The celebrations marking 25 billion Google Play downloads continue today. Did you remember to save a few quarters for the second day of Google Play’s 5-day app sale. Today, the following are on sale for CA$0.25: Paper Camera World of Goo Cut the Rope: Experiments doubleTwist Alarm Clock SketchBook Mobile Shark Dash The Going to Bed Book Flick Nations Rugby […]
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Google Play 25-cent app sale: Day 1 list
After announcing earlier today that it had topped 25 billion Google Play downloads, Google has now kicked off its 5-day app sale with the following – All available for 25 cents: Angry Birds Space Premium Asphalt 7: Heat The Cat in the Hat Clouds & Sheep Premium Draw Something Granny Smith Let’s Create! Pottery London Bus Checker NFL Kicker 13 […]
ASUS Transformer Prime and Transformer Pad Infinity Android 4.1 upgrade rollout begins
The good news started yesterday when ASUS Sweden announced that it had begun upgrading the Transformer Prime (TF201) tablet to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The deployment was limited to Sweden but was a good omen that deployment to other countries would follow soon after. Today comes word via Facebook that Android 4.1 upgrades for both the TF201 and Transformer Pad […]
Google Play hits 25 billion download milestone
Google today announced that Google Play, its app and media store, has surpassed the 25 billion download milestone. It was only in May that Google announced it had passed the 15 billion mark. Twenty-five billion is more than twice the distance, in miles, that the Voyager 1 spacecraft has travelled since its launch 35 years ago. It’s the amount of […]
Some Samsung Galaxy devices vulnerable to malicious HTML hack (Updated)
Potentially bad news for Samsung device owners today. A number of Samsung Galaxy devices running Samsung’s TouchWiz UI have been found to be vulnerable to a malicious hack that could wipe them clean. The exploit occurs when a website runs a USSD code (essentially a dialer code) via the browser to trigger the full factory reset. It can also be […]
LG Optimus Vu II specifications revealed?
The original LG Optimus Vu has just landed in the U.S. this month but LG is already planning its successor. Korean-based Bad IT Tong has reportedly obtained the specifications. They show that the new device will benefit from a few hardware upgrades (including a faster processor and more RAM) but will otherwise be very similar to its predecessor. Unlike its […]
HTC to launch 5-inch Google Nexus 5 smartphone?
With the Galaxy Nexus starting to get long in the tooth (in smartphone terms), anticipation is building for Google’s next Nexus device. Better yet, earlier rumours suggest that it may have more than one device up its sleeve this time around. A new tip received by GSMArena suggests that HTC could be readying such a device and it could be […]
Samsung outlines Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade roadmap
Samsung today began to upgrade Samsung Galaxy S III smartphones to Android 4.1. The update kicks off with European devices with Poland leading things off. Samsung also confirmed that the upgrade will be “gradually introduced to other markets” but did not provide any specifics. The Samsung upgrade also includes a number of updates to its own software. New features include […]