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Motorola Withdraws Entire Suit Against Apple With ITC, We Wonder Why?

Eric October 2, 2012 73

This story about patent battles is unlike any that we have heard of yet. Motorola has suddenly decided to pull their claims against Apple in the International Trade Committee. There isn't much talk of why this happened just yet, but you have to think that...

Tim October 2, 2012 63

A new study from the Pew Research Center has pegged Android at a spot in the tablet market that we didn't think would come this early in the game. In the year of 2012, Android holds a whopping 48% of all U.S. tablet sales, bringing Apple's iPad into reach at...

Kellen October 2, 2012 152

According to a study performed by IHS, the Samsung Galaxy S3 has a better display than the "retina" display on the new iPhone 5. Their research shows that the Galaxy S3's display is just 1.1mm thick and offers the full color gamut of the NTSC standard. The...

Tim October 2, 2012 21

Here's something parents can get into - we hear it all of the time, "My kid steals my tablet!" Well say "Hello" to MEEP. MEEP is a kid-safe Android tablet running Ice Cream Sandwich, powered by a 1GHz processor with 512MB of RAM. It's strong enough to power...

Kellen October 2, 2012 43

Reports out of both Bloomberg and Reuters this morning, speak of talks between Deutsche Telekom and MetroPCS, in hopes of merging T-Mobile with the smaller U.S. carrier. One source went as far as saying the "deal is close" while others were quick to point out...

Kellen October 2, 2012 50

As expected, since it's the first week of the month, the Android distribution numbers have been updated. Also as expected, they look very similar to last month's numbers, which show Gingerbread (Android 2.3) continuing to dominate and Ice Cream Sandwich (...

Tim October 2, 2012 25

Today, Google is indexing all of your Gmail attachments and allowing you to pull up search results based on text that is inside these documents. Previously, users could only search for file types, document names, or the text that came along in the message that...

Tim October 2, 2012 35

Yesterday, Samsung filed a patent suit against Apple's brand new iPhone 5. Surprisingly though, the eight patents mentioned by Samsung do not concern LTE, but rather they focus on six utility patents and two standard essential patents regarding data transfer...

What’s New in Android 16 QPR3 Beta: At a Glance, Flashlight, Navigation Buttons, More

Kellen December 18, 2025 35

Google may have released Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 at the worst possible time of the day, but we're still going to dive into it...

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Android 16 QPR3 Beta Program Goes Live for Pixel Devices

Kellen December 17, 2025 35

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 released. Google shipped Android 16 QPR2 to stable channels this month as the December Pixel update,...

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Verizon Pixel 8, Pixel 9, and Pixel 10 Devices Get New December Update (Updated)

Kellen December 17, 2025 35

All of Google's still-supported Pixel devices received a huge QPR2 update in early December with new features and tons of bug...

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Google Makes Controversial Pixel Search Bar Change

Kellen December 17, 2025 35

Within the past several days, a group of Pixel owners noticed a change to the way the Search bar at the bottom of their Pixel...

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Samsung December Updates Continue Roll Out to All These Devices

Kellen December 17, 2025 35

Samsung started sending December updates to a batch of devices earlier in the week, but they weren't quite done with 2025....

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Galaxy Z TriFold Sells Out Quick in South Korea, Even With High Price Tag

Tim December 12, 2025 35

We shouldn't be surprised, folks. Samsung launched the Galaxy Z TriFold this week in its home country of South Korea, with in...

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YouTube TV Will Offer 10 Genre-Specific Plans in 2026

Tim December 10, 2025 35

More choice and more flexibility. That's what everyone has been clamoring for lately. If you'll recall, YouTube TV used to be...

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December Pixel Watch Update Rolls Out to Pixel Watch 2 and Above

Kellen December 9, 2025 35

Google announced new features for the Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Watch 4 this morning, but didn't tell us exactly how those...

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Google’s Latest Ad Pokes at iPhone for Copying Its Features, iPhone 17 Rumors

Kellen May 6, 2025 73

The iPhone 17 won't arrive for months, likely after Google releases its Pixel 10 series. For the most part, all talk around...

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Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen October 11, 2023 73

Some of you have been lucky enough to receive your Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro pre-orders a day early, thanks to Google's wildly...

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Pixel Watch 2 Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen October 11, 2023 73

The Pixel Watch 2 has been on my wrist for a full week and my list of notes has only grown. I've tested sleep tracking, put...

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Video: Galaxy Z Flip 5, Z Fold 5 Unboxing!

Tim July 27, 2023 73

Samsung was gracious enough to send us its latest foldables devices, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5. Naturally,...

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Google Pixel 7a Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen May 10, 2023 73

Because the Google Pixel 7a is available today for you to run out and buy at $499, you may not want to wait around for our...

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VIDEO: Galaxy S23 Ultra Unboxing!

Tim February 3, 2023 73

Unboxing time, baby! We have the Galaxy S23 Ultra in-house, a bit before they're set to make their way to buyers later this...

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Pixel 7 Pro: First 10 Things to Do!

Tim October 13, 2022 73

Fancy new Pixel 7 or Pixel 7 Pro just show up at your doorstep? Perfect, then this video is for you. As is tradition, we've...

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Pixel Watch: First 10 Things To Do!

Kellen October 13, 2022 73

The day that most of you will receive your Google Pixel Watch from pre-orders is here. It's time for you to slap Google's...

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Motorola Withdraws Entire Suit Against Apple With ITC, We Wonder Why?

Pew Research: Android Up to 48% of U.S. Tablet Sales, iPad Drops to Low of 52%

Study: Galaxy S3 Display “Superior” to the iPhone 5

MEEP Xplore Tablet For Kids, Child Safe Android Fun for $150

Report: T-Mobile in Talks to Merge With MetroPCS

Android Distribution Charts Updated – Same Gingerbread Story, Just Another Month

Gmail Now Allows Searching for Text Inside Attachments

Samsung Adds iPhone 5 to Long List of Infringing Apple Products in Patent Case