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Google Voice enters internal testing across Europe, international launch on the horizon?
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Lather up your vocal cords, Europe, because it looks like Google Voice is on its way over. That's according to the company's European Director of Business Development, Jens Redmer, who told The Next Web yesterday that Google is taking "concrete action" to expand the service to the Old World. Redmer later confirmed that he's currently conducting internal tests with Voice, adding that its voicemail transcription feature has performed particularly well within Europe. He stopped short, however, of offering a precise launch date, saying only that the service's release would hinge upon legal and regulatory issues, rather than any technical obstacles. Now that the train has rolled into the testing ...
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Google And Oracle To Continue Settlement Talks Tomorrow In Court
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In the ongoing lawsuit between Oracle and Google related to Android patent and copyright infringements, Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal last month ordered the CEO’s of both the companies to attend the settlement conference yesterday. As ordered, Larry Page from Google and Larry Ellison from Oracle had a long discussion yesterday in court and it seems they have not yet solved the disputes. So they will meet again tomorrow to continue their settlement talks. According to industry analysts, Oracle is in driver’s seat in this case and they may obtain billions from Google for the past infringements along with per device royalty for the future products. If it happens, it may be a huge blow for Googl...
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Android Ice Cream Sandwich nears release: phones will be able to install Honeycomb apps
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Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) is the upcoming major redefinition of Google’s mobile platform and while we don’t know what it will look like, we already know that ICS will run on all kinds of screen sizes - from small to large and covering everything in between. Thanks to a post on Android Developers, we also have a pretty good idea of how apps will behave in ICS with the biggest change coming to Honeycomb apps which devs are adviced to make compatible with smaller screen sizes in a single APK.
Basically, this puts an end to the confusion whether an app would or wouldn’t work on a handset. Since ICS is compatible with both phones and tablets, a developer having a Honeycomb-only app would h...
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Samsung Nexus S 4G updated to Android 2.3.7, brings Google Wallet support
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It looks like the rumors are true, folks -- the long-awaited update that brings Google Wallet to the Samsung Nexus S 4G on Sprint is indeed here, just two days shy of missing the "summer" deadline completely. We're pretty scant on details at the moment, but the announcement has shown up on an official FAQ page on Samsung's site informing us that build GWK74 is available. If you're a proud owner of the now fully-functional device, you should receive a notification stating that an update is available to deliver the goods via an OTA refresh. We're not sure how long it will take for this to get pushed out to everyone, so a bit of patience may need to be exercised here as you wait. Let us know if...
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HTC rumored to work on Android devices with Intel chips inside
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Just as there will be Windows 8 tablets with NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments ARM-based chips, so goes the other way around - we will see Android devices, powered by Intel silicon.
In fact, rumors suggest that Intel employees have been walking the floors at IDF 2012 with HTC-made devices in hand running Android, but powered by an Intel chipset, which will be previewed around CES or MWC time early 2012.
Google's Andy Rubin announced a strategic move the other day to support Intel's x86 architecture in the next versions of Android, and the announcement was scheduled for the same day when Microsoft introduced Windows 8 running on ARMed tablets.
Now what is HTC doing sniffing around and ...
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Telstra won't be Gingerbreading the HTC Desire after all
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If you're on Australia's Telstra network and you're still clinging to hope of an OTA Gingerbread update for your beloved HTC Desire, then now it's officially time to let go. For a while it looked like Telstra might opt for a smart workaround to the old handset's lack of memory, but now the operator's update page makes it clear that it has fallen in line with the wider HTC stance: Android 2.3 just isn't viable on this device, unless you're prepared to go off-piste with the developer build or an unofficial ROM.
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Google Nexus S 4G getting update for Google Wallet compatibility
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The time has come, Samsung and Google have finally made the update for the Nexus S 4G smartphone that enables Google Wallet compatibility available.
According to Samsung's support site for the Nexus S 4G, the GWK74 build for the phone adds the necessary parts to make Google Wallet work. The update is installed over-the-air, so owners should be seeing a notification on their phones when it is ready to be downloaded and installed.
Of course, this could be a mistake, and it could take even longer for the update, and Google Wallet, to arrive. Google did promise that it would show up this summer, so technically it has two days left to get this update out to users.
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Google prepping devs for impending Ice Cream Sandwich update
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With the Ice Cream Sandwich likely just weeks away, Google is getting Android developers ready for the impending update with some tips on how to optimize applications for phones and tablets alike for the next version of the mobile operating system.
Google introduced the Fragment API in Honeycomb and we’ve been expecting them to be implemented into handsets at some point in the future. The latest post on the Android Developers blog shows how a developer can optimize a Honeycomb application to run on a phone and how fragments are treated differently between the two. The post also shows how one can keep their application for tablets only.
While Honeycomb is strictly for tablets only, Ice Cream ...
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Google Planning To Launch NFC Payments With Google Wallet Starting Tomorrow
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Google promised to release its new Google Wallet smartphone payment system before the end of the summer, and according to leaked documentation being sent around to Sprint employees, they will hit their self-imposed deadline with full 3 days to spare. According to a memo obtained by TechCrunch, Google Wallet will officially become available tomorrow, but only for Sprint customers using the NFC enabled Nexus S 4G.
The timing of the announcement lines up neatly with the start of the NFC World Congress which kicks off tomorrow in the French Riviera. Google isn’t listed as attending the event, but their primary payment partner MasterCard is, and will likely to spill the remaining details during t...
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AOL, Google, and others sued for patent infringement on search filtering tech
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Some of the biggest search engines in the world have been sued along with a US retailing giant. The suit alleges that the firms are infringing on patents that have to do with relevance grouping on search results. The companies named in the suit are AOL, Google, IAC Search and Media, Gannett Company, and Target.
The suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and it was field by I/P Engine, Inc. The suit alleges that the companies are infringing on a patent held by I/P Engine that has to do with relevance filtering technology for search results. The company also claims that the tech is used to place ads with more relevance online.
I/P Engine says th...
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Google Voice Actions goes to Europe
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Android users in the United States have been enjoying Voice Actions for about a year now and you Europeans out there will be happy to know that the voice-controlled actions are now available in the U.K., France, Italy, Germany and Spain it can be used in British English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
For those of you who don’t know what Google Voice Action does, this service enables your Android phone to be controlled by your speech. I’ve found that it’s especially handy when you’re driving, as you can hold the microphone button to control:
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Google+ posts drop by 41 per cent
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Despite notching up a whopping 25 million users in its first month in existence, Google+ is experiencing an alarming decrease in user posts, according to new data.
The early buzz that surrounded the Google+ launch in June, suggested that the company may have finally struck the right chord in its seemingly eternal bid for a successful social venture.
However, 89n.com has revealed that the average number of posts per person using the service each day has dropped by 41 per cent this month, compared with the previous four weeks.
"Our data indicates that the average number of public Google+ posts per day has decreased from 0.68 public posts per day between 19 July 2011 and 19 August 2011 to 0.40 ...
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Google: Offline support making apps better online
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Introducing offline capability is improving Google applications' online functionality, according to Chrome Web Store senior product manager Rahul Roy-Chowdhury.
One of the key complaints about the Chrome OS has been that usage of the cloud-centric operating system is hamstrung when an internet connection is missing.
Therefore, apps that can be used even when offline are key additions for Chrome, and Roy-Chowdhury told TechRadar that the process of adding this kind of functionality is also having a positive affect on the applications overall.
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"Interestingly, although offline is very nice in and of itself – in that it allows use when not connected, having offline support is maki...
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Samsung Infuse 4G gets minor software update, no Gingerbread to be found
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AT&T is pushing a minor software update out to the Samsung Infuse 4G, though its not the one that users have been waiting for. Instead of upgrading the phone to Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and hopefully a newer version of Samsung's TouchWiz interface, the update seems to just be a maintenance fix, and its difficult to tell what it actually offers. It could very well be an update to prepare the Infuse 4G for its promised Gingerbread upgrade, which is expected to arrive this fall. The update weighs in at about 14.5MB, and users can go to the About Phone section of the Settings app to download and install it.
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Google Search Slips an Inch, Still Miles Ahead of Bing
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Google is the big man on campus when it comes to search and it's said the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Unfortunately for Microsoft, Yahoo, and everyone else trying to carve a larger slice of the search pie, a little slip by Google here and there doesn't add up to anything close to a fall. Does it really matter that Google is the only search player out of the top three to give up a bit of market share?
In the short term, the answer is no, and at this pace, Google has plenty of time before it has to worry about long term results. Here's what happened in August. According to comScore, Google's share of the search market slipped to 64.8 percent, a 0.3 percent drop from July. Meanwhile,...
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