Google Play quietly passed the 15 billion app download milestone “a few weeks ago.” A Google spokesperson confirmed the achievement to TechCrunch yesterday. Google Play topped the 10 billion download mark back in December when still known as the Google Market. At the time, it was seeing about a billion downloads a month. If it reached its latest milestone weeks […]
Humour: The difference between Android owners and BlackBerry owners
Let’s star the day with a bit of a laugh: What’s the difference between Android owners and BlackBerry owners? BlackBerry owners have credit cards. 🙂 Source: CrackBerry
Ice Cream Sandwich share of entire Android space now at 4.9%
The latest version of Google Android appears to finally be making its way onto devices in a more significant fashion. The latest numbers on the Android Developers blog now shows that Android 4.0.x (Ice Cream Sandwich) accounts for 4.9% of all Android devices. This is a nice jump from its 2.9% share only a month ago. Gingerbread remains the dominant […]
Rumour: Samsung to manufacture next Nexus smartphone
The same report that indicates that HTC and Facebook are collaborating on a new Facebook-branded smartphone provides a possible explanation for this deepening relationship. Digitimes‘s “industry sources” indicate that Samsung will likely manufacture the next Google Nexus smartphone (to go along with Jelly Bean). The report gives two reasons for the ongoing partnership. It will allow Google to leverage Samsung’s […]
Google launches Google Drive cloud storage service
Google today unveiled its Google Drive cloud storage service, “a place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your stuff.” Described as the next step in the evolution of Google Docs, Drive will run on PCs and Macs as well as Android phones and tablets. An iOS version is also coming. It also integrates with other Google […]
Unlocked Galaxy Nexus now on sale in Google Play
Google today announced that it has begun to sell an unlocked version of the Galaxy Nexus (HSPA+) on Google Play in a new Devices section. We started shipping Nexus phones more than two years ago to give you a pure Google experience and access to the latest Android updates. Today, we’ve started selling Galaxy Nexus (HSPA+) from a new Devices […]
Rumour: Google to sell Motorola handset business to Huawei
The ink is not quite dry on Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility that a rumour suggests that Google could already be looking at selling pieces of it, including the handset division. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google may have already offered it to Huawei for a “high price.” It is apparently also interested in selling off Motorola’s cable set-top […]
Google Nexus tablet delayed for cost-saving design changes?
Past rumours suggested that Google was looking to have its first own-brand tablet sell for as low as US$199. New details obtained by The Verge suggests that Google’s price goal has pushed the launch from a rumoured May to July. Citing “sources close to the project,” the report suggests that Google’s manufacturing partner, ASUS, will need to make some design […]