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Google Vice President of Product Management, Hugo Barra, unveiled some exciting new services in his segment of the I/O keynote. In particular, he unveiled the much rumored Google Play Game Services. These New Google Play services and APIs will be rolling out today to all Android devices Froyo and up! Barra began his presentation talking about…
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is Android’s flagship phone, but some people balk at Samsung’s TouchWiz interface. Purists that enjoy the pure flavor of Android will appreciate the newly announced developer edition of the Galaxy S4. Unveiled at Google I/O 2013, the new S4 will run the latest version of Android and will receive updates through Google. This…
Google just unveiled some improvements to the Google Play Store at the Google I/O 2013 keynote today. Engineering director of Android, Chris Yerga, took to the stage to boast about the new features. The main addition to the store that’s most beneficial to users is personalized recommendations. From now on, when you’re browsing Google Play,…
Google not only introduced Android Studio, a new development suite to make coding easier, it also added some improvement to its Google Play developer console that’ll make it easier for developers to rollout and monetize their apps. One of the biggest enhancements is the support for beta testing and staged rollouts from within the Google…
Google I/O is for developers, and the company didn’t pull out any stops to help improve the developer environment. One major addition is a new development tool, Android Studio, that’ll help streamline the app creation process for Android developers. The new Android Studio is based on IntelliJ and is designed to make development faster and…
Google announced at the Google I/O 2013 keynote this morning that it has officially reached 900 million Android activations. That’s an incredible achievement for a platform that’s only been around for a few years. Google’s Sundar Pichai took the stage to reveal the news. Last year, activations passed 400 million total, which means growth has…
The HP SlateBook x2, which was leaked before, is officially announced as the first NVIDIA Tegra 4-powered convertible tablet. Yup, it comes with a detachable keyboard a la ASUS’ Transformer series, doubling as a laptop when you need to type faster. Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean is running the show on the 10.1-inch 1920×1200 IPS display,…
The Google I/O keynote is in just a few hours, and we’ve already begun to see updates in some form. No, it’s not a system update, but a silent update to the Google Play Store. Last night, Google quietly updated their Play Store, rolling out version 4.1.6, which includes a new home page, new Wishlist…
Samsung may not make the next Nexus phone but that doesn’t mean it’s done with making devices running the stock Android OS. One such smartphone will apparently be on display at Google I/O later today and it will be called the Galaxy S4 Google Edition. It’s the same Galaxy S4 under the hood without the…
Sony has officially announced the Xperia A in Japan where it will be sold by NTT DoCoMo, the country’s leading mobile operator. The device we’ve already seen at the FCC is a high-end Android 4.1 smartphone with specs that include a 4.6-inch 720p HD screen, LTE connectivity support, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU, 13-megapixel rear…