Google cancels the October 29 Android event in New York due to Hurricane Sandy as it may hit the East Coast on October 29 or 30. But there is no change in Microsoft’s event for Windows Phone 8 at San Francisco as scheduled.
Google has sent out invites to the Android Playground in New York City on October 29. It is speculated that next-gen Nexus 4 can be the crown jewel for this event
Google rolls out a new version of its mobile homepage, giving a feature of expandable menu on the left. So visitors can access easily a range of Google’s mobile services.
Google Maps updated to 6.12 amid iOS 6 release. The update version 6.12 for Google Maps introduced a new way to Zoom and better searching to sync from browser to Phone.
The search giant finally has a tablet, Google Nexus 7, which is a 7-inch tablet featuring a full-color IPS display, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS, Nvidia Tegar 3 chipset, Gorilla-Glass-covered IPS display and more. The device is available for pre-order today in the UK, the US, Canada and Australia with an expected ship date in mid-July.
Asus-made Google Nexus 7 tablet was spotted on a benchmark website running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS. The tablet sports 7″ display with 1280×768 resolution, 1.3GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core chipset.
Google has quietly started rolling out a new update 3.5.19 for its Google Play Store, bringing some unknown changes. Check out the more info and download the verfired Google Play Store apk link from the link provided here.
Google has officially announced the “Project Glass” Augmented Reality Glasses design, which is said to be having Google Maps navigation, video call making support, snapshots and sharing them on a social network, and more. Check out a promo video of the Google “Project Glass” here
Google Play is a new “digital entertainment destination” for Android Market, Google Books, Google Music, and the Android Market and rebranding them all as parts of Google Play. Check out the more info about Google Play here.
Accoridng to sme inside sources, Google could be getting ready to release the next versionof Android OS – Android 5.0 Jelly Bean in second quarter of this year. Android 5.0 can also be dual-boot into Chrome OS or Windows 8 OS on a tablet or slate.