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The Google Experience [Opinion]

Ron July 18, 2012 58

With the release of the Nexus 7, Google set its sights on Amazon to try and reclaim control of the Android tablet space. Ever since Amazon forked Android for the Kindle Fire there has been some confusion about what OEM software customization means. There seems...

Google Updates Nexus 7 Shipping Situation

Kellen July 17, 2012 117

We know that many of you have grown a bit frustrating having not yet received your Nexus 7 orders, even though you pre-ordered as early as during the Google I/O keynote. To help clarify the situation, Google has updated their shipping status info page with...

Retail Nexus 7 vs. I/O Nexus 7 [Pictures]

Kellen July 17, 2012 50

A retail Nexus 7 showed up on my doorstep today, so I thought, "What the heck, let's do a comparison to the one handed out at Google I/O." As many of you know, the Google I/O edition comes in white and the retail edition is officially "brown" (at least...

Tip: Type “Weather” Into Google From Your Tablet and See Beautiful Weather Visualizations

Kellen July 17, 2012 16

Weather searches from your tablet are now more beautiful than ever. The Google Search team introduced weather visualizations to bigger screened devices today, which as you can see, look a heck of a lot like the cards that are found in Google Now. These new...

Security Research Says Jelly Bean is the Most Secure Version of Android Yet

Eric July 17, 2012 27

Jelly Bean certainly had its share of flashy upgrades to talk about during Google I/O. Now, we are slowly starting to learn about the many under-the-hood updates that Google added in. Digging through the code, security researcher Jon Oberheide said that...

16GB Nexus 7 Shipping Estimate Now at 3-4 Weeks

Kellen July 17, 2012 217

Hopefully you placed your order for a 16GB Nexus 7 order already, as the shipping estimate is now showing as "3-4 weeks" instead of the "1-2 weeks" time frame for the 8GB model. This is just a guess, but I'd say that customers are realizing before purchasing...

This Nexus 7 Unboxing Video Montage is Hilarious

Kellen July 16, 2012 82

As someone that unboxes mobile devices for a living, I have to admit that this video montage of other writers having difficulty unboxing the new Nexus 7 is hilarious. As you'll soon know when your pre-order from Google arrives, this thing is packaged up...

Nexus 7 Receives Tiny 859KB Update, This Time to JRO03D

Kellen July 15, 2012 55

The Nexus 7 has an update rolling out to it tonight as build JRO03D. It's still Android 4.1.1 and is tiny enough (859KB), that we aren't even sure what it changes. The Galaxy Nexus received JRO03C last week, so if anything, it's a slightly newer build. It...