Three former Google employees have just released a tablet which borrows design elements from Microsoft's Surface line of tablets and that's not where the similarities end. We take a closer look at the tablet, right after the jump.
Three months since its release, Android 5.0 Lollipop is running on almost less than 0.1% of devices which received the update, says Google itself. For those who have been following Android closely since it was first released, this news shouldn't be too surprising. More on this right after the jump.
Christmas is always a good time to shift goods online, whether that be as part of something like Black Friday madness or just the good old fashioned gift shopping. Christmas day itself is also a big shopping event with people getting gift cards or, our personal favorites, generic gift tokens in the form of cold hard cash.
Another music album has gone free on Google Play, and this time it's the soundtrack to Frozen - the hit animated movie from Disney that became the highest-grossing film ever till date, and had every kid who saw it humming that infectious "Let It Go" musical score. The rest of the tracks were nothing short of spectacular either.
Here's our editors' picks of the best top 10 Android smartphones of 2014. The devices listed here have been ranked based on their price, features, hardware specs and design.
With the year now drawing to a close, it's the perfect opportunity to reflect on some of the great product releases of 2014, and with numerous big-named companies having rolled out some exceptional tablets over the past twelve months, we've compiled a list of our top five.
Tolkien fans now have the opportunity to download the first Lord of the Rings movie, Fellowship of the Ring absolutely free . Originally available for $12.99, the movie which captured the hearts of millions, can now be grabbed for free and it's unclear if this is a limited time offer or not.
Google app for iOS and Android now includes the ability to control your Nest Thermostat straight from the app itself, using voice commands or manual input as well. While Nest’s own dedicated app doesn't fall short of this, being integrated with the Google app opens up a relatively new way of interacting with the Nest Thermostat.
Android 5.0 Lollipop and its Material Design still seem like a distant dream for many Android users. While Google was quick to update some of its core apps with the Material Design even before Lollipop was released, it has just done the same for the iOS variant of the Google Search app as well. Not only does the new Google Search app carry the fabled Material Design, it also brings in a bunch of new features.
You only have to look at the number and sheer diversity of the Google Play Store's app hub to gauge how many developers are currently working on creating, updating and improving upon the vast array of mobile apps that have manifested over the past few years. The Big G announced all the way back in 2013 that it was working on an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), an infrastructure designed to enhance and improve the process of developing apps, and now, Android Studio 1.0 is ready for prime time for those running Windows, OS X and Linux. Full details, as well as info on how you can get started with Android Studio, can be seen below.
