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Apr 24, 2013

Google just spent $30 million on a small company you’ve never heard of

Stefan Constantinescu

According to TechCrunch, Google just bought a company called Wavii for $30 million. The company has just 25 employees, so that gives everyone a nice chunk of pocket change. What exactly does Wavii do? You

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 24, 2013

ZTE now gives Microsoft money for every Android device they sell

Stefan Constantinescu

Andy Rubin, the man who gave birth to the Android operating system, did so at a company he started up called Danger. Now everyone knows Andy works for Google, but not many people remember that

GOOGLE

Apr 23, 2013

ABI Research: 28% of smartphones sold in 2012 cost less than $250; it’ll hit 46% in 2018

Stefan Constantinescu

Mobile phones, the kind that do nothing but make phone calls, used to cost several thousands of dollars. Thanks to the relentless pace of technological innovation, Nokia can sell you a device that'll let

GOOGLE

Apr 23, 2013

Shocker: Google Glass is at least 12 months away from being a consumer product

Stefan Constantinescu

Eric Schmidt, Google's former CEO, now Chairman, was recently interviewed by the BBC. He spoke about various topics, but the one you're probably most interested in is Google Glass. Asked when consumers will

GOOGLE

Apr 19, 2013

Shocker: Google Glass runs on Android

Stefan Constantinescu

I've been describing Google Glass to friends and family as a "smartphone that's attached to your head", and it looks like Larry Page, the CEO of Google, just confirmed my suspicions. During Google'

GOOGLE

Apr 19, 2013

A future version of Android will likely have Apple “Game Center” like features

Stefan Constantinescu

Remember going to the arcades as a kid and racking up a high score? The game you were playing would ask you for your name, and it would then display it for posterity until someone

GOOGLE

Apr 19, 2013

Google’s Q1 2013 financials are out, advertising was responsible for 93% of their revenues

Stefan Constantinescu

When Facebook Home came out, some people freaked out at the idea of seeing ads on their home screen. They pointed at Facebook and called them an evil company that just wants to shove sponsored

GOOGLE

Apr 17, 2013

Google is only now just asking devs to upload screens of their tablet apps to the Play Store

Stefan Constantinescu

I got a lot of heat for saying you shouldn't buy an Android tablet if you have $399 if you're wallet. The comments and emails I received were absolutely mental. But I'm

GOOGLE

Apr 17, 2013

Android activations now at 1.5 million a day, that’s a billion devices every 22 months

Stefan Constantinescu

Eric Schmidt, Google's former CEO, now Chairman, was interviewed yesterday in New York at the AllThingsD Dive Into Mobile conference. He talked a lot about Android and the mobile industry in general, but it'

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 17, 2013

The company that makes the iPhone for Apple is now paying Microsoft to make Android phones

Stefan Constantinescu

Hon Hai, better known as Foxconn, is the Taiwanese company that makes the iPhone for Apple. But they're also a company that makes smartphones for other handset makers. According to a report from Reuters,

GOOGLE

Apr 16, 2013

Motorola’s Design Chief confirms the first pure Motorola Google phones will come this year

Stefan Constantinescu

Sascha Segan, arguably the internet's most vocal critic against today's race to create the largest smartphones capable of fitting into a normal sized pocket, has scored an exclusive interview with Jim Wicks, Motorola'

GOOGLE

Apr 16, 2013

Andy Rubin: “The exact same operating system we built for cameras, that became Android.”

Stefan Constantinescu

Andy Rubin, the man that most people associate with Android, recently revealed that the mobile operating system started out as a platform for smart cameras back in 2005. The comment, made at the Japan New

GOOGLE

Apr 16, 2013

Here are the three pieces of Google Glass news that you should know about

Stefan Constantinescu

While I was asleep, Google decided to drop some Google Glass news. They didn't make any formal announcements, they just published a few documents on their developer pages, sent out an email, and uploaded

ANDROID TABLETS

Apr 15, 2013

DigiTimes: ASUS to ship 7 to 8 million Nexus 7 successors in 2013

Stefan Constantinescu

According to the Taiwanese supply chain and rumor website DigiTimes, ASUS plans on shipping between 7 million and 8 million Nexus 7 successors this year. The first million units are expected to go out in

GOOGLE

Apr 12, 2013

Study says Bing users are 5x more likely to get infected by malware than Google users

Stefan Constantinescu

According to an independent study done by the Germany group AV-TEST, is you use Microsoft's search engine, Bing, then you're 5x more likely to see a malware infested website in your search

GOOGLE

Apr 11, 2013

Google giving away 21 Nexus devices, ironically you need a Twitter account to win

Stefan Constantinescu

According to Android Central, Google is holding a sweepstakes in the United States where they'll be giving away ten Nexus 10 tablets, seven Nexus 7 tablets, and four Nexus 4 phones. They'll also

GOOGLE

Apr 11, 2013

New Chrome Beta for Android has Opera Mini like compression and a new full screen mode

Stefan Constantinescu

Anyone who has ever used an iPhone or iPad knows that when you scroll down a long webpage in Safari, the address bar disappears. It's a neat little trick that increases the amount of

GOOGLE

Apr 10, 2013

Google’s Play Store gets redesigned ahead of Google I/O, you’ll see the update in a week

Stefan Constantinescu

Numerous screenshots of Google's Play Store redesign have leaked during the past few weeks, and I thought it was a sign that the company was going to announce something big at Google I/O.