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Alright, here it is y’all, the Google Hangouts 2.0.012 with SMS integration! The app has been ripped from the Android 4.4 KitKat Nexus 5 image that was released yesterday, and is now available for download. I installed it yesterday, and it’s pretty awesome. It’s nice to have Hangouts chats and SMS in one place, and…
Sorry Verizon customers, it looks like you’re getting the shaft, again. Verizon will not be carrying the brand spanking new LG Nexus 5 according to a report from The Verge. This leaves Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T as the U.S. carriers that the Nexus 5 will work with at the moment. Sundar Pichai broke the bad…
Google has announced that most Nexus devices will be getting Android 4.4 KitKat soon, and now we know that all HTC One devices in North America, including both the Google Play and Developer Editions of the will be receiving the update in the future as well. According to a report from Engadget, the HTC One…
Android 4.4 KitKat is a pretty big deal, but not for the reasons you may think. Sure, the new version of Android packs in tons of new goodies, some revamped apps and features, but the big deal here is that KitKat can run on devices with as little as 512MB of RAM. It might take…
Google just quietly announced the next version of Android, version 4.4 KitKat! Here’s a quick overview of some of the new features Google has in store for us. “OK Google” Users can now simply say the magic words “Ok Google” to initiate voice commands from the device’s home screen or from Google Now. This will…
Trick or treat! Google has given developers quite a treat today with the release of the new Google 4.0 SDK, which includes the Google Mobile Ads SDK, improvements to Google Wallet Instant Buy APIs, geofencing and Google+. The SDK also includes an Android 4.4 KitKat emulator that developers can utilize to begin optimizing their apps…
Has your shiny new iPhone 5s been gobbling up the battery? You are not alone. According to the New York Times, Apple has admitted that some of their iPhone 5s models include a manufacturing defect which causes severe battery drain. “We recently discovered a manufacturing issue affecting a very limited number of iPhone 5S devices…
Well, here’s another Nexus 5 render folks, and it’s a doozy! More of an animated GIF to be exact. Tomorrow could be the day that we see the Nexus 5, but we’ll just have to wait and see. The device is expected to come with a 5 inch Full HD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800…
While we are all lying in wait for Google to drop the news of the LG Nexus 5 release and the subsequent appearance of Android 4.4 KitKat, a new KitKat commercial has been released, featuring everyone’s favorite cute green androids. Of course, this is an other nod at Android 4.4, Google’s next version of Android…
Sprint is unleashing a few smartphones on November 8th that will provide tri-band data capabilities, a LTE technology that Sprint has dubbed Sprint Spark. Sprint will be offering the Samsung Galaxy Mega and the Samsung Galaxy S4 mini as the first devices to take advantage of Sprint’s tri-band data service, with the the LG G2 and…