To some extent, Samsung is the victim of its own success. The Galaxy S III was a runaway hit, to such an extent that the Galaxy S4 was one of the most hotly-anticipated devices of the year. Now sure, it’s unfair — and unrealistic — to expect a technological revolution every 12 months, but Samsung […]
According to Android developer Jared Rummler and a number of other sources, Google has begun purging known ad-blocking software from the Play Store today. I might also have titled this one “Open”. via Breaking: Google Has Begun Purging Ad-Blocking Apps From The Play Store.
This is a tough one to swallow. I use Google Reader multiple times a day across a number of devices and the web. Most of the news consumption apps and services I use and love are hooked in to Google Reader in one way or another including, but not limited to Reeder (which I use […]
Google announced a pretty big change in it’s Android business today. Google CEO Larry Page has just announced that Andy Rubin, the godfather of Android, will no longer lead the project as he moves on to start another project at Google. Taking over Android will be Sundar Pichai, who was the senior vice president of Chrome the […]
Google enjoys an interesting position in the electronics market. They produce what is high quality web services, and decent software, and combine it with mostly low end hardware. Android, for example, is the world’s number one smartphone operating system, albeit one that runs mostly on commodity, low end hardware (people will point to the Samsung […]
Google has revealed a new preview video for Project Glass. It includes some compelling use cases and a closer look at what appears to be the UI approach (very similar to the Holo Android design language). What’s missing, as always in videos like this, is how this will work for your average user. I have […]