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ANDROID PHONES

Nov 20, 2013

Nexus 5 gets KnockKnock and sweep2wake via custom kernels

The LG G2 is the first Android smartphone to ship with a unique feature dubbed KnockOn. This feature allows G2 owners to wake up or put the device to sleep by simply double tapping on

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Nov 20, 2013

Nintendo engineer tweets that the company is working on an Android tablet, tweets now gone

Pro Tip: If you want to keep a secret, don't use the internet. Nando Monterazo, one of Nintendo's many engineers, recently took to Twitter to tell the world that he's working on

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 20, 2013

Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 go up for sale in Hong Kong and Indian Play Store

Three weeks after it launched the Nexus 5 on the Play Store in the United States, United Kingdom and a bunch of other countries, Google has extended the availability of the handset to two other

ANDROID KITKAT 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3

Nov 20, 2013

Bug fixing KRT16S Android 4.4 KitKat update rolling out to Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10

Google has started rolling out a bug-fixing KitKat OTA update for all the previous generation of Nexus devices, including the Nexus 4. The 3-5MB OTA update bumps the Android build to KRT16S vs.

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 19, 2013

Mod boosts Nexus 5 speaker and headphones volume

The Nexus 5 speaker performance is downright unimpressive. It lacks loudness, and completely lacks treble and bass. Even the lows are awfully missing when playing back music from the speaker. Compared to the Nexus 4,

GOOGLE

Nov 19, 2013

Google offering cash rewards to those willing to help patch Android and other OSS projects

Google is one of the few companies out there that openly asks people to break their software. They've been paying white-hat security researchers to patch Chrome bugs for years. What exactly is a

GOOGLE

Nov 19, 2013

Google fined $17M for putting cookies on iOS devices because iOS normally block cookies

Apple's in the "let's put shiny things in a box and sell them with a 40% margins" business. Meanwhile, Google is in the "let's track every little thing you do on the

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Nov 18, 2013

Qualcomm’s Toq smartwatch to arrive December 2 with $349.99 price tag

Earlier this year, Qualcomm announced that is jumping into the wearable market with a new smartwatch that'll work with Android phones. A follow-up announcement today confirmed the Toq will hot retail shelves early

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Nov 18, 2013

Google working on new Camera APIs for Android; Supports burst shot, face detection, RAW and more

It was widely expected that with the Nexus 5, Google would finally deliver on its promise of releasing a Nexus device with a top-notch camera. Sadly, that did not happen as the Nexus 5

GOOGLE

Nov 18, 2013

Over 175,000 people have signed an online petition to get Google+ off YouTube

Ecosystem is an overused and abused term, but it's the most appropriate word to use when describing the war currently taking place in the mobile phone industry. Either you join Apple's ecosystem and

ANDROID TABLETS

Nov 18, 2013

Next Nexus 10 leaks, and it’s not a Samsung

Google's Nexus phone and Nexus 7 tablet got refreshed this year, but what about the larger 10.0 inch Nexus? According to a set of images that have leaked during the weekend, we might

ANDROID KITKAT 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3

Nov 15, 2013

Moto G comes with KitKat preinstalled in the US

Being on the latest version of Android is something that I know a lot of you care about. I'm rocking Android 4.1 on my Galaxy Note II and can't find anything to

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 15, 2013

The Moto X might hit Europe after all

When Motorola announced the Moto G earlier this week and said it would come to 30 countries over the course of the next few months, I started to get a bad feeling that the news

chrome 31 for android features printing support payments and one huge security patch

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Nov 15, 2013

Chrome 31 for Android features printing support, payments, and one huge security patch

Google was one of the first companies to stop caring about version numbers for their applications. Every six to nine weeks, whatever improvements have been made to Chrome simply get pushed out to both desktop

ANDROID KITKAT 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3

Nov 15, 2013

Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 Android 4.4 KitKat factory images available for download

Couple of days after Google started rolling out the KitKat OTA update for the Nexus 7 (2012/2013) and the Nexus 10, the company has released the factory images for the devices as well. Surprisingly,

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 14, 2013

Thoughts on the Moto G and why it’s more important than either the Nexus 5 or Moto X

Yesterday, at a press conference that lasted just a hair over 30 minutes, Motorola announced a smartphone that I think is the most important device of the year. If Apple has taught hardware makers anything,

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 13, 2013

Everything you need to know about the Moto G

Motorola just finished unveiling the Moto G in São Paulo, Brazil. Here's everything you need to know about the device. Starting with the specs: It has a 4.5 inch 720p display. The

ANDROID KITKAT 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3

Nov 13, 2013

Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 Android 4.4 KitKat update is coming today

A couple of weeks after Google released the Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 KitKat, the company has finally started rolling out the KitKat update for the Nexus 7 (2012/2013) and the Nexus 10.