A little over a week, we mentioned that Google had bought Motorola Mobility as a way to directly way to enter the mobile market and under agreements with third-party companies like HTC, manufacturer of the first Android smartphone and Samsung, manufacturer of terminals of Nexus. The first handset that will come after this purchase will [...]
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Google Reader For Android Gets A Tablet Friendly UI Update
Google reader has always been one of the best, most used apps here at Google Watch Blog. It’s simple and lets you catch up with your favorite sites content – keep you updated on the go. Google reader for Android has now been updated for Android system (earlier versions of the reader only supported the [...]
Google Acquires Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion
We shared rumors that Google would acquire RIM but it turned out that we were wrong! It looks the first half of the rumor was indeed true. Google is acquiring BUT not RIM instead, Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billon. This new acquisition gives Google 706 total patents and patented applications, making Google 317 patents + [...]
Gmail For Android Gets An Update
If you are a Google’s Android user and use Gmail on your android phone, then there’s a new update available for you. The latest version of Gmail 2.3.5 version is now available via update. In this new version of Gmail, there are two new features worthy of your attention: #1. First, you can choose to sync [...]
Fix the Android Emulator – invalid command-line parameter problem
Are you hitting the “invalid command-line parameter problem” as I did? I’ve found a solution by scouring stackoverflow and otherwebsites. invalid command-line parameter: Files\Android\android-sdk\tools/emulator-arm.exe. Hint: use ‘@foo’ to launch a virtual device named ‘foo’. please use -help for more information Why the error? Well the problem is because of the whitespaces in the directory path [...]
Nexus One the new Google phone – Confirmed release on Jan 5th
There was couple of rumors’ that Google’s own phone called nexus one would be sold using the Android operating system. Now the company has sent out invitations for and android press conference on Jan 5th. Does this mean that Google is going to release nexus one? On Jan 5th? Yes I think soo . I [...]
Google buys AdMob for 750 million U.S. dollars
Google announced the acquisition of AdMob. Google will pay $ 750 million for the startup (about € 500 million). Google hopes that admob is a better tool to develop mobile advertising. AdMob has served more than 125 billion mobile ads (according to the counter on its homepage) across a variety of platforms including iPhone and [...]
Google Android users now get 4 new free applications.
Google announced 4 new free applications for Android users. Check out the list below: Google Sky Map: A star map for Android. Google Sky Map turns your Android-powered mobile phone into a dynamic window on the night sky. When you point your phone up you will see a map of the brightest stars, constellations, and [...]
Google shows first preview of Android 1.5
Google has released a new SDK for Android released. This serves developers to its applications in Android 1.5 adjusted so that the end of April as the final version of the SDK should appear. New in Android 1.5, new APIs and features. Also the UI has been reworked. So the window can optionally be animated [...]
New version of Gmail for iPhone & Android brings new features
Google has the mobile version of Gmail revised. The new version for the iPhone and Android brings new features that are already out of the normal Gmail knows. With checkboxes you can now mail in a more impetus to the archive and then the inbox, which, incidentally, has become faster, more speed. The search is [...]
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