September 1, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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You probably didn’t care to watch Apple’s music event today. If you missed it, long story short: new iPods, new iTunes, new Apple TV, and a new shot at Android.
Jobs bragged at today’s press e…
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August 30, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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We already told you that a newer version of Google Voice was discovered in the early G2 ROM that was leaked last week. Now we can show you the goods. And offer a chance to test them for yourself if you’re so inc…
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August 25, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Google has its hands in virtually every sector of tech possible, but many of those efforts don’t have official clients made for Android. It’s a common complaint for Android users that Google Reader is in…
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August 24, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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It was discovered yesterday that an Android developer has discovered a relatively simple workaround that allows him to break the Android Market License Verification Library. All it takes is some hacking kno…
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August 20, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Google announced that it would stop selling the Nexus One directly, then revealed that it would continue to make the device available as a dev phone for people interested in building Android apps. It was a smart…
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August 19, 2010 | by Ed Clark
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Several months ago, I put on my fortune-telling hat and reassured Android fans that OS fragmentation would not doom the system. My points back then were: 1) Android 2.1 would be made available to a wide variety…
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August 19, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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I’ve been monitoring my Gmail accounts hoping that one of them would receive an invitation to Google App Inventor. Nothing has come my way so far, but I’m happy to report that a few of you are faring b…
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August 18, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Uh-oh. Google TV is scheduled to hit the market in a few months, but Google’s new television platform may have trouble securing important participation from U.S. broadcast networks.
According to a rep…
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August 12, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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Better late than never I suppose. It looks like Oracle has finally completed some copyright research and found out that Google’s Android operating system uses a little language called Java that they pi…
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August 12, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Vlingo has earned praise for its app that performs voice search and voice commands on Android phones. The product is great, but at $9.99, it’s not going to be easy for them to compete with that other voice c…
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August 11, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Those of you still running Google Gestures as a way to quickly search through your phone’s contacts will be happy to know that the app recently got a new shortcut. In Gesture Search 1.2, the app can be opene…
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August 9, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Android device owners who have become fond of task killers have recently discovered that those apps are no longer working since their phones have been updated to Android 2.2. (Froyo). Though users have attemp…
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August 5, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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The last of the Nexus One devices sold directly from Google were snatched up last month, meaning the only way for regular folks to get one are to purchase from carriers like Vodafone, secondhand from eBay or Crai…
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August 4, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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There once was a time when I spent less time using Google Wave than I did telling people “I don’t have any more Google Wave invites.” No need to worry about that anymore because Google has decided to s…
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August 3, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Google recently announced a new licensing system to combat app piracy. Developers are pleased to see stronger protection of their creation, but if Google really wants to fight theft, it should expand paid app…
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July 28, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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Here is how a CEO talks to the Wall Street Journal when he wants his company’s stock pumped up. Today, Eric Schmidt was quoted saying,
“If we have a billion people using Android, you think we can’t ma…
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