A LG Nexus 4 running an early build of Android 4.3 Key Lime Pie was today found at an even called Thailand Mobile Expo. The video embedded above gives a quick view of how the camera interface will change with this new major release of Android. Android 4.3 was expected to be announced at this year’s Google I/O. However, we got nothing of this sort at Google...
Google just published the crazy 3 hour 52 minute keynote of this year’s Google I/O conference. Here’s a complete list (courtesy of The Next Web) of what was announced during the keynote. Google announces 900 million Android activations, 48 billion apps downloadedthere have been more than 900 million Android activations in total 48 billion apps have been downloaded on Android 2.5 billion apps are installed every monthGoogle’s new App Translation service lets developers get pro localization services right in Consoledevelopers...
Baseball player and manager Pete Rose, who was banned from baseball for life in 1989 for gambling on the sport while managing the Cincinnati Reds, has made a cameo appearance in Microsoft’s latest ad. The ad, titled “Google Docs isn’t worth the gamble,” claims using Google Docs is like gambling in a casino. The idea is that you can never open a Microsoft Office presentation or document in Google Docs without the risk of losing data or running into some horrible formatting errors. Opening a document in Google Docs...
LG Nexus 5 or Optimus G2 @evleaks keeps on delivering good quality leaks. Today, the @evleaks page on Facebook posted an image of a LG device we haven’t seen before. The image is captioned “G2? Just a guess…,” so it could be an image of the LG Optimus G2 or Nexus 5. Not much else is known for now. We’ll just have to wait and see. Maybe...
Google Search with Google Now on iOS Google Search got just updated to version 3.0 on iOS. This major version bump was caused by the addition of Google Now. Here’s the description of Google Search v3.0: Search faster and easier with the latest Search app from Google. Get just the right information at just the right time with Google Now. Search handsfree with...
Google X AnTuTu benchmark A mysterious benchmark report today appeared on the AnTuTu benchmark site. The report is allegedly done on a “Google X” running Android 5.0.1 on an unknown processor clocked at 1.5GHz. The device got a score of 15479, which is roughly on par with flagship models from 2012. A score of only 15k gives the report a bit more credibility....
Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie Google’s I/O 2013 conference mid-next month is where the company is expected to announce the next major version of Android. However, the latest major version is reportedly late, and now Google has pushed the launch back by 2-4 months. The reason for the delay is supposedly that Google is giving device manufacturers and hardware partners...
Android BadNews malware Mobile security firm Lookout has identified a number of Android applications that are infected by a malware program called BadNews. A quick study of the table above shows that at least 32 apps are infected, and the total user base of these reach 9 million! The malware disguises itself as an advertising network. Instead of displaying ads to...
