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550,000 New Android Phones Being Activated Each Day

Here’s the reality of Google Android’s OS that powers smartphones.  According to Google there are 550,000 new Android smartphones being activated each day.  This is an astounding number, to say the least.  And a number that, with Android being so new in the mobile phone space, will likely to climb exponentially as we proceed forward. This […]

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Google Video Chat Coming With Leaked Android OS 2.3.4

Android 2.3.4 release has been leaked, but unfortunately it doesn’t look like its ready to the US.  One of the major features that will come on Android 2.3.4 is GTalk video – Google video chat.  And the Android OS is expected to be released on the new Galaxy S2 device. Of course, with Facebook video […]

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Android To Generate Over $1 Billion in Ad Revenue For Google by 2012

Google is fully expecting that mobile phones will generate over $1 billion in ad revenue by 2012, and that the Google Android OS will be the engine that drives that growth. According to Forbes, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said last summer that Android could be a $10 billion business if there were 1 billion users each […]

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Android Business

Google Apps for Verizon – Verizon’s New Enterprise Initiative

It’s interesting to me that Verizon is now offering what they call Google Apps for Verizon. This is basically a bundled package deal for Verizon small and medium size business customers to start leveraging Google Apps. Verizon will be charging enterprise clients $3.99 per month / per user for those who just want to use […]

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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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Tablets Technology

Dell Streak 7 Android Tablet Coming, Release Date Expected at CES

Dell has been been preparing the way to enter the tablet market place starting first with the 5 inch Dell Streak tablet / smartphone. But now Dell seems to be getting ready to launch a 7 inch Android tablet called the Dell Streak 7. It can probably be expected that the new Dell Streak 7 […]

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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 […]