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  Here’s some good news for TouchPad users. HP has released the Android source code that was found in one of the TouchPads that ran Android OS out-of-the-box. The code was handed over to the CyanogenMod Team who are working on a proper port of Android OS for TouchPad. The code has now been uploaded [...]

  Google’s Chrome web browser has been finally launched for the Android OS. The Chrome for Android adopts the same speed and simplicity you’d find on the PC web but is designed to be more intuitive and user friendly for mobile devices. There’s sync support, omnibox and card-style tabs that makes it navigating through the [...]

  Fighting malware has become an everyday phenomenon for mobile OS makers and one of the most targeted mobile OS is Android due to its reach and popularity. Google has now confirmed that to combat the attacks, they’ve implemented a new solution codenamed as Bouncer that scans each and every app in the Android Market [...]

  We’ve seen the Ice Cream Sandwich teaser on the HP TouchPad before but if you’re waiting for the real deal, here it is. Devs at RootzWiki have released an Alpha 0 build of the CyanogenMod 9 that is based on the Ice Cream Sandwich. As you’d expect from an alpha build, this one too [...]

Polaroid announced a smart camera powered by Android. Converginig the capturing and sharing activity, the SC1630 is a 16-megapixel camera, featuring 3X optical zoom and a 3.2in widescreen display. The camera also features automatic face and smile detection. Besides capturing, one can edit, save and upload the pictures taken from the smart camera. As it [...]

  Android had a pretty good Christmas going by the numbers put forth by Andy Rubin. According to the Google executive, 3.7 million unit Android devices were activated on the 24th and 25th of December. Although this number might not be enough to beat iOS activations yet, it is assuring that Android is picking up [...]

  The green robot’s penetration in the mobile devices market is increasing day by day. After Google confirmed about 550,000 device activations everyday back in July, Andy Rubin on Google’s social network, Google+ confirmed that the Android OS is seeing activation of over 700,000 units. Of course, it is still less than Apple’s iOS but [...]

  Twitter just announced a major redesign that claims to make it easier for users to follow, connect and discover quickly. The overhaul will be reflected on all Twitter platforms but as a start Twitter has updated iOS and Android app with the new interface. The new interface boasts of four tabs that will show [...]

  Google’s Android Market app store has surpassed downloads in excess of 10 billion and to commemorate this feat, Google is offering top paid apps at heavy discounts. Starting today, for the next 10 days, 10 apps will be available at 90 percent discount. Today’s app list includes some great app and games like Asphalt [...]

  Google yesterday released a new version of Google Maps for Android and it seems to be a worthy upgrade, if you seem to get lost in shopping malls quite often! Google Maps 6.0 now includes indoor maps of select shopping malls and airports that allows users to see where they’re, on what floor they’re [...]

  Google has updated its Translate app for Android and it brings one of the most useful features that will be lauded by tourists. In addition to the regular text translation, the Translate app now offers speech-to-speech translation. This could be helpful for tourists who don’t understand the language while vacationing in another country. Google [...]

  We all knew “something big” was coming, but when was the question. Well not anymore, Google and Samsung has announced the launch of the next big version of Android OS, the Ice Cream Sandwich along with the Galaxy Nexus device on 19th October 2011. Although many apps from the ICS have already come out [...]

Although the Nexus Prime with the new Ice cream sandwich Android version is yet to be launched, the guys at Android Police got hold of the upcoming version of Google Music that has been extracted from the ICS. The new version looks clean and subtle and also features a new search button at the top. [...]

Waiting for your TouchPad to run Android? Well, do not fret! A developer from China named Chomper has come up with the test version of Android that can run as an application. The application is in the test version and can be downloaded from here. Please do not expect it to work like a miracle [...]

  Samsung announced three new phones, all on different platform for the Indian consumers. The three phones are powered by bada, Android and Windows Phone 7. First up is the bada flagship Wave 3 that is powered by the latest bada 2.0 OS and is priced at Rs.19,600. Running on a meaty 1.4GHz processor, Wave [...]