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  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 [...]

  Mark your calendar! Exactly a week after Apple will unveil their new iPhone, Samsung has planned a new Unpacked event on October 11 at CTIA expo. Unlike previous Unpacked events, this time Samsung has revealed the agenda, which will be something “new from Android.” I won’t be surprised to see Samsung and Google revealing [...]

  Microsoft has caught a big Android fish today to pay royalties. Samsung is the latest company that will pay Microsoft royalties for every Android smartphone and tablet sold. This deal makes Samsung seventh Android manufacturer to enter into an agreement with Microsoft. Moreover, both companies have decided to sign a cross-patent licensing agreement that [...]

  Consumers who’ve managed to grab the $99 TouchPad in hopes of using Android, will be rejoiced to hear that Cyanogen Mod team has advanced further in porting the Google OS. The CM Team has uploaded a video that shows a working audio, accelerometer, Wi-Fi, Android Market and even Angry Birds. Of course, the project [...]

  Announced at IFA earlier this month, Sony has announced their Android-based Walkman for the Japanese market. The NWZ-Z1000 Series portable media player will be available in Japan from December that will give the goodness of Android OS and audio quality you expect in a Walkman device. The player boasts an Inflection Surface Form design [...]

  Google had promised to launch Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) OS in Q4 of this year and it seems they’ll deliver right on time. Google’s former CEO, Eric Schmidt confirmed that they’re trying to release the new OS sometime in October or November. “We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich [...]