It's bad enough that when Kayak.com announced it was dropping support for its BlackBerry app that it said it was a "practical decision." That's gotta sting, right? (Even if it's true. Or especially if it's true.) But what rea…
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Kayak abandons BlackBerry, will support ‘Googlerola phone’ — or other Android devices
February 6th, 2012 
Phil Nickinson 
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Tags: Android, app, Applications, Apps, BlackBerry, google, googlerola, googmoto, kayak, motorola, smartphone, support 
No Comments »The Secret Google X Lab May Be Revealed Today (Feb 6), As "Solve For x" Website And YouTube Channel Go Live [Video]
February 6th, 2012 Artem Russakovskii The veil of secrecy surrounding Google’s mysterious X lab may be getting pulled back later on today, as evident from new developments around the web in the last couple of days. The X lab, revealed by the New York Times a few months ago, could reportedl…
Google hires Apple Senior Director for “secret project”
February 5th, 2012 Edgar Cervantes While Eric Schmidt and Steve Jobs may have had a “no poaching” agreement before, it seems like it is no longer in place. According to Venture Beat, Google has just hired Simon Prakash, Apple Senior Director of product integrity. Prakash worked with Apple for eight years, and most recently was in charge of quality control [...]
Android 4.0.4 leaked to Verizon Galaxy Nexus early, brings improvements
February 5th, 2012 Jake Smith Android 4.0.4 was leaked early for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, and —of course— in typical fashion, a user at the XDA-Developers Forums made a guide available to install the update. The update will presumably be rolling out over-the-air to the masses soon, but if you are up to the challenge, you can install it early [...]
Posted in News Tags: Android, galaxy, Galaxy Nexus, google, Nexus, Samsung, Verizon, verizon galaxy nexus No Comments »Google poaches Apple’s Senior Director of Product Integrity for secret project, maybe to work on Google X?
February 5th, 2012 Jake Smith Google reportedly poached an Apple employee to hire on its own staff. VentureBeat reported that Google hired Apple’s (now former) Senior Director of Product Integrity Simon Prakash for a secret project, where he would work perhaps alongside Google’s cofounder Sergey Brin. Prakash could even work under Motorola Mobility, whom Google is working to acquire, to head [...]
Posted in News Tags: Apple, google, Google Corporate, Google X, motorola mobility, Sergey Brin, steve jobs No Comments »Mobile Miscellany: week of January 30th, 2012
February 4th, 2012 Zachary Lutz Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This week, we’ve spotted a leaked Android 4.0.4 ROM for the Nexus S 4G, and we’ve also come across …
Posted in News Tags: Android, Android 4.0.4, Android4.0.4, app, Apple, Apps, Canada, ClockworkMod, clockworkmod recovery, ClockworkmodRecovery, droid 4, Droid4, england, Galaxy Nexus, GalaxyNexus, google, htc, HTC Rezound, HtcRezound, Ice Cream Sandwich, IceCreamSandwich, iOS, iPhone, koush, Lumia 710, Lumia710, mm, mobile miscellany, MobileMiscellany, mobilepostmini, mobilicity, motorola, Motorola Droid 4, MotorolaDroid4, nexus s 4g, NexusS4g, Nokia, Nokia Lumia 710, NokiaLumia710, Peter Alfonso, PeterAlfonso, price, pricing, release date, rezound, Sprint, Sprint Zone, SprintZone, UK, Verizon, verizon wireless, VerizonWireless, Videotron, wind, wind mobile, WindMobile No Comments »ComScore: Android and iOS gallop ahead, US smartphone usage approaches 100 million
February 4th, 2012 Zachary Lutz The latest report is in from ComScore, and as you might expect, the news is sunshine and roses for the crews at Google and Apple. Both companies platforms charted some worthwhile month-over-month gains, as Android is estimated to account for 47.3 perc…
Posted in News Tags: Android, Apple, BlackBerry, comScore, google, iOS, LG, metrics, microsoft, mobilepostmini, motorola, Nokia, Numbers, Rankings, results, RIM, Samsung, Stats, symbian, Windows Phone, WindowsPhone No Comments »[Update: Official Word] Is Google Dropping The Verizon Galaxy Nexus Like A Bad Habit?
February 3rd, 2012 Cameron Summerson Holy crap. Brace yourself for some Friday afternoon bad news — it looks like Google may be washing its hands of all associations with the Verizon Galaxy Nexus. No one knows for sure why El Goog would do this, but all signs point to the fact that it is…
Posted in News Tags: Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Nexus / Nexus Prime, google, verizon wireless No Comments »Galaxy Nexus and other CDMA devices removed from Google Support pages
February 3rd, 2012 Terrence O'Brien Some of you may have noticed that the Verizon version of the Galaxy Nexus is no longer listed as a supported, official developer device by Google. Despite rumors to the contrary, it doesn’t appear this has anything to do with the kerfuffle over Wallet…
Posted in News Tags: Android, android open source project, AndroidOpenSourceProject, aosp, apk, apks, CDMA, Galaxy Nexus, GalaxyNexus, google, google android, GoogleAndroid, mobilepostcross, Nexus, signing, support, support pages, SupportPages, Verizon No Comments »Google testing mysterious ‘entertainment device,’ is it Google’s glasses?
February 3rd, 2012 Jordan Kahn A report from GigaOM today noted Google is requesting permission from the Federal Communications Commission to test an unknown “entertainment device.” The trials will take place in the homes of Google employees, and see tests of the mystery device connecting to home electronic equipment over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to test it on home networks in [...]
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