Android Central
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by Simon Sage
Oct 19, 2012
WhitePages for Android has been updated with a whole bunch of location-based features, including finding nearby people that have checked in on Foursquare, viewing nearby businesses, and looking for ...
Android Central
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by Simon Sage
Jul 31, 2012
BMW just announced that their remote control application for cars has made the leap from iOS to Android. With it, users can unlock their car, find where it's parked, alter the climate control, a...
Android Central
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 27, 2012
After local search was mistakenly stripped out in the most recent software update for the international Samsung Galaxy S III (Galaxy S3), the manufacturer has this morning issued another update to r...
Sprint Galaxy Nexus
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 26, 2012
The Sprint Galaxy Nexus update that was scheduled to begin today has started rolling out, and along with the listed fixes, such as RSSI indicator fixes and LTE defaulting to on, there's a specia...
Android Central
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 26, 2012
Following the removal of local search (or universal search) in the latest over-the-air update for the Samsung Galaxy S III (Galaxy S3), the manufacturer has released a statement addressing the issue...
Android Central
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 24, 2012
There's a new over-the-air update rolling out for the international Samsung Galaxy S III (aka Galaxy S3 GT-i9300) this evening. The OTA message identifies it as a "stability update," b...
Search
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 12, 2012
We've seen two OTA updates that take away local search options, namely the Sprint Galaxy S III and the AT&T Galaxy S III. In case you've been hiding under a rock for the past month (and ...
AOSP 4.1.1 local search
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 10, 2012
As the resident Android Central code-monkey (a badge I proudly wear) I've been running on fumes and caffeine to test out the AOSP 4.1.1 code since it dropped last night. You knew I had to do it,...
Google acquires Zagat
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by Chris Parsons
Sep 08, 2011
If you thought Google was done with their acquisitions for now, today's announcement of them acquiring Zagat may come as a surprise. However, Zagat in the past has put themselves up for sale and cons...