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Jul 26, 2013

Android 4.3 Permissions Manager video walkthrough

Jeff Benjamin

As we told you about earlier, Android 4.3 features a new Permissions Manager that allows users to have fine grained control over the services and functions that specific apps have access too. Have a

ANDROID 4.3

Jul 26, 2013

Android 4.3 lets you pick and chose an app’s permissions, but the feature is hidden

Stefan Constantinescu

We all know what happens when we install a new app from the Play Store. A scary looking dialog box comes up and tells you everything that app wants to do to your phone. It

Jul 26, 2013

A Chromecast running Android used to exist, but it got killed, so Andy Rubin left Android

Stefan Constantinescu

I'm not one for corporate politics, but get this: According to The Wall Street Journal, Google was showing off an Apple TV like device at the Consumer Electronics Show behind closed doors. This was

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Jul 26, 2013

Android now has support for 640 PPI screens

Stefan Constantinescu

You may not remember 2010, but back then, having a screen that could push 800 x 480 pixels was considered amazing, which is why I went ahead and bought a Nexus One. Two years later,

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Jul 25, 2013

Dear Google: Save me from Samsung’s ringtones, pretty please, like right now

Stefan Constantinescu

For the most part, I like my Galaxy Note II, and I'm really enjoying the Galaxy Mega 6.3 I'm testing, but there's something that gets under my skin. Samsung's built-

ANDROID TABLETS

Jul 25, 2013

Surprise: The European Nexus 7 is expensive

Stefan Constantinescu

Due to higher taxes, strained government relations, and a multitude of other factors, technology ends up costing more in Europe than in the United States. This isn't something new, so it shouldn't come

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Jul 25, 2013

Rumor: $99 HP tablet to be sold via Walmart

Stefan Constantinescu

According to the Taiwanese rumor site that tech journalists all love to make fun of, but secretly read every day, HP is going to come out with a $99 tablet this fall that will be

ANDROID 4.3

Jul 24, 2013

Android 4.3 Jelly Bean factory image for Nexus devices goes live!

Rajesh Pandey

Minutes after officially announcing a new version of Jelly Bean, Google has gone ahead and uploaded the factory images for all the supported Nexus devices. If you cannot wait for the OTA update, downloading and

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Jul 24, 2013

Google Play Games app landing on the Play Store today; Texbooks in Play Book coming in August

Rajesh Pandey

In addition to the new Nexus 7 and Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, Google also launched a new hub for Google Play games. The app works very much like Game Center on iOS, and acts

ANDROID 4.3

Jul 24, 2013

Android 4.3 Jelly Bean goes official; Brings Bluetooth Smart support and more!

Rajesh Pandey

Along with the new Nexus 7, Google introduced a new version of Jelly Bean - Android 4.3. The new Jelly Bean update mainly brings under-the-hood changes such as OpenGL ES 3.0 and

ANDROID 4.3

Jul 24, 2013

Google announces the new Nexus 7 running Android 4.3 Jelly Bean

Rajesh Pandey

As expected and leaked, Google has gone ahead and announced the new version of Nexus 7. The new Nexus 7 still packs in a 7-inch IPS screen, but with a much higher resolution of

ANDROID 4.3

Jul 24, 2013

LIVEBLOG: Android 4.3 and the new Nexus 7!

Stefan Constantinescu

Google is going to host an event in San Francisco today at 09:00. It's widely expected that Android 4.3 is going to be announced there, along with the next version of the

ANDROID PHONES

Jul 24, 2013

Video: Clearest Moto X leak yet

Stefan Constantinescu

There's a Moto X floating around in Vietnam right now, and a four minute hardware tour of the device has just been uploaded to YouTube. There's nothing new here if you've been

ANDROID TABLETS

Jul 24, 2013

Nexus 7 II pricing official: $269 for 32GB model

Stefan Constantinescu

The Verge has just discovered that Best Buy, one of the largest American retailers of gadgets and other such toys, has the next generation Nexus 7 up for preorder. The 16GB model is $230, and

ANDROID TABLETS

Jul 24, 2013

Video: New Nexus 7 unboxed and benchmarked

Stefan Constantinescu

Google is going to hold an event in California in less than 12 hours where it's widely understood they're going to announce Android 4.3 and a new Nexus 7. One lucky Android

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Jul 23, 2013

25% of North American internet traffic is due to Google? That’s kind of a crazy number, no?

Stefan Constantinescu

There's a company I've never heard of called "Deepfield" that claims 25% of all internet traffic in North America passes is related to Google. YouTube obviously has something to do with that, but

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Jul 22, 2013

Google to buy 6.3% of a company that makes the little screen required for Google Glass

Stefan Constantinescu

Chances are you've never heard of Himax Technologies. They're a Taiwanese company that makes the "LCOS Microdisplay" technology used inside device like Google Glass. To be more specific, you know that little cube

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Jul 22, 2013

Nokia contributing more to Linux than Google

Stefan Constantinescu

You'd think that because Google is maintaining not just one, but two operating systems based on Linux, that they'd be contributing more to the Linux kernel than anyone else, but according to data