Google announced a new version of Android this week with some impressive new features, but it's unclear if it's done enough to solve a problem that has dogged... full story ![]()

If you want “pure Android” on your smartphone, you usually have a couple of options. You can either buy a Nexus device, or you can hack a non-Google device and install a custom ROM like Cyanogenmod. But for one of the biggest phones of the year, you'll soon have a third option. Google just announced the Samsung Galaxy S4: Google Edition, bringing stock Android to Samsung’s...
gizmag.com (7 days ago)

Google Inc executive chairman Eric Schmidt predicted on Tuesday that there will be more than a billion smartphones in use featuring its Android software within the next six to nine months.
moneycontrol.com (1 month and 5 days ago)
Samsung's growing might in Android phones is creating concern at Google that the South Korean manufacturer will gain leverage to extract financial or other concessions.
wsj.com (2 months and 27 days ago)

Google chairman also rejects suggestions there is tension with Samsung, the world's biggest mobile phone makerGoogle chairman Eric Schmidt has denied that there is any tension with Samsung, the world's biggest mobile phone maker and the only Android handset manufacturer making substantial profits.He also said it would be "against our religion" to try to block Facebook Home,...
guardian.co.uk (1 month and 5 days ago)

Facebook said the software called Home will come pre-installed on a new smartphone made by HTC, but it will also be available for other Android phones through the Google Play app store.
mercurynews.com (1 month and 17 days ago)

Facebook said the software called Home will come pre-installed on a new smartphone made by HTC, but it will also be available for other Android phones through the Google Play app store.
contracostatimes.com (1 month and 17 days ago)
Google plans to unveil Android 4.3, an updated version of its popular mobile operating system, at the Google I/O conference on Wednesday. The news won’t come as much of a surprise to those who follow the mobile industry closely, since rumors to that effect have been swirling for weeks. Android 4.3 is now confirmed, however, as a Google search result discovered by Verge...
yahoo.com (7 days ago)

With Google‘s official blog, a peculiar but consistent rule prevails: the more boring the headline, the bigger the news. So when CEO Larry Page posts an item titled “Update from the CEO,” you can be pretty sure it’s not going to be a mere update from the CEO. And it isn’t. Page’s blog post is an announcement that Andy Rubin is stepping down as head of Android to work on one...
time.com (2 months and 11 days ago)
I'm a fan of Android, but the latest physically bloated high-end phones have lost me. Why are there no Android phones you can use with one hand?
pcmag.com (1 month and 11 days ago)
Pingdom.com estimates that Google’s Android operating system now generates the highest percent of smartphone web traffic with Apple’s iOS in second place. Android, which essentially came out at the same time as Blackberry OS, has risen to 37% share while iOS has remained fairly constant around 25% over the past two years. The biggest loser has been Symbian as the major...
forbes.com (2 months and 19 days ago)
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