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  Google’s Chrome team has had a busy week. First was the release of the Android-based Chrome browser and now they’ve updated their desktop version to make it better than before. Version 17 is now available in the stable channel and enables faster browsing by pre-rendering the most likely to visit web page. As for [...]

  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 [...]

India court has warned Internet giants, Google and Facebook to remove offensive content or the sites will be blocked like it is in China. This warning is as a result of a filing of case against them by a private petitioner in a lower court case. The hearing on this will be taking place at [...]

  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 [...]

  Nexus S users waiting for an OTA notification from Google for the Android 4.0 update will have to wait a little longer. Google’s exec on the Google’s support forum confirmed yesterday that they’ve halted the over-the-air Ice Cream Sandwich update for Nexus S users. Google pulled the update due to an apparent battery drain [...]

  It seems Google is trying to emulate its Nexus phone strategy to tablets as well. In an interaction with an Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sea, Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt confirmed to market a “tablet of the highest quality” within the next six months. Although Schmidt didn’t divulge any more details but going by the [...]

  Without much fanfare, Verizon has announced the sales of Google’s first Android 4.0 phone – Galaxy Nexus. Interested consumers can pick the device from the online or a retail Verizon store for $299.99 on a two-year contract. The Galaxy Nexus on Verizon is the same as the international version except for a few changes [...]

  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 has reportedly released the much awaited Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) OS to its former Nexus device – Nexus S. According to a Google+ post by a Google recruit, all the employees have started receiving the new software update over-the-air. The build released to the employees isn’t the final one as it will [...]

  Galaxy Nexus that went on sale last week has garnered favourable reviews but has been marred by an unusual bug that mutes or lowers the volume at its own will. The apparent issue that causes it is due to the use of 2G network on 900MHz frequency. The issue may sound a bit weird [...]

  UPDATE: Google has confirmed to pull the buggy app. As rumored, Google released their native Gmail app for iOS devices like iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The free app available from iTunes Store promises to improve email experience with push notifications, Priority Inbox, threaded conversations, touch-optimized interface and more. However, there is one issue. [...]

  Samsung and Google’s new Galaxy Nexus may win brownie points when it comes to integrating number of pixels in a small (admittedly big for a mobile phone!) display. However, the 1280×720 display is marred with the same limitation which made Galaxy S a bit irritating to use. The Super AMOLED display on the Galaxy [...]

  The wait is over. Google in collaboration with Samsung has announced the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich running Galaxy Nexus smartphone, which could be termed as a worthy upgrade from the previous Nexus device, Nexus S. Galaxy Nexus boasts a pure Google experience that does not have any UI customizations from Samsung and [...]

  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 [...]