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700,000 Android Phones Activated Each Day, Andy Rubin Tweets [Android Leader Confirms Android Activations Reached a New Milestone, Doesn’t Say Anything About Actual Android-based Revenue for Google]

By on Wednesday, 21. December 2011

Android is growing more and more and that fact can’t be denied as plenty of smartphone makers are busy shelling out more and more Android handsets of all shapes and sizes meant to attract certain demographics. And carriers make sure they sell as many Android smartphones as they can, from [...]

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Google Voice For iOS Gets An Update [Latest iOS Google Voice App Update Brings Multi-Recipient Texting, Improved Integration For Sprint Users & More]

By on Wednesday, 21. December 2011

Those using Google Voice on an iOS device may want to fire up the App Store and download the latest update. Yup, Google has updated the iOS Google Voice app and with the new (and now higher) version number comes some new features including some for text messaging and some [...]

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PayPal NFC Tap-to-Pay System in Test Run [PayPal Currently Testing In-Store Payments with NFC Enabled Smartphones; Will PayPal Mobile Wallet Compete With Google Wallet?]

By on Tuesday, 20. December 2011

PayPal is currently testing NFC-based tap-to-pay systems in a few retail stores in Sweden. The company is reportedly planning to make a push for proximity-based payment systems in the U.S. and internationally, in the aim of becoming a major player in the mobile wallet business.

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Mozilla, Google Renew Firefox Default Search Agreement [Google Will Remain Firefox' Default Search Engine, as Mozilla & Google Agree to Renew Partnership for at Least 3 Years]

By on Tuesday, 20. December 2011

There has been worry that Mozilla will be unable to renew its search partnership with Google, from which it gets at least $100 million in revenue annually. But even with competition in the web browser market, Google and Mozilla have agreed to a new significant partnership, which can last at [...]

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Google Delays The Android 4.0.3 Update On The Samsung Nexus S [Nexus S Ice Cream Sandwich Update Delayed, Google Cites The Need To Monitor Feedback]

By on Tuesday, 20. December 2011

Google had announced, and even begun rolling out Android 4.0.3 for the Nexus S. And well, despite that good bit of news only coming a few days back — it now looks like Google has pulled back on the Ice Cream Sandwich roll-out for the Nexus S.

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Google Rolls-Out Gmail Scribbles For Gmail In The Mobile Browser [Scribbles For Gmail Now Available On The Mobile Web, Will Work On iOS 4+, Android 3.1+ & The BlackBerry PlayBook]

By on Tuesday, 20. December 2011

Google updated the Gmail app for iOS devices a short while back and while the update brought some welcomed features such as the ability to create custom signatures, they also rolled-out something a bit more fun — Scribbles. That being said, Google has since followed up with an update in [...]

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Google Chrome Now the Most Popular Web Browser [Google Chrome Has Now Overtaken Both Firefox & Internet Explorer 8 in Terms of Traffic, Different IE Versions Aside]

By on Monday, 19. December 2011

Google Chrome is gaining ground quickly. Just hot on the heels of Chrome overtaking Firefox as the second most popular browser, Google’s webkit-based browser is now actually the most popular among all web browsers to date.

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A Google Tablet In 2012, Says Eric Schmidt [Recent Italian Interview With Eric Schmidt Says An Official Google Tablet Will Arrive In The Next Six Months]

By on Monday, 19. December 2011

Google’s Eric Schmidt was out having interviews with an Italian newspaper recently, and one of the things he brought up was something of a surprise to the tech world. Specifically, he brought up the idea of a Google tablet, and even went so far as to put a tentative date [...]

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Wearable Computers Currently In Works At Apple & Google Alike, Say Reports [Word Emerges That The Two Mobile Rivals Are Working On Comparable Projects, Computers That You Can Wear Where You Go]

By on Monday, 19. December 2011

It’s not exactly a big secret that one of my favorite parts of the Fallout video game series was the Pip-Boy 3000, a computer that controlled your inventory functions and various other systems, yet could be worn on your forearm like an unusually large wristwatch. And if the recent reports [...]

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Google Details Latest Improvements For Google+ [Google+ Getting A Few More "Big Improvements" Before The End Of The Year, Changes Will Include Improvements To Notifications]

By on Monday, 19. December 2011

Google seems to have been rolling out improvements for Google+ on a fairly regular basis. One of the more recent changes were for Google+ Hangouts and the added support for conferencing from regular telephones. But previously rolled out changes aside, it looks like Google has a few more improvements coming [...]

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