data about the type of Android devices that access the Google Play Store. The latest figures show that 4% of Android devices with access

GOOGLE

Jun 3, 2013

PSA: Google is going to hold two events this month to talk about Chrome for Mobile

Stefan Constantinescu

Over the weekend, Android Police discovered that Google has two events scheduled for this month that have to do with Google Chrome Mobile. And when I say "event", I mean "live YouTube stream". The first

ANDROID PHONES

May 31, 2013

Lost in translation: The LG made Nexus 5 actually does exist

Stefan Constantinescu

At the start of this month, The Korea Times published a report saying LG was working on the next Nexus. Three days ago, the Dutch site All About Phones spoke to an LG executive who

GOOGLE

May 30, 2013

Google will shove filters down your throat with the new Gmail, and power users will complain

Stefan Constantinescu

Google just announced the long awaited Gmail redesign yesterday, and I have some bad news for you: It's not that special. See, if you're reading this, I bet you not only have a

ANDROID PHONES

May 30, 2013

“Moto X” gets semi-announced, said to be the first smartphone built in the United States

Stefan Constantinescu

Dennis Woodside, the CEO of Motorola, was recently interviewed at the AllThingsD conference currently taking place in New York City. He revealed quite a few things about the "X Phone" that we've been hearing

GOOGLE

May 24, 2013

HTC is working on a stock version of the One, maybe

Stefan Constantinescu

Remember when Geek.com said Samsung was going to come out with a Google Edition of the Galaxy S4, and I made fun of them by calling the rumor insane? Well, it actually happened, and

GOOGLE

May 24, 2013

Language translation comes to Chrome Beta for Android

Stefan Constantinescu

I'm going to get a lot of hell for saying this, but screw it: I think the last cool thing Google did was to integrate their translation service into Chrome. That was in early

ANDROID TABLETS

May 24, 2013

DigiTimes: AUO to make the screen for the next Nexus 7, will use LTPS technology

Stefan Constantinescu

Google didn't announce Android 4.3 at I/O, but more importantly they didn't announce a new Nexus 7. There are conspiracy theories as to why, but something tells me Google simply wants

ANDROID PHONES

May 22, 2013

Looks like the Google Edition Samsung Galaxy S4 isn’t going to be sold outside the U.S.

Stefan Constantinescu

Google did something insane at I/O earlier this month. They announced that they would start selling Samsung's Galaxy S4 running stock Android in the United States in June. It's going to cost

GOOGLE

May 22, 2013

PSA: Chrome 27 is out, Google claims it renders web pages 5% faster on average

Stefan Constantinescu

Chrome hard-locked on my Mac this morning (curse you, Adobe!), so I had to reboot it. After I did that, the browser alerted me to the fact that there was a new version available.

GOOGLE

May 21, 2013

NPD: 2013 will be the year that smartphones outsell feature phones

Stefan Constantinescu

Last month, IDC reported that smartphones outsold feature phones for the first time in Q1 2013. According to NPD, this trend will continue throughout 2013. They say that this year will be the first full

GOOGLE

May 20, 2013

Video: Here’s the successor to Acer’s hugely popular Iconia B1

Stefan Constantinescu

Android tablets are a funny thing. The first ones had the exact same specs as the iPad, some were even faster, but crucially they also had the same $499 price tag. Translation: No one bought

GOOGLE

May 20, 2013

Must Read: Jerry Hildenbrand on why Google Play Services are important

Stefan Constantinescu

My first "real" smartphone was Nokia's E61, and it ran Symbian S60 3rd Edition. A year later I got a Nokia N95, and it ran Symbian 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1. What came with

APPS

May 17, 2013

How to get Google Play All Access to work outside the U.S.

Rajesh Pandey

Google's Play Music All Access is the company's attempt to take on Spotify, and from the early reviews, the service seems to be winning hearts. The biggest and only advantage that Spotify still

ANDROID 4.3

May 17, 2013

Rumor: Google to start selling the white Nexus 4 running Android 4.3 on June 10th

Stefan Constantinescu

Taylor Wimberly from Android and Me got his hands on a white LG Nexus 4 at Google I/O this year. He says that the search giant will release it to the general public on

GOOGLE

May 17, 2013

Google wants the world to use their new VP9 codec, but even they admit h.265 is better

Stefan Constantinescu

It goes without saying that video files are huge. Thankfully, computers get more and more powerful each and every year, so they can handle decoding increasingly complex video codecs. Anyone who has ever downloaded a

GOOGLE

May 16, 2013

Google I/O Recap: Android Studio, making an Android developer’s life easier

Stefan Constantinescu

The first hour of Google's four hour keynote yesterday centered around Android studio, the new application that app developers will be given from here on out to make their wares. Previously, Android development was

ANDROID PHONES

May 16, 2013

Google I/O Recap: The Google Edition Samsung Galaxy S4

Stefan Constantinescu

Yesterday Google announced the unthinkable. They announced the impossible. They announced that they're going to start selling a Samsung Galaxy S4 running stock Android. Before I jump to the details, I'd like to