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Google released the source code of the latest Android (v4.0) version, codenamed the Ice Cream Sandwich earlier today. The new version is the most anticipated iteration of the fastest growing mobile operating system as it promises to combine the user experience on smartphones and tablets. We have covered the release of the new Android version previously, which is set to release on the new Nexus Prime on 17th Nov 2011, but with the source code now released, developers will roll out versions for other phones and tablets soon. If you own a relatively later model Android phone / tablet with  [ Read More ]

With the 7th iteration of the Android OS, Google has aimed to unify the user experience across phones and tablets. This might be the much needed break in the growing popularity of Android. Let us take a closer look at the journey and potential of Android. It has been a roller coaster ride for the Google OS since the first Android version offered to public, codenamed Cupcake. Up until the last episode, the Gingerbread, Android had mainly focused on the phone form factor. With Honeycomb, Google proved that Android has great potential for tablets as well. However, Honeycomb was not  [ Read More ]

Google Labs always comes up with exciting new features for its set of apps, and this time its a bunch of shiny new set of features. The new feature now adds a ‘preview pane’ in Gmail that can be set in horizontal or vertical orientation. In addition to the desktop, the mobile version of Gmail (not the Android app)  also features a UI improvement with ‘Pull to Refresh’ option. Google Docs also adds some new enhancements, including spreadsheet function snippets and new chart and drawings support. Head over the official Google Blog to check out these and other updates in  [ Read More ]

Google has kept us anticipating the new version of the Android Operating System since the last Google I/O in May this year. Codenamed “Ice-cream Sandwich”, the new version will be officially supported by Google, as opposed to the Honeycomb, as confirmed in the I/O conference. Two Android specific websites, Android Police and RootzWiki unveiled leaked pictures of Ice-cream Sandwich on Thursday, which seem to indicate that there isn’t much evolution from the current version of Android for smatphones, the Gingerbread. There are minor accented changes in the user interface, a new notification bar, and the new “Shopper” app. However, there  [ Read More ]

Google+, the new sensation from Google HQ is starting to roll out around the world. Although in its beta phase, Google+ is already becoming popular among the initial users, which are invite only. Those not invited are eager to join in and share the experience. Google+ uses Circles to group together contacts and gives the option of multi user video conference via PC or Mobile, called ‘Hangout’. Google+ is available in selected regions only, but we’ve already come across users in other regions getting onto G+ on their android phones through the apk available for unofficial download Go check out  [ Read More ]