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Nov 12, 2013

Google Glass gets official Play Music Integration along with $85 earbuds

Rajesh Pandey

This month's Google Glass software update included a nice new hidden feature - the ability to play music right from Google Glass using a sideloaded Play Music APK. Google has now gone ahead and made

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 12, 2013

Black Nexus 5 (16GB) goes out of stock on the Play Store

Rajesh Pandey

Compared to the last year Nexus 4 launch fiasco, things went relatively smooth when the Nexus 5 went up for sale on the Play Store this year. There were no server capping out issues, Google

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 12, 2013

Nexus 5 camera mod brings improved image quality, color reproduction and video recording

Rajesh Pandey

The Nexus 5 camera was among the most hyped aspects of the phone before its release. Sadly, the camera has met with mixed reviews with some claiming it to be an utter disappointment, while other

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Nov 12, 2013

New Chrome Beta tells you which tabs are making noise or using your webcam

Stefan Constantinescu

For those of you using Chrome Beta on your desktop computer, today's latest update comes with a neat feature that should make it easier for you to kill tabs that are making noise. Starting

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Nov 12, 2013

Google’s App Translation Service now available to all Android developers, costs start at $75

Stefan Constantinescu

If you're a developer making an app in North America or the United Kingdom, have you ever thought about making a Spanish or French version of your software? Google thinks you should, which is

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Nov 12, 2013

One in five people who bought an iPhone in September this year used to be an Android user

Stefan Constantinescu

iPhones are a thing, in case you haven't noticed. Sure, Apple might have "only" a small piece of the international smartphone market compared to Android, but the piece they do have is made up

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Nov 12, 2013

Google extracting more metadata from Gmail than ever before, surfacing the data you need

Stefan Constantinescu

For many people, myself included, the first Google service they fell in love with was Gmail. When it launched back in 2004, the invite-only email service offered an incredible 1 GB of storage. At

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 12, 2013

Moto X sales said to have hit just 500,000 units

Stefan Constantinescu

When Google swallowed up Motorola Mobility a little over a year ago, there were people out there asking if the search giant wanted to become the next Samsung. According to new data released by Strategy

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ANDROID TABLETS

Nov 11, 2013

Videos: New Nexus 7 ads highlight people’s addiction to mobile gaming and Shakespeare

Stefan Constantinescu

If you're looking to buy an Android tablet, there's only really one to recommend: Google's Nexus 7. Built by ASUS, the top of the line model, with 32 GB of storage and

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 11, 2013

Nexus 5 takes on a Nokia PureView smartphone

Steve Litchfield

No, fear not, this isn't a lopsided pitting of the Nexus 5 camera against one of Nokia's camera-specialist smartphones, but is instead a very valid comparison against the strikingly similar Windows Phone-

ANDROID KITKAT 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3

Nov 10, 2013

Video: ART vs. Dalvik performance in Android 4.4 KitKat

Rajesh Pandey

ART has been one of the most talked about hidden features in Android 4.4 KitKat. This new runtime from Google aims to fix whatever little lag issues are still present in Android. But how

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Nov 9, 2013

Watch: Evolution of the Nexus series in 3 seconds

Rajesh Pandey

More than 4 years has crossed, since Google changed the smartphone market with the release of the Nexus One. Since then, Google has released a new Nexus handset every year to show the world how

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 9, 2013

FauxSound comes to Nexus 5; Tremendously improves earphones and speakers sound output

Rajesh Pandey

Yesterday, we had reported about the poor performance of the Nexus 5 speaker and that Google is working on a fix for it. However, if you cannot wait for the update from Google to be

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 8, 2013

Nexus 5 speaker extremely quiet? Software fix incoming

Rajesh Pandey

If you would have seen the numerous unboxing videos and press images of the Nexus 5, you would have noticed that the handset has dual speaker grilles at the bottom. Sadly, if you went through

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Nov 8, 2013

Vodafone kills Play Store operator billing in the UK, Germany, Italy, and Spain, doesn’t say why

Stefan Constantinescu

When you introduce friction during the transaction process, chances are you're not going to bother with the transaction at all. It's why Amazon got so big, they were the first to store all

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 8, 2013

Motorola drops the price of the Developer Edition Moto X by $100, it’s now just $550

Stefan Constantinescu

This might sound like a controversial statement, but I think the Moto X is the best Android device on the market right now. Better than even the new Nexus 5 from LG. The one problem,

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 8, 2013

Nexus 5 Unboxing Video

Rajesh Pandey

The newest member of the Android Beat team, Cody, has just got his hands on the Nexus 5 and has done an unboxing video for the viewing pleasure of our readers. During his unboxing process,

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Nov 8, 2013

Google Hangouts and Keyboard v2.0 update lands on the Play Store

Rajesh Pandey

Google has rolled out the v2 update for two of its apps on the Play Store - Hangouts and Google Keyboard. The APKs of both the app were pulled from the Nexus 5 factory images earlier,