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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 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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Google Says, “We Already Have Something ‘Like’ Groupon…” (Video)

It’s not new news anymore – we pretty all know that Google got turned down (rejected) by Groupon from a reported $6 billion take over bid. But until today, there hasn’t been much from the Google camp about the rejection of the offer. A new video has emerged with Google executive Marissa Mayer answering a […]

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Verizon To Announce Lineup of 4G Android Smartphones at CES

CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas kicks off on Thursday and Verizon is expected to announce a whole new line up of 4G Android powered smartphones. Just last month, Verizon said in a Twitter update that “Verizon 4G and Android are like “peanut butter and chocolate.” The Android phones from Verizon will be the […]

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Google Looking To Take On Apple In Digital Newsstand Market

The iPad has not only created a whole new paradigm in personal computing, it has also perhaps been the single best hope for saving the print publishing market. Newspapers and printed magazines have been bleeding revenue and profits since the rise of the Internet, but the iPad and emerging tablet market seems to be turning […]

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Will Google Become A Cell Phone Service Provider?

Since launching the Google Nexus One, Google has shown signs that it is ready to enter the smartphone space. And oh yeah, there’s this mobile phone operating system called Android that Google has developed as well and it already becoming a major competitor to the iPhone. So does all of this mean that Google is […]