Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Asus Building Google’s Nexus Tablet!?

March 9th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Digitimes reports that Asus is expected to be building Google very first tablet. If correct, this should be the Nexus Tablet and the device would have a seven inch capacitive touchscreen.

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Google: Android Apps not Illegal

March 6th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

Google responded to Tweakers.net about the claims from EU commissioner Viviane Reding about Android apps illegally sharing data with advertisers. Google states the claim is wrong as Android doesn’t handle data the way Viviane explains it.

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Android Market now Supports 4GB Apps

March 6th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google has made a major change to the filesize restrictions on Android Market. From now on, Google will allow apps that are 4GB in size. That’s four times the amount of space Google provides on the standard Nexus One.

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Asus First with Android 5.0!?

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Asus is likely the first vendor to start producing tablets based on the Android 5.0 platform. With the Transformer Prime, Asus was one of the first to launch a tablet based on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

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Google set to Launch Assistant to Battle Siri

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Some love it, others hate it. Apple’s personal assistant Siri. Following the Ziggy app on Windows Phone, Google is also preparing their Assistant to launch on the Android platform.

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MWC: Google Activates 850.000 Androids a Day

February 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

During the Mobile World Congress, Google’s Andy Rubin gave some insights as to how the Android platform is performing. Currently, Google is activating 850,000 new Android phones a day.

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MWC: Intel Expands Smartphone Portfolio

February 27th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Intel has announced new deals with vendors to develop smartphones and tablets based on Intel’s new System on a Chip line. Amongst them are operator Orange and paymentcompany Visa.

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Android 5.0 Expected This Summer

February 21st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Though lots of consumers are still waiting for their ICS upgrades, it seems Google is about to finish off work on Jelly Bean, or Android 5.0. It is rumoured that Google is not happy with ICS’ performance and that Jelly Bean is what the company actually had in mind for 4.0.

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Motorola Purchase by Google on the Verge of Approval

February 11th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Some months ago, Google announced its intentions to purchase Motorola. At that time, US and European authorities still needed to give approval for the takeover. If all goes right, Google should be getting some good news along the coming week as it will be allowed to spend its 12.500.000.000 on the acquisition.

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Chrome Web Store Heading for Android ICS?

February 7th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Web Apps | No Comments »

As it seems, Android developers will soon get competition from Google’s Chrome Web Store. Google has just released the beta of Chrome for Android on ICS devices (not available in all countries).