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Google served up some piping hot numbers this morning at its “Breakfast with Sundar” event in San Francisco. The menu this morning included Android 4.3, the new Nexus 7 and a host of other services. The big news, however, were the numbers Google had to offer pertaining to tablet activations and Play Store app downloads.…
Earlier today, Google unveiled the new Nexus 7 tablet as well as Android 4.3 and a host of other innovations. Wasting no time, Google has started pushing the Android 4.3 open source code to AOSP. The code is listed under the android-4.3_r2.1 tag, and is expected to be available in full form within a few hours.…
Thanks to Google, denizens of San Francisco will now be able to enjoy free Wi-Fi in 31 parks and public spaces as early as this November. Google has gifted San Francisco with $600,000 to purchase equipment, cover installation and maintenance costs for the free Wi-Fi hotspots. The “Free Wi-Fi In The Parks” program will not…
At its Breakfast with Sundar event in San Francisco today, Google unveiled a service that will save starving students some money when it comes to textbook access, dubbed Play Textbooks. Starting in August, students will be able to purchase and rent textbooks from the Google Play Store and access them on Android devices. Google has…
Google has announced its Google Play Games Services, which comes to us in the form of a new Play Games app that incorporates a gaming hub and portal for the Google Play Games Services that we caught a glimpse of at Google I/O back in May. The app allows users to view leaderboards, friends that…
HTC One owners on T-Mobile’s network may be noticing something missing from their camera software after a software update last night. Due to a little mishap, last night’s software update got rid of the HDR function on the HTC One’s camera. The HDR functionality is still in the code, just inaccessible after the update. Android…
NTT DoCoMo has unveiled the successor to it’s 2012 F-12D Raku-Raku smartphone, the F-09E. The new Raku-Raku smartphone is the first in DoCoMo’s line to support Google Play, and touts some mid range specs with a focus on ease of use. The Raku-Raku F-09E is being manufactured by Fujitsu and comes with a 4.3 inch…
Some new photos of the rumored Sony Honami have surfaced today, showing off a sleek black device that bares a striking resemblance to the Sony Xperia Z. The Honami is said to be coming with a 20 megapixel camera, possibly with Cybershot branding. Unlike the Galaxy S4 Zoom and the Nokia Lumia 1020, the Honami…
According to a screenshot obtained by 9to5Google, the new version of the Nexus 7 tablet will be arriving in Best Buy stores on July 30th. The new Nexus 7 is expected to be unveiled at a Google event tomorrow in San Francisco, and is rumored to come touting a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, a 7 inch…
The BlackBerry Q10 and the Samsung ATIV S Neo will be available on Sprint’s network soon, according to a leaked photo obtained by Engadget. Sprint had previously announced that it would be carrying the devices, but had not detailed a release date. The report states that the QWERTY keyboard touting BlackBerry Q10 will be shipping…