Android

Google sent invitations to the media on Wednesday evening for an Android event scheduled for October 29th in New York City. It is widely speculated that the Mountain View-based company will announce new Nexus smartphones and an updated version of its Android operating system. Earlier reports have suggested that Google is planning to release Nexus-branded Continue Reading →

Google has historically broken out preloaded Android apps like Gmail and Maps as stand-alone titles so that they don’t have to be upgraded in lock-step with the main OS, but its Calendar app typically hasn’t had that privilege. The isolation ends with a newly distinct Google Calendar that’s treated as just another Google Play download. Continue Reading →

Netflix wants to give users the ability to control their apps on TVs and connected devices with their mobile phones, and the company is looking to roll out second-screen control features for a number of devices soon. The company quietly rolled out second-screen control for the PS3 a few weeks ago, allowing users to start Continue Reading →

On Wednesday, Amazon unveiled its new Whispercast for Kindle service, which provides businesses and other organizations like schools a way to easily deploy Kindle content to members, students and employees across not only Amazon hardware, but also Kindle apps for iOS and Android devices. Right now, it allows administrators to buy Kindle books and documents Continue Reading →

Apple has the iPad, Amazon has the Kindle Fire HD and Barnes & Noble has the Nook HD+. Clearly feeling left out, Best Buy is going to enter the tablet fray with its own device, the Insignia Flex. According to Reuters, the tablet will sell for between $239 and $259. Best Buy released the specs Continue Reading →

Samsung has committed to pushing out Jelly Bean to all US variants of the Galaxy S III, though has stopped short of saying when – beyond “in the coming months” – Android 4.1 will arrive exactly. Instead of a firm date, the Jelly Bean update is in the hands of Samsung’s carrier partners, the company Continue Reading →

Swedish customers of cellphone carrier 3 have access to a new app that is trying to make fun out of a typically un-fun experience — the monthly bill. The Android and iPhone app, created with design firm Fjord, offers a bunch of different visualizations, including a look at data use by time, and which contacts Continue Reading →

If you’ve been desperate for new Gmail on your Android, a leaked APK obtained by Android Police — that may or may not have come from one of those LG E960 Mako (alleged) Nexus phones that it seems everyone has — is sporting some fresh tweaks. As seen in this demo video, the update adds Continue Reading →

A U.S. appeals court overturned a pretrial sales ban against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone, dealing a setback to Apple Inc in its battle against Google Inc’s increasingly popular mobile software. Apple is waging war on several fronts against Google, whose Android software powers many of Samsung’s devices. The ruling on Thursday from Continue Reading →

After pulling Firefox 16 Wednesday night due to a security hole, and then releasing a patch for Android, Mozilla has now released version 16.0.1 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. You can get the latest and most-secure Firefox now from ftp.mozilla.org. Throughout the day, the update will trickle down to mozilla.org/firefox and then the Fully Localized Continue Reading →