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With it’s earnings report delivered earlier today, Facebook is showing positive progress in its ad revenue since adopting its current monetization model last year. Due to the announcement that Facebook is now pulling in 41% of its ad revenue through mobile advertising, the company’s stock rose more than 17% in afterhours trading today. “”We’ve made…
A lot of exciting news was revealed at Google’s “Breakfast with Sundar” event today, including a major announcement from Netflix that gives Android an advantage over iOS in the streaming department. Netflix has released a new version of its Android app, specifically for the just revealed update of Google’s Nexus 7 tablet, which releases in…
Some rumors of a new plastic-covered HTC device have been floating around lately, and thanks to a report from LlabTooFer some more details of the mid-range device have emerged. The HTC Zara is expected to be manufactured in plastic instead of HTC’s signature aluminum, and will tout specs close to those of the HTC One…
While everyone’s patiently waiting for Rockstar’s next Grand Theft Auto to blow our minds once again, 3 of the company’s classic games are available now on Google Play. If you were on the fence about snagging them, today’s price drop might sway you. You can get both Grand Theft Auto 3 and Grand Theft Auto:…
Google just took the wraps off of the new Nexus 7 and Android 4.3 at an event today in San Francisco. Android 4.3 is definitely a minimal update, but it does bring a few new features that are welcomed to the OS. Here’s a quick look at some of the new features for developers and…
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.…
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…
Besides a new Nexus 7 and Android 4.3, Google also unveiled Chromecast, a dongle that plugs into your TV’s HDMI port and allows you to stream media from Netflix, YouTube, Chrome, Pandora and Google Play. You launch and control playback of the content via your Android device, iOS device and laptops (Windows, OS X and…