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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 27, 2012
Google has put its "Best Apps of 2012" list up on Google Play today, with many familiar names. There are "best of" lists in each of the different categories on the Play Store, bu...
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by Simon Sage
Dec 26, 2012
Google has been offering Gmail users the ability to call standard phone lines for awhile, and it looks like the service will be continuing through 2013. Americans and Canadians can keep making calls...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 21, 2012
Motorola's handset division is rumored to be hard at work building not just the next big thing for the smartphone market, but Google's "X Phone," according to a post earlier this w...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 21, 2012
Awwww, little Bugdroid just wants to go outside.
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by Sean Brunett
Dec 20, 2012
MetroPCS has announced a new phone today, the ZTE Avid 4G, which is a 4G LTE phone that costs $149.
The Avid 4G sports:
4G LTE
1.2GHz dual-core processor
4-inch screen
And...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 19, 2012
A deal between Google and the Arris Group (a cable and broadband equipment supplier) has been reached, making the Motorola Home division now an Arris property. The deal checks in a $2.35 b...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 19, 2012
LG has just put a new commercial up on its official Youtube page showing off the design and features of the Nexus 4. In two minutes of gloriously edited and produced footage, LG shows the devic...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 19, 2012
NORAD might have deserted Google Maps this year in favour of Microsoft to power their Santa Tracker, but Google has gone ahead and come out with their own apps anyway. Santa Tracker is available to ...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 18, 2012
Google Play Books has just had an update pushed out into the Play Store, that brings with it among other features a new 'Read Aloud' function. The new feature allows for the listening of mos...
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by Chris Parsons
Dec 18, 2012
With the roll out of Google Music in Europe we saw Google include the scan and match feature that offers up a quick scanning of your library and then instantly makes the tracks available in the clou...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 18, 2012
Following on from some other recent Field Trip updates, the app is now available in the UK. Field Trip is a Google-created app designed to highlight local points of interest, popping up notification...
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by Sean Brunett
Dec 17, 2012
Verizon has announced that it will be flipping on its 4G LTE service in more cities on December 20th.
Here is the list that will accompany those that were announced earlier this month:
Pays...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 17, 2012
Google is kicking off a new promotion on Google Play starting today called "Surprises." This holiday-themed offering -- at least today -- is giving users that download an app a specific de...
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by Sean Brunett
Dec 17, 2012
For a limited time, Amazon Wireless is offering some of Sprint's top devices for cheap. This deal only applies to new customers, so if you're already on Sprint, this doesn't apply. But i...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 17, 2012
After a couple of weeks of being on sale with lengthy waits for delivery, the LG Nexus 4 is officially sold out on the Google Play devices store in the UK and Germany. While the 8GB model sold out w...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 16, 2012
Dan Cobley says pre-Christmas deliveries on track for this week, offers shipping refund for late orders
As we've reported in great detail over the past month, customers hoping to pick up the...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 14, 2012
We're nearing the end of 2012, and that means Google is doing some "winter cleaning" around the office and some less-popular services are going away. Google will be shutting down sever...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 14, 2012
Here's a look at the elusive Nexus 7 docking station live and in color on Youtube. We don't have a lot of information here, just that the fellow posting the video bought it at Yodobashi...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 13, 2012
Google has updated the Calendar app to improve notifications, location entry and event creation today. We were very happy to see Google break Calendar out of Android and make it available to everyon...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 13, 2012
Mobile ads are sometimes really, really annoying, but they serve a purpose -- devs got to get paid. However, perhaps the most frustrating thing of all is when you accidentally tap on an a...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 13, 2012
As promised, Three UK has today launched the LG Nexus 4, following the expiration of O2's month-long exclusivity period. Three's selling the new Nexus online on its £35-per-month,...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 13, 2012
Google is gradually building out its apps portfolio for non-Android platforms, notably iOS. In recent months -- and since being pulled from the platform at OS level -- we've seen Google release ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 13, 2012
There's just over two weeks left in 2012, and that means every major site and service is doing some kind of "year in review" feature. There's one company that has some of the most ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 12, 2012
Last evening we saw a reserved Larry Page talk a bit about Google, mobile, and all manner of tech. In contrast, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt always has plenty to say. He sat down with Bloomberg and ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 12, 2012
Sound Search (affectionately known as Google Ear to the Android faithful) has landed in Google Play, ready for downloading on devices running 4.0 or higher. In case you're unaware of exactly wha...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 12, 2012
In slightly puzzling news, Google appears to have pulled the Nexus 4 Android 4.2.x system images from its online repository of factory images. These files allow devices to be restored to their origi...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 11, 2012
Starting today, Google will be improving the Google News webpage reading experience on 7- and 10-inch tablets. Rolling out over the next few days, the new interface provides a more intuitive navigat...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 11, 2012
Even if you've been lucky enough to pick up an LG Nexus 4 in the U.S., you may have had difficulty getting hold of the official bumper case to protect your new shiny. The bumper has been unavail...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 10, 2012
The Android developer blog has just unwrapped a nice little present for developers -- Version 3 of in-app purchasing. This is mostly back-end stuff that us civilians might not notice, but that doesn...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 09, 2012
A group consisting of Google, Dell, Facebook, Homeaway, Intuit, Rackspace, Red Hat and Zynga have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals suggesting that courts stop honoring and u...
