Posts tagged with Google
Google planning to become telecom operator in Spain
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If a series of rumors and leaked images are to be believed, Google is giving out starter packs with self-branded SIMs along with Nexus S to its employees mostly engineers in Spain. Each of these SIMs is said to be affiliated to different telecom operators in the country and engineers have been told to test out infrastructure and efficiency of these telcos.
Big Google TV update coming in weeks
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Google TV team has disclosed via their official Twitter account that a minor security update will start pushing out to Google TV owners tomorrow, while a big one (read Honeycomb) will be available in few weeks.
Google brings Hangouts to Gingerbread phones
After opening Google Plus for the general public, company has also released an update for its official Google + Android app. It now supports Hangouts on devices running Android 2.3+ and front-facing cameras. Read the rest of this entry »
Visa, American Express, Discover to support Google Wallet soon
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Google has revealed that it is currently working with Visa, American Express and Discover to bring their support to Google Wallet. Wallet only works with Citibank Mastercard credit cards and Google PrePaid cards right now and without support from Visa and other card provider making Wallet successful is an impossible dream.
Official Google Apps in Android Market – A Guide
Google as an app developer has released various applications in the Android Market and some of these come pre-installed on most Android devices – like Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Search.
But others have to be downloaded from Android Market; we have compiled a list of these apps that have been developed by Google. The number comes around 40 apps, although we have tried our best, but we might have missed a few. But not all applications are available in every country and every device; some are regional apps as they support only certain languages or certain apps might support only few device types. So, the best way to check if one of these apps is available in your country is to go to the phone/tablet based Market app and try searching for that particular app – if it comes in the search results than you are good to go.
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Intel & Google to optimize Android for Atom chips, first smartphone coming in 1H’12
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Intel and Google are now working to optimize Intel chips for Android. According to an announcement today at Intel’s Developer Forum, future versions of Android will work on Intel Atom processors.
“By optimizing the Android platform for Intel architecture, we bring a powerful new capability to market that will accelerate more industry adoption and choice, and bring exciting new products to market that harness the combined potential of Intel technology and the Android platform,” said Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini.”Together we are accelerating Intel architecture and bringing new levels of innovation to a maturing Android platform.”
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After Ice Cream Sandwich, is it going to be “Jelly Bean”?
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Word on the street is that the next version of Android after Ice Cream Sandwich will be called ‘Jelly Bean’; however it seems Google is still in two minds two minds to make it a final choice.
Ice Cream Sandwich coming out in Oct/Nov – Eric Schmidt
We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich for some reason, which is being released in October/November, which everyone’s really excited about.
Eric Schmidt
There is no need to say more after the aforementioned statement from Google Chairman Eric Schmidt at the recently help Dreamforce conference.
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Samsung confirms Nexus Prime as next Google phone
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It is pretty much confirmed now that Samsung is the company behind the next Nexus smartphone and it will indeed be called Nexus Prime, unlike the rumors the current information is coming from a hard fact that company has recently uploaded a user-agent profile by the name of Nexus Prime.
Patents…, it’s more than that – Eric Schmidt on Motorola Deal
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Well, that didn’t come as a surprise at all. Google chairman Eric Schmidt confirmed that search engine giant is not just trying to save Android with Motorola deal but also planning some hardware business.
