Google this week announced a new feature for Google Maps app for Android and iOS that will make it easier to explore your surroundings. Google is adding a new Explore button to the bottom right corner of your map. It will give you a quick look at what is around you. With Explore as your guide, you’ll see different places […]
Google and Motorola working on 5.9-inch Nexus codenamed Shamu
Rumours earlier this year predicted that Google was ready to axe its Nexus program in favour of a new one called Android Silver favouring a range of high-end smartphones running stock or near stock Android. One likely casualty appeared to be the next Nexus smartphone. Comments by Dave Burke, head of Android engineering, in late June have since indicated that […]
Google Android enterprise security suite coming as Samsung drops Knox
A lot of eyebrows went up at Google I/O 2014 when Google announced that Samsung had turned over its Knox enterprise security suite in a bid to help improve the overall security of Android. It turns out that the move may have been an early sign that the company was getting out of the mobile security space. Forbes today reported that […]
Android KitKat jumps to 18% in latest Android platform versions data
What a difference a month can make. Google today published the latest edition of the Google Android Platform Versions report and Android KitKat has jumped from 13.6% to 17.9%. As impressive as the jump is, there is even better news. KitKat is finally on more devices than the aging Gingerbread release which now stands at 13.5%. Not only are new […]
Google Nexus 8 tablet heads to India
HTC is widely thought to be working on a new Nexus tablet for Google. Whle most rumours agree that it will be larger than the Nexus 7, they have been split about how much bigger it could be. The latest word points to an 8.9-inch tablet but there have been a few reports about a somewhat smaller 8-inch model. Whatever […]
Project Ara announces names of 100 beta testers to receive free devices
The first Project Ara modular smartphones are expected to launch in early 2015. Given that the idea of being able to modify and upgrade a smartphone on the fly is a new concept, Google launched the Project Ara Scout program back in late 2013. The idea was to ask people interested in the concept to complete “special missions” and provide […]
Lenovo expects to close Motorola acquisition by end of year
Google announced back in January that Lenovo would acquire its Motorola Mobillity subsidiary for US$2.91 billion. The deal has since been winding its way through the necessary regulatory requirements and closing conditions. Speaking at the Lenovo annual general meeting in Hong Kong, CEO Yang Yuanqing said that he expects both the Motorola acquisition and another for IBM’s low-end server business to […]
Android L Preview now available for more Nexus devices
The next major version of Android is coming sometime this fall. Known right now as Android L, it was one of the key announcements as last week’s keynote event that kicked off the Google I/O 2014 developer conference. System images for both the Google Nexus 5 and Google Nexus 7 (2013) were released to AOSP the day after the keynote. […]