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The Android ecosystem never stands still. From Google rolling out major OS updates to manufacturers pushing the boundaries of foldable hardware, there is always something exciting happening. Here is a roundup of the top trending news in Android that you should know about right now.

May 3, 2014

One month ago, we saw that Android 4.4.x KitKat had finally started to gain some traction. Back then, 4.4.x accounted for a grand total of 5.3% of devices with access to Google Play Services. At the same time, we saw Android 2.x finally fall below 20%, in favor or more recent Android versions. It’s nice to see 4.4.x reaching more and more older devices. That said, even 8.5% is

Jan 13, 2014

Google Android distribution announced for the month of December indicates that Jelly Bean has topped with more than 60% of total android distributions. According to Google, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean devices are the most common on the Play Store with 35.9%, while the Android 4.2 has a 15.4% market share. Latest Jelly Bean distribution, Android 4.3 has only 7.8%, but it might rise next month when

Jan 9, 2014

Yes. This has been developed by Tactus Technology. Whenever a keyboard appears on screen, the buttons comes up like magic. This technology is called as tactile technology. Tactility of the home, menu and back keys are generally not an issue for phones which have soft keys that are separate to the screen. However, many manufacturers, such as LG, have begun to adopt onscreen soft keys which can

Jan 8, 2014

With arrival of new smartphones with exponential growth has decreased the use of older smartphones due to new latest updates in Android OS. Such old devices like Samsung Galaxy S Plus are getting lost. But due to the Open Source CyanogenMod ROM, a team on XDA have successfully delivered the latest version of CyanogenMod based on KitKat OS for the abandoned smartphone. Officially, it has no

Sep 15, 2013

Before announcement of Android KITKAT OS, a new campaign for Android KajuKatli, an Indian sweet dessert was started. It was rather fail because KeyLimePie was almost considered as final name. And after KitKat OS was announced it has become clear that Google will NOT consider any sweet desserts that has No or very less business profits. Even after the obvious reject of KajuKatli, a

Sep 5, 2013

All Android fans were excited with the arrival of a new version of Jelly Bean, that's Android 4.3. It was first released for Nexus 7, Nexus 7 2012, Nexus 4, Nexus 10 and Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Now there's lots of customization and development going on to fit the new version for various other devices. Many thought it as a break time for new version of Android. Lots of new confectionery

Sep 19, 2012

Black Duck Software has made data from Ohloh, its directory of nearly 500,000 open source projects, available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0licence. The company also made a RESTful APIavailable that allows information about the projects to be queried. Ohloh analyses projects from around 5,000 repositories, including GitHub, SourceForge, Google Code, kernel.org, Eclipse, Mozilla and

Jul 12, 2012

Jean-Baptiste Queru, Technical Lead for the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), has announced that Google is in the process of releasing the Android 4.1 source code to the AOSP repository. Android 4.1, code-named "Jelly Bean, was released at the Google I/O conference at the end of June.Alongside the source code release, Google will be providing binary firmware for the Galaxy Nexus phone and

Jun 28, 2012

Google has unveiled to the world the next flavor of its mobile operating system, Android. Dubbed Jelly Bean, the new of version, Android 4.1, comes with a new user interface, as well as with a set of new features meant to improve the overall user experience with the platform. Among these, we can count Project Butter, destined to improve the overall performance of the platform, as well as

Jun 15, 2012

As a big fan of Android... This news is something like disadvantage. But, the truth is "Every coin has two sides." :) We've seen our share of big words, but the ones Intel has uttered most recently may take the cake, sharp as they are, like claws trying to shred consumer expectations apart. And by that we mean that Intel had some very choice words to say about the Android operating system

May 23, 2012

Source: Monmouthshire County Council, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia UK, the chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation that covers the United Kingdom, has announced the creation of Monmouthpedia, the first Wikipedia project to encompass an entire town. The project's aim is to cover every notable location, artefact and point of interest in Monmouth, Wales with QRpedia bar codes. These QR codes, many of

May 17, 2012

See the chart above? That’s a picture of Android fragmentation diversity as compiled by Open Signal Maps. The company compiled data from 681,900 users of its app over the last 6 months. They counted nearly 4,000 different devices running Android. That’s a lot of gadgets. See the big green box in the chart above? That represents the Samsung Galaxy S II, which makes up about 10% of all the

May 4, 2012

Micromax launched Superfone A50 Ninja last week at a price tag of Rs 4,999. It is an affordable smartphone running Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system powered by a 650 MHz processor. It sports a 7.9-cm multi-touch capacitive screen and is a dual SIM phone. Apart from the regular features, the Superfone A50 Ninja comes with an extra-ordinary artificial intelligence speech handset

Mar 21, 2012

Developers of the new Linux Kernel 3.3 have included loads of Android subsystems and features. This will enable developers to build apps for cross platform applications, which will be compatible with both the open source operating systems. This will put to rest the entire buzz surrounding the amalgamation of Linux and Android. What's in store for the end customers is a Linux platform that

Mar 9, 2012

There was never a lack of new Android handsets, which seemed to pop up every couple of weeks or so, but MWC truly opened the floodgates. Almost all vendors, apart from Samsung, used the show to introduce their flagship models, superphones that will mark 2012. There were few surprises, but it was an impressive showing nonetheless. HTC used the opportunity to show off its first quad-core

Mar 5, 2012

The Android-x86 Project has published a release candidate of its Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" port for the x86 platform. Aimed at netbooks and tablets, it includes the 3.0.8 Linux kernel with KMS enabled and, its developers say, should be able to run at most netbooks' native resolution. Android-x86 4.0-RC1, also referred to as as "ics-x86", is based on the source code of version

Mar 5, 2012

More than 850,000 Android devices are activated every day according to Andy Rubin, Google Senior VP of Mobile and the man in charge of Android development. Rubin was speaking at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona, where he said that that number of activations has brought the total number of Android devices around the world to more than 300 million, of which 12

Feb 19, 2012

Viewing that the adoption of Android 4.0 has fallen short of original expectations and Microsoft will launch Windows 8 in the third quarter of 2012, Google is likely to launch Android 5.0 (Jelly Bean) in the second quarter and appeal for adopting Android 5.0 and Windows 8 in the same tablet PC, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers. Android 5.0 will be further optimized

Dec 12, 2011

Despite Nokia and Microsoft’s endeavor dominating talks at Mobile World Congress 2011, the centre of attraction has been Android. Android OSWhile analysts and investors were busy discussing about the possible outcome of the deal between Nokia and Microsoft, yet several vendors were busy rolling out devices running on the Android platform which overshadowed talks of Nokia and Microsoft. Phone and

Dec 2, 2011

Android-x86, the famous port of Google's famous Android platform for the x86 (32-bit) architecture has just reached version 4.0.Android-x86 is a Live CD Linux distribution created mostly for the Eee PC netbooks, but can also run on any other 32-bit (x86) platform. Android-x86 4.0 is based on Android 4.0.1 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and includes OpenGL ES hardware

Nov 25, 2011

This blog is based on android, but Linux is the Kernel of Android!! Thursday, November 24, 2011: Linux is getting more powerful with every passing day. According to the data given on Top500 Supercomputer Website, Linux OS is the highest scorer as far as the supercomputers are concerned, while the next OS, AIX, stands at a distant 5.6 percent as of November 2011. The website tracks the latest

Nov 16, 2011

Wednesday, November 16, 2011: A recent report by research firm Gartner Inc. said that Google's Android software runs on over 50 per cent of the smartphones sold in the third quarter. Android emerged as the clear winner in the third quarter, leaving behind iOS devices as well.The main reason for the increase in sales is cited to be a traction for Samsung devices, which is doing extremely well.

Nov 14, 2011

"A picture is worth a thousand words"This pic will show you the information about the different versions developed, shares of Android, features of each version along with the timeline!!This image is useful when somebody asks you about the Android OS.Easy to remember!! :)Click on the image for clear view.

Nov 8, 2011

According to ZDNet, Adobe is throwing in the towel on Flash for all mobile platforms (Android included), and will encourage developers to use AIR and HTML5 in the future as alternatives to the company's iconic web plugin. This follows hot on the heels of news that Adobe is cutting 750 jobs at its North American and European arms. The announcement regarding Flash is expected to come at a financial

Oct 30, 2011

IntroductionGoogle's newest and best version of Android just became official at the Google-Samsung event in Hong Kong along with the Galaxy Nexus. And although it may seem like it, Ice Cream Sandwich is not just another update to Android but a way to curb some of the inherent issues with the OS, such as fragmentation, that have been plaguing it for a long time.Ice Cream Sandwich combines the