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Google TV Has Been Hacked, And Google Is Excited About It

Google to pay hackers $1000 for successfully hacking the Android OS running on Google TV. Google TV, and the Android OS running it, has been successfully hacked, and Google is actually excited about it. According to Google developer Howard Harte, “this means we now have a complete Android development environment for the Google TV.”  And […]

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Android iPhone

Android Tops iPhone in U.S. Smartphone Marketshare

Google’s Android OS has done something that few thought possible, up until now. According to recent data from comScore, Android now has the second largest smartphone operating system market in the United States – bumping Apple down to number three. Android’s marketshare has climbed to 26 percent of the U.S. smartphone platform market, up 6.4 […]

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Android Tablets

Quick Look At The New Google Android OS (Video)

CNNMoney.com just posted a video that takes a look at the new Google Android OS. This video shows the OS as being fast, sleek, and obviously optimized for Android tablet devices. This OS release, I’m assuming, the Gingerbread (Android 3.0) release. Here it is – a test drive of the new Android OS:

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Android iPad

Current Android Tablet Owners Might Be Left Out Of Future Android Updates

There’s been one major downside to Android Froyo (and before) tablet releases such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab – and that is, the Android OS was never designed to be run on a tablet device. Rumors are spreading today that the next release of the Android OS – aka Honeycomb – might require a dual-core […]

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Android Mobile

New Google Android Music App Coming Soon, And It Looks Awesome (Video)

Mashable, via Engadget, posted a video of what looks like the new Google Android music app that is expected to make its debut with the release of Android 3.0 – also known as Gingerbread. You can see the video (apparently leaked) of the new Android music app below. Rich, colorful features, along with an awesome […]

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Android Technology

Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) Source Code Released

Consider Android’s Gingerbread release “game on” for the developing community. The Google Android development team has released the source code for programmers and developers to come in and start customizing to fit their needs. Currently, the only Android smartphone on the market running the Android 2.3 release is Google’s own Nexus S smartphone. Here’s the […]

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Android

Top-10 Free Platform Games for Android

Henrik Larsson writes, Henrik is the owner of Chit Chat – a Facebook chat app. Chit Chat is a Facebook messenger that enables one to chat online with Facebook from your desktop. Feeling the weight of the recession? Never fear: there are plenty of free games on the Android market, and while there is a […]