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Google held a press event today and used the occasion to announce the second generation Nexus 7 tablet. The new Nexus 7 will be a modest improvement over the current Nexus 7 model. It is lighter, more narrow and thinner than the previous version. The new Nexus 7 will fit better in your hands, especially…
Google is providing a live stream of its big breakfast with Chrome and Android chief Sundar Pichai. The press event is shrouded in mystery, but leaks suggest the company is ready to unveil its next generation Nexus 7 and likely Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. Pichai is also in charge of Chrome, so seeing something new…
Taylor Wimberly posted the specs for Motorola’s X8 system on a chip. The Mobile Computing System will power Verizon Wireless’ new Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx and Droid Mini handsets. According to Verizon, it promises to deliver a “24 percent faster CPU, 100 percent faster GPU [and] twice the RAM.” You can browse the details below and…
Verizon held a press event today in New York City to announce three new additions to its popular Droid line of Android handsets. The trio include the Motorola Droid Ultra, the Droid Maxx and the Droid Mini. They are a diverse group of handsets that’ll cater to the first-time smartphone buyer, the high-end phone fan and…
Hollywood types apparently enjoy mixing and matching phones and platforms, taking what they deem the best for broadcast TV. As spotted by WMPoweruser, Netflix’s newest independent series, Orange is the New Black, features an unbranded Lumia handset running a flavor of iOS. In one segment, the boxy and beautiful Windows Phone handset has received an…
Speculation out of the Wall Street Journal suggests Apple is working on iPhones and iPads with larger screens. Sources told the WSJ that Asian suppliers are providing the Cupertino company with iPhone screens larger than 4-inches and tablets with displays that measure almost 13-inches. Apple is reportedly testing these displays in prototype devices. There is…
Nokia announced on its Conversations blog that it plans on unveiling something BIG tomorrow at 9 AM UK time. The orange teaser image on Nokia’s website reveals little to nothing about the announcement, leaving us to speculate what the company is trying to hype. Could it be a new Asha phone, a partnership with Orange,…
Apple is acquiring mobile transit app, HopStop, according to reports in Bloomberg and Mashable. Bloomberg first reported the acquisition on Saturday, and Mashable then contacted Apple which confirmed the deal. Details on the dollar amount Apple will pay to acquire the mobile transit app was not disclosed. HopStop provides users with route and schedule information for subways and…
On Sunday, Apple confirmed its developer portal was hacked and that some information from its developer database may have been stolen. In a statement sent out to developers, Apple said it detected an intrusion last week and shut down the site immediately. Last Thursday, an intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers…
Earlier this week, Android Beat noticed that Google significantly trimmed the ranks of Motorola this quarter, cutting the once prominent handset manufacturer down to a meager 4,599 employees. Though the layoffs in this latest quarter were drastic, Google has been steadily laying off Motorola employees since it took over the company in April of 2012.…