Reports and leaks about Google’s HTC made Nexus 9 tablet were looming the online world for a long time now. Today, a Wall Street Journal report is stating that Google has indeed selected HTC to make its upcoming 9 inch Nexus tablet.
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Google and Airtel are in talks to bring carrier billing in India, according to a latest report from The Economic Times. The carrier billing support will allow Android users to pay for apps, in-app purchases and other content through their service provider instead of other mode of payments like credit or debit cards.
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The next set of Android One smartphones are gearing up to hit the Indian markets by end of this year, according to a latest report from the Press Trust of India (PTI). Handset makers Karbonn, Spice and Intex will launch their Android One devices in the country by December this year.
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Google confirmed that Android L will encrypt the device data by default. The company said that data encryption will be part of the activation process on all Android devices.
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Google has improved its voice command feature on Android since its inception. Now it looks like the company is taking a new step forward and improving the voice command further. 
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Google has updated Google Glass companion app for iOS with photo syncing capabilities. The My Glass app will now automatically sync photos to your iPhone.
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Google Play Services is being updated with a bunch of features. The latest version adds improvements to Analytics, Drive and the newly-released Google Fit.
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Reports about Google’s Android Silver program were looming the net for quite some time. Now, The Information is reporting that the Android Silver program is being put on hold mainly due to the departure of Google’s former Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora.
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Microsoft is bringing One Note support to Android Wear by releasing a standalone app for the smartwatches running on Android Wear. The One Note app for Android Wear will enable smartwatch owners to dictate, save and sync voice notes.
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Google launched Android One smartphones in India two days back with three different manufacturers. Today, Google is releasing Android 4.4.4 Kernel Source code for these three Android One smartphones.
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Google Chrome for Android is being tested for a new feature that offers quick answers to you queries as you type them. The experimental feature will instantly provide replys to various queries at the time you are typing them into the search address bar.
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Google is making paid Play Newsstand content available in India. Users can now access paid content from newspapers and magazines this essentially means they can buy and subscribe for premium news sources like The New York Times, WSJ and so on.
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Spice has launched the Dream UNO Mi-498, the company’s first Android One smartphone. It surfaced on Flipkart recently and packs a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with 35GB of Google Drive storage, Spice Cloud app with 10GB of storage and pre-loaded apps. Continue reading “Spice Dream UNO Android One smartphone launched for Rs. 6299”
Google just announced its ambitious Android One initiative in India and launched Karbon Sparkle V smartphone. In addition, the company has announced that it is planning to brings offline access for YouTube in India.
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Google today launched the Android One India with three smartphones from three different manufacturers. These include, Micromax Canvas A1, Karbonn Sparkle V and Spice Dream UNO. These are priced starting from Rs. 6,299 and are based on Android One reference hardware, comes with stock Android KitKat software and will get software updates directly from Google. It has promised to provide updates for the smartphones for up to two years and also confirmed that these are some of the first phones to get the new Android L update. All these smartphones have different designs, even though the internals are similar. Continue reading “Google launches Android One smartphones in India”
