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Android 4.3 allegedly caught on Google Play Galaxy S4
2013-06-28 14:43:23| CNET News.com
New screenshots reportedly show an early build of Android 4.3 taken from the Google Play Edition of the Galaxy S4, says blog site Sammobile. [Read more]
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Google is developing an Android game console, smartwatch, second-gen Nexus Q
2013-06-28 11:39:26| Extremetech
Google is developing a game console and smartwatch, both powered by Android, and is preparing to release a second version of the Nexus Q media streamer. These devices are all intended to increase Google's reach beyond smartphones, and to fend off similar plays that are expected from Apple.
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Google plans Android games console, smart watch - report
2013-06-28 09:15:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Google is developing a game console and Bluetooth wristwatch powered by its Android operating system, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. Google is also preparing to release a second version of the Android-powered media-streaming device called the Nexus Q. The company unveiled the device last year but it was never sold to the public. Google hopes to design and market the devices itself and release at least one of them this fall, the report said. According to the paper's sources, the products come in response to similar plans by Apple, which is expected to include a gaming platform in its next update of Apple TV. The new products are being developed separate from Motorola. The latter is currently focused on launching an Android-based smartphone called the Moto X, the paper said. Other development projects at Google include low-cost Android smartphones, which could be offered in markets where Google plans to fund or help create wireless networks, and the extension of the next release of Android to new devices, including laptops and appliances such as refrigerators. PC makers includign HP are reportedly already working on laptops running Android.
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Google Search for Android gets a new voice command and more
2013-06-26 21:40:15| CNET News.com
Today's update to the Google Search app for Android brings music playback via voice command, as well as a few other nifty features. [Read more]
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Google faces EU competition probe on Android sales - report
2013-06-14 09:11:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Google is facing an investigation in the EU into allegations that it supported the Android smartphone platform and its mobile services through cut-price licensing and exclusivity deals. According to documents seen by the Financial Times, the European Commission has focused on allegedly anti-competitive deals struck between the US technology company and smartphone providers. The informal probe, which is at a preliminary stage, follows recent complaints by companies including Microsoft and Nokia. These allegations include the licensing of Android software "below cost", according to the documents, and "potential requests by Google to cancel and/or delay the launch of smartphone devices" based on competing operating systems or shipped with rival mobile services. The commission will also consider whether Google imposed exclusivity agreements with mobile device makers regarding the pre-installation and placement of Google's services typically supplied with Android devices, such as YouTube. In response, Google said: "Android is an open platform that fosters competition. Handset makers, carriers and consumers can decide how to use Android, including which applications they want to use." The commission has called for information in a 23-page questionnaire sent to device makers and mobile operators, although the request does not mean that the commission will necessarily embark on a formal investigation of Google's sales practices. The 82 questions ask for a wide range of information from European groups relating to mobile operating systems and preinstalled services since January 2009.While the commission's informal investigation of Android has been open for more than a year, the probe took on sharper focus when 14 companies including Microsoft, Oracle and Nokia lodged a formal complaint in April about Google allegedly abusing its dominance.
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