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Google thought they were in the clear with Oracle in regards to claims of copied code but now it seems in a twist of fate that things may be changing. Oracle appealed the ruling against them and it seems as though now they may have a change of winning the case. Seeking more than 1 [...]
(photo: K. Sandler) While Eric Schmidt was the CEO of Google, he made a few key appearances during the early rise of Android. He was on hand at the Motorola Droid and Droid X release on Verizon Wireless. He keynoted Mobile World Congress talking about Android and he was an overall cheerleader for [...]
Levar Burton, the actor made famous by his show Reading Rainbow and then Star Trek, has been spending a lot of time in the techsfphere lately. His Reading Rainbow app for iTunes he considers a "Netflix For Kids" it allows users to download new books and keeps the content fresh. The Reading Rainbow app is [...]
On Wednesday, HTC held a launch event. It was widely assumed that this event would mark the release of a new HTC smartwatch. According to Re/code, the wearable was not ready, and thus the launch of the watch was pushed back. HTC Americas head Jason Mackenzie told Re/code: We had originally planned to have a wearable [...]
The cost of cloud based server storage has greatly decreased over the past few years. Rather than soak up more profits for their popular Google Drive service, Google has decided to hit their competitors over the head by drastically reducing the pricing of their 1TB plan. To some Google has always been winning the pricing [...]
"Often times the company is worth no more to us with $10M in revenue than it was with $5M, or even $50M for that matter, because the way we're thinking about it is the impact that they can make on our business. That is not going to be necessarily driven by their existing mode of generating revenue."
It appears that we have reached the end of an era. A short-lived era, but an era nonetheless. On Thursday, A Google representative told TechRadar that production has stopped on the Nexus 5: A Google spokesperson has confirmed to us that Nexus 5production has stopped, warning that "once they are gone, they're gone, so we'd suggest people [...]
The "Do no evil," slogan is contained in Google's guiding "Ten things we know to be true." Included in these ten things is number two, "It’s best to do one thing really, really well." Now this is not some sort of examination of Google philosophy, or some such thing, but rather a look at one [...]
I spent many a day and night writing about Andy Rubin during my thedroidguy days. Rubin was the brains and man behind Danger and the HipTop and then Google's Android operating system. It's been widely believed that Android was a derivative of the founders name. Apple founder, the late Steve Jobs' distaste for Google's Android [...]
On Wednesday, Google unveiled some major new products and software. After months of speculation, it was revealed the the latest Android, until Wednesday "Android L," is Android 5.0 Lollipop. On top of that, Google also revealed the newest additions to the Nexus line of smartphones and tablets: The Nexus 6 and the Nexus 9. Even [...]
In 2013, Google overtook Apple as the most valuable company in the world. Apple had held that title for three straight years. We were just forwarded an infographic from FinancesOnline, that provides a look into the top brands of 2014. Further, in his excellent write-up preceding the infographic, David Adelman - deputy business and finance editor at [...]
Android app developers looking to add another amazing feature to their Android apps, can now add Google Street View images. In their latest Google Play Services update (Google Play Services 4.4), Google has added their collection of eye level images of the real world giving apps another way to entice users. Google Play Services is [...]
Back in September Google announced that the next version of Android would be called KitKat following their history of using desert-esque names to go with each iteration of Android. Prior to that announcement, many thought that Google would go with the name Key Lime Pie and that the version number would be 5.0. KitKat is [...]
Protecting Android phones is serious business. Unlike iOS, Android devices are prone to malware and viruses similarly to the way that PCs are. Mobile security providers like NQ Mobile, LookOut and AVG are protecting millions upon millions of Android users worldwide. AVG, one of the leading providers of internet, computer and mobile security, with over [...]
Android Auto, Car Play During Google's marathon keynote address on say one of I/O, the company announced a ton of new products. Of these products, one of the most innovative has to be Android Auto. Essentially, Android Auto is like Google Now, but for the car. Android Auto takes all of the best parts of [...]
We have seen some pretty adventurous crowdfunding campaigns before, but most of these are destined to fail. However, we just came across an Indiegogo campaign that is both adventurous, and has the possibility to succeed. The project in question has/had a chance to succeed without Indiegogo. Anyhow, Space IL is looking to raise $240,000 to [...]
"Project Ara is designed to make upgrading your smartphone’s guts as easy as putting together a LEGO set. (Think sleeker). Instead of having to splurge for a new handset if you want the fastest CPU, strongest battery or loudest speakers, the idea behind Ara would allow you to acquire those individual pieces and snap it onto your device."
According to many different reports HTC has been hard at work on a wearable device of some sort. In fact, back in July, HTC may have inadvertently leaked their very own smartwatch. Now with the specifications of the Apple Watch out of the bag and Samsung producing a new wearable every month, HTC has seen [...]
If you're hip enough to be walking down your city streets with a Samsung Galaxy Gear 2, Gear Neo or even Galaxy Gear, and you have a Paypal account, then you're in for a treat. Paypal is testing a new payment method on their campus that links together Bluetooth low energy beacons and Samsung Galaxy [...]
When the original Samsung Galaxy Tab debuted the Korean electronics giant was quick to jump on the horn and say that their original tablet sold 2 million units in as little as six weeks. Research firms like Strategic Analytics were quick to rebut those numbers. At the time Samsung was mum on whether that was [...]
