Heya kids! I’m going to keep this short and sweet, as details are still rolling in, but CNet just dropped a bombshell for the Android community by reporting that Google has FINALLY unveiled Chrome for our beloved OS. Of course, there are a few things that need to be pointed out here before you jump out [...]
What do we have here? We all know Google gets its little search engine fingers into everything it can across the globe. One thing I didn’t know they were working on is a high-speed residential broadband service. Apparently it has been in the works for a couple of years now. After some pretty extensive testing, [...]
We all love a good mystery ever now and again. Trying to pick pieces of a puzzle apart to determine what is really happening. We do that a lot in android, from ROM development to apps, it is all about solving mysterious bugs and issues. We also do a lot of it with leaked info [...]
Google loves to make our life as easy as possible. With Google Music and Google Maps both offering offline support, it was only a matter of time before Google made the move to do the same thing for Google Docs. With today’s update you will finally be able to set documents to b available offline [...]
As a developer you are probably already active in the Android Developers Blog, Google Groups, various IRC channels and plastered across XDA, Rootzwiki and many other places. With Google not being shy or afraid of the developer community, that has easily helped you and us get moving forward with apps, games and custom ROM’s. Not [...]
Generally when we hear about courts, judges and lawsuits our brains default to Apple suiting someone. Generally that is pretty spot on. In a twisted turn of events though, this suit is aimed at Apple, Adobe, Google, Intel, Intuit, Lucasfilm, and Pixar. A Northern California district judge, Lucy Koh, ruled late last night denied the dismissal [...]
Google Sky Map is one of those apps that everyone that bought a G1 just had to have. Regardless of if you cared for astronomy or the heavens at all. It was a great app to have and to show off how cool your Android powered device was. In the end, Google opted to stop development on [...]
Google announced on its official blog today that some substantial changes are on the horizon in regards to the current privacy policies and terms of service the company already has in place. Google now maintains over 70 privacy documents to cover all of its different products. As you can imagine, keeping track of this many [...]
It might not be the win we were all hoping for, but it seems that our actions on Wedenesday made Congress and the Senate stop and think for a change. Senate majority leader Harry Reid stated that he decided to at least delay the vote on the controversial Protect IP Act (PIPA). Without giving [...]
“The more I use Androids competitors the more I start to dislike how Android works” That’s my opening statement and now I’m going to explain why! You’re probably reading this article, or at least the title and thinking; what the hell is going on with AndroidSPIN and all this Windows Phone 7 talk and bashing [...]
The whole Google TV experience has been a bit of a roller coaster since it was initially launched. With limited devices offering the unique abilities and one of the early adopters dropping it all together, many wondered if it still had a future or not. Google TV may have had a rocky start but Google [...]
If you’re like me, you probably have accounts on all the major social networks. I am active on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. I also have an account on LinkedIn, though I rarely use it for anything. One of my favorite things about Android is the social integration the platform brings along with it — I [...]
It should come as no surprise that the one update that nearly everyone around the world is waiting on is Ice Cream Sandwich. Of course the source for the update hasn’t been out all that long and we all know how slow OEM’s and carriers are at making sure they can add their flare and bloatware [...]
When Google first launched the Android App Inventor web development program, we sat in front of our PC’s eagerly waiting for the approval email to pop into our in boxes. The idea was rather remarkable, but still lacked in some departments. The overall concept was to give even the novice of developers a tool to [...]
Here is a very well done video from The Google Android Team featuring the one and only Santa Claus and he is rocking Android 4.0 like a pro. Be sure to take note of Santa’s mad panorama shot skills at the end of the video. Forget Santa’s Village I want to be at the [...]