Google I/O, the company’s annual developer conference, kicks off on June 27th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. We’re expecting Google to make a number of announcements, but the largest of those will no doubt be its new Android 5.0 Jelly Bean operating system, its Asus Tegra 3 Nexus tablet and its new Nexus

A German court has ruled that Motorola Mobility is indeed infringing on a patent owned by Microsoft. The patent is related to a phone’s ability to separate one long text message into shorter messages and then how they are united again once they arrive on the receiving handset. It’s a particularly important case since it’s

HP keeps promising that it has plans for webOS but those plans are going to have to be pretty minimal at this point. The key members of the HP Enyo team who work on webOS’s HTML5 technology has packed up and left for Google, The Verge reported late Thursday. HP took webOS open-source when it released Enyo

Google’s Project Glass has been out in the wild again, and this time it came back with a video sample. It seems that Google has no hesitation in taking its new Google Glass project out into the public. Yesterday, Google+ Developer Relations Chris Chabot posted a a story on his Google+ account about a photo

Google has already provided Android developers with in-app purchases, it introduced the feature about a year ago and 23 of the top 24 grossing apps already use the feature, but now it’s expanding on that experience by adding in-app subscriptions. Beginning today, developers will be able to automatically build a subscription model into their applications, which

We’ve just received details from a trusted source about at least one piece of hardware that Google is going to unveil during its Google I/O conference, which kicks off in San Francisco on June 27th. Rumors have long been swirling that Asus and Google have teamed up to produce Google’s first Nexus tablet, which will allegedly offer

In a bit of a twist, Google updated the iOS version of its Google+ app first with the promise of an update for its Android app soon to follow. Today, the Mountain View based company has delivered on its promise by releasing Google+ version 2.6 for Android to the Google Play Store. Like its iOS

Android and iOS are currently dominating the global smartphone landscape. A new report from IDC suggests that Android has a 59% market share while Apple has a 23% grip on the market. Those percentages are out of 152.3 million smartphones that were shipped during the first quarter of this year. Even more stunning: Android and iOS

Rumors have been running rampant that Google will be marketing its own tablet this year, and now reports say it may launch as soon as next month and ship 2.5 million units before the year is out.

Malicious applications disguised as popular games like Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, Assassin’s Creed and others have been used to steal £27.850 (approx. $43,650) from unsuspecting Android users in the U.K. The fake applications were planted in the Android Market — now Google Play — late last year. Once installed on users’ devices, they sent three text

While Google was busy sealing its acquisition of Motorola Mobility the company was also making a silent purchase of a firm that had a major hand in the design of the first Android smartphone. The creative duo of Mike Simonian and Maaike Evers has now officially come full circle with Google and its Android platform; the company,

There has been talk of Google possibly releasing five Nexus devices made by multiple manufacturers, instead of just one manufacturer as it did with the G1, Nexus, Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus. The story was originally reported by The Wall Street Journal earlier this month and now we have a possible launch date. TalkAndroid cited a “reliable source” who is

A jury on Wednesday decided that Google did not infringe on two of Oracle’s patents. Google may not have infringed on patents, but the jury — which has now been sent home for good — said Google did infringe on Oracle’s copyrights. According to The Verge, which has followed the case closely from the courtroom, the

Google is focusing on retooling its iPhone app suite; the search giant recently unveiled a new version of Google+ and has now released an update to Google Search. Version 2.0.0 focuses on speed and accessibility by introducing a fresh full-screen view and fast access to Google apps such as Docs, Gmail and Calendar. In addition

It looks like Google’s self-driving Prii will be dealt their final hands at the Bellagio before heading over to California. After legally hitting the roads in Nevada, the California Senate has passed a bill allowing autonomous vehicles to be tested and operated on California roads. The bill, passed unanimously, outlines safety and performance standards for

If you’re an HTC owner still treading older Android waters, feel safe in knowing that Ice Cream Sandwich is just on the horizon. The handset maker revealed a brand new detailed look at which of its devices will get Android 4.0 and, most importantly, when. Many of the devices included in the timeline have a

At this rate, folks won’t even need to get a Galaxy S III to enjoy all its features. Following close behind the leak of S Voice, the guts of the hotly anticipated device have been pried open by the crafty developer community and made available to all you Android lovers across the globe. Everyone say,

Google announced Tuesday that it has finished acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion following the approval of national and international government regulators. Google named Dennis Woodside as the new chief executive officer of Motorola, an executive who previously served as Google’s president of Americas. “I’ve known Dennis for nearly a decade, and he’s been phenomenal

How long is sixty seconds, really? Enough time for Nic Cage to steal a 1967 Shelby Mustang GT 500. And also the time it takes for 72 hours of video to get uploaded to YouTube. Wow. Sounds like I have a pretty significant back catalogue of cat videos ahead of me. In just seven years,

Just because Motorola’s set-top box business may potentially be sold off doesn’t mean the telecom company can’t dream up the TV of the future. The company demonstrated a new interactive TV experience at a cable show in Boston that will reportedly launch later this year. Billed as the “next generation” of TV, Motorola Mobility’s new

Google’s planned $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility could close as soon as Tuesday or Wednesday of this week, Motorola Mobility said in a regulatory 8-K form filed on Monday. The acquisition gained China’s approval over the weekend. “As the transaction has now received all required regulatory approvals, the companies are moving to close the

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has long remained the top Web browser on the market, but it seems its glory days are long gone. According to StatCounter, a digital analytics site, Google Chrome pulled in 31.88 percent of the world’s Web traffic last week, making it the most popular browser available. IE barely trailed behind with 31.47

For Google to secure the approval of Chinese authorities to purchase Motorola Mobility, it had to guarantee that Android would remain free and open for five more years.

Google’s latest effort to enhance its search results came via its newly launched Knowledge Graph feature. Previously, conducting a Google search with a particular set of keywords or character cluster merely yielded websites that contained those search terms. Sounds simple enough — but maybe it was too simple, as it didn’t take context or other factors

Motorola’s Ice Cream Sandwich update schedule is looking mighty fine for owners of devices like the RAZR, RAZR MAXX and Droid 4. But what about those handsets that didn’t make the cut? What about the Droid 3 or Droid X2? Motorola doesn’t feel like Google’s latest OS will “improve” those devices. “If we determine [improvement]