Google is being sued once again over Android by British Telecom
Another day, another lawsuit filed over Android. British Telecommunications is suing Google over its popular mobile operating system, which seems to be the trend nowadays.
Google is prepping a Siri competitor code-named ‘Majel’
Now that Apple is making Siri the focal point of its iPhone 4S, the competition is going to have to catch up and Google is reportedly baking its voice-control response under the code-name “Majel,” according to a report fromAndroidandMe.
Google Currents reading app is trying to kill Flipboard [Photos]
Google introduced Currents, a news reading app that’ll compete with Flipboard, LiveStand and Zite.
Google+ update brings Hangouts to Android 2.3+ devices
Today Google announced a nice new update for Android’s Google + application, allowing users on Android 2.3+ to take advantage of the Hangouts feature within the social networking service.
Google Voice data can now be liberated with new Takeout support
The Data Liberation front is at it again at Google, and this time around all the data you’ve created within Google Voice can now be exported and downloaded as a backup with Google Takeout.
Microsoft makes Google look silly for complaining about patents
Google made a big deal yesterday about how competitors like Microsoft, Apple
and Oracle are using patent lawsuits to “strangle” Android but Microsoft is firing back and, quite frankly, making Google look pretty silly.
Google+ iPhone app rockets to top of charts
You know, there might be something to this Google+ social networking thing. About a day after the Google+ iPhone app landed, the program has sky-rocketed to the top of the free list in the App Store.
Google pulls gaming emulators from Android Market
Over the weekend, Google has pulled a batch of popular video game emulators from the Android Market, including N64oid, and all other -oid apps made by the same developer. The apps would allow you to play games for the original Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, Atari, Game Boy, and others.
Nokia begins migrating Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat to Yahoo!’s platform [Is Ovi dead?]
Back in May of 2010 Nokia announced that it would team up with Yahoo! to provide email and chat services to current Ovi subscribers. It’s taken nearly a year for anything to come of that announcement, but it’s now official. Nokia has declared, via their official Ovi Blog, that the transition to Yahoo!’s platform for both email and chat is now underway. What exactly does this say about Nokia’s efforts at making competent online services? Ovi was supposed to be Nokia’s way of showing the world that they can be the next big thing to happen to the internet since Facebook, but really … it’s been nothing but a complete and utter failure.
Can Google stop Honeycomb porting?
When Google decided to come out and say that they will be withholding the Android 3.0 Honeycomb source code, it likely didn’t sit too well with some would-be porters, or those looking to install a custom ROM based off of the software. While it claims that porting Honeycomb to other devices may result in a poor user experience, Google will have to take some drastic measures to ensure it doesn’t happen.