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Google quietly releasing Android 4.2.2, blocks Nexus 4 LTE tweak
- Google has yet to officially announce the arrival of Android 4.2.2 but that doesn’t mean it isn’t already being made available. Reports are coming in that the revised version of Android is now available as an over-the-air update for Nexus…
After months of supply issues, Google highlights Nexus 4, Google Now in Grammys commercial
- Google’s first primetime commercial for the Nexus 4 was largely overshadowed by another key service from the search giant. The spot aired during the Grammy Awards on Sunday evening and had a clear emphasis on Google Now, the company’s real-time…
Eric Schmidt to cash in half of his shares in Google for $2.51 billion
- Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is planning to sell nearly half of his shares in the company he helped turn into a household name according to documents recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Facebook to buy Microsoft's advertising network, report affirms
- Confirming December's rumors of a Facebook-Microsoft advertising deal, a report by Ad Age indicates Facebook may buy Microsoft's Atlas ad network as soon as next week. An impending deal would not be surprising; after all, Facebook and Microsoft have been cozy…
Yahoo teams up with Google on contextual advertising
- Yahoo has announced that it will start serving advertising from Google’s AdSense and AdMob services on various of its own web properties and certain co-branded sites. In a blog post announcing the deal, Yahoo said, “By adding Google to our…
High-res touchscreen Google Chromebook surfaces in leaked video
- There’s no shortage of Google Chromebooks in the wild at this point as big names like Acer, HP, Lenovo and Samsung all offer a slightly different take on the platform. That base platform, however, may soon be getting some beefy…
Android malware steals data, records audio via PC microphone
- Two newly-discovered Android apps found on Google Play were designed to spy on their users, claim security experts at Kaspersky. The apps, SuperClean and DroidCleaner, posed as innocuous Android clean-up utilities; however, each app could quietly copy photos, contacts and…
Wine developer demos Windows software running on Android
- We’ve already seen applications that let you run Android apps on Windows. But now it looks like the opposite is possible too thanks to an ARM-friendly version of Wine, the popular 'compatibility layer' used to run Windows software on Unix-like…
HP's first Chromebook officially out, priced at $330
- HP’s Chromebook plans were first revealed last week through a product sheet on its website, but now the company has made it official. Joining the likes of Samsung, Acer, and Lenovo, HP is embracing Google’s browser-based operating system with its…
Google Glass could include built-in bone conduction headphones
- Despite the fact that Google recently held a hackaton for Project Glass developers a few days ago in San Francisco and is hosting another event starting today in New York, we still don’t know an awful lot about the search…
Google Chrome to get notification center, possibly Google Now
- An interesting find made by astute French developer François Beaufort indicates Google Chrome will be getting a notification center soon. Beaufort discovered the addition while mulling over the source code for the latest build of Chromium -- the open-source project on…
Google extends Windows Phone 8 Exchange support until July 31
- In December, Google announced it would be abandoning Exchange ActiveSync support for non-business accounts, ending support for Google Sync and Google Calendar Sync. It appears the search giant's once-unrelenting stance has softened though, giving Microsoft until July 31 to get…
Google Giving donates 15,000 Raspberry Pi computers to children
- Google is helping to find the next generation of computer scientists by helping to donate 15,000 Raspberry Pi computers to various school-aged children across the U.K. Google’s Eric Schmidt and Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton visited a school in Cambridge…
YouTube to launch paid channel subscriptions later this year
- A handful of popular content producers on YouTube could start charging for channel subscriptions this spring, according to a report on AdAge. The move is intended to lure eyeballs and advertiser dollars away from traditional TV and would kick off…
Google+ tops Twitter to become second most popular social platform
- Results from Trendstream’s Q4 2012 Global Web Index indicate that Google+ is now the second most popular social platform on the Internet. Facebook continues to hold on to the top spot by a large margin, but it’s the shakeup from…
Did Google CEO just hint at an unbreakable Motorola 'X Phone'?
- During a recent earnings call, Google GEO Larry Page hinted at the possibility that the next phone from the search giant might be unbreakable. He also pointed out that battery life is a huge issue and that there is real…
Microsoft rumored to add CalDAV, CardDAV support to WP8
- In response to Google's desertion of Exchange ActiveSync, rumors indicate Microsoft is working on support for CardDAV and CalDAV protocols for WP8. Such a move should retain WP8's seamless support for Google's contact and calendar services, but do so through open standards…
LG: Google's sales forecast for Nexus 4 were wildly innacurate
- Google made a bold move late last year by announcing its flagship Nexus smartphone for an unsubsidized price starting at $300. That's a big deal when comparable devices are selling for twice as much and the upfront cost for most…
Google patent aims to attach a laser keyboard to Project Glass
- Google has applied for a patent to use a tiny laser that would project a virtual keyboard onto a surface or even a user’s hand. It may not sound newsworthy as the concept of a laser system that projects a…
Google to host two hackathons for Project Glass in the coming weeks
- Google unveiled their augmented reality visor known as Project Glass last spring. A few months later during Google’s developer conference, attendees were given the option to purchase a pre-production model of the headset for a staggering $1,500 which the search…
Audi's self-driving car navigates hotel parking garage at CES
- Audi demonstrated a self-driving car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that is capable of driving itself to and from a parking space all by pressing a button in a smartphone app. The car looks like any other…
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