Today Samsung and Google jointly announced that they would be cancelling the press event that was scheduled to take place on Tuesday October 11. No reason was given but according to AllThingsD.com the reason is that they both felt it was too soon after Steve Jobs death to announce what they must hope is the … Read more
This morning as I was sifting through all the Steve Jobs emails and articles I happened across a BGR article that was stating that Verizon was going to get an exclusive on the next Nexus Prime due out pretty soon. I dismissed the exclusive part almost immediately as I am tired of exclusive rumors altogether … Read more
the mobile computing space is thought by many to be crowded and over capacitated. That’s something we’ve been told for a long time, now it’s something we all believe to be true. Crowded, yes. Over capacitated, no. But why not, all the "does the industry need another competitor?" articles all say so. Well, lets talk … Read more
Still using Google+? OK a few hands are up. Well now it’s open to all without any invites required and they just updated their mobile apps with some new features: Hangouts on your mobile (a.k.a. feature #92) Seeing someone face-to-face is one of the most important ways you can connect with them. Unfortunately we’re often … Read more
Netflix has been slow to roll out their app for Android owners choosing to approve one device at a time. This of course did not stop the fine folks at XDA from helping the Netflix app on to the impatient Android owner by making the API available. The wait is finally over for the Android … Read more
The next version of Android is getting set to be released as many people have been claiming and rumors have been suggesting. Now we have it straight from Eric Schmidt, that we can expect to see Ice Cream Sandwich coming in October / November: “We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream … Read more
A few very good updates happened yesterday for iPhone owners with the Facebook and Google+ apps. The Facebook app seemed to be feeling the pressure from Google+ and finally added the ability to share external links. It is a slightly elongated process where you have to actually click and open the link before you can … Read more
There was lots of speculation about what the Google-Motorola Mobility merger would mean. Would they get an strategic advantages? Would other OEMs get hurt? Well we have some answers thanks to a Google internal presentation from the Oracle lawsuit. The answer is: Yes and Yes. Here is the Google document: Foss Patents speculates as follows: … Read more
Today comes an article that basically says that Google didn’t do its homework (do they have a Beta Legal Team too?) and spend out the nose for some pretty useless Motorola Mobility patents and a sliding business. It is interesting that every Android OEM toed the company line and basically issued a Google-penned statement of … Read more
Google likely knows more about each of us than any other online corporation. In fact, in many respects I’d presume they know more about most of us than the government. From who we acquaint ourselves with, what we’re into, the places we go, the music we listen to, the things we buy, etc, etc etc. … Read more