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Vine Currently Looking for a Lead Android Engineer (Among Other Positions) Vine Currently Looking for a Lead Android Engineer (Among Other Positions)

Vine is looking for a few good men or women to join its new office in Union Square. And one of those men or women will be heading Vine’s plunge into the Android operating system. Vine co-founder Colin Kroll tweeted …

HTC One Smartphone Officially Announced HTC One Smartphone Officially Announced

Today HTC officially announced its new flagship Android smartphone, the HTC One. The device will feature a 4.7-inch screen with a 1080p resolution and 468 pixels per square inch. It has a 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor, 2GB of RAM, and …

Grab Firefox 19 Early Before It Officially Launches Tomorrow Grab Firefox 19 Early Before It Officially Launches Tomorrow
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Mozilla has been hard at work the past six weeks readying Firefox 19 for official launch. That launch comes tomorrow, but you can grab it now if you want to start taking advantage of its incredibly helpful HTML5-based PDF viewer. …

Samsung Galaxy SIV To Be Unveiled On March 14 [Rumor] Samsung Galaxy SIV To Be Unveiled On March 14 [Rumor]
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Much like the annual release of the iPhone, we can now count on an annual release for Samsung’s Galaxy S line. The latest model – presumably called the Galaxy S IV – will be unveiled sometime in March. The previous …

This ‘iphone’ From Brazil Runs Android, Much To Apple’s Chagrin This ‘iphone’ From Brazil Runs Android, Much To Apple’s Chagrin

Most of us know the iPhone to be Apple’s prized smartphone – the device that ushered in the current mobile era we’re experiencing. Unfortunately for Apple, a different company has the rights to the “IPHONE” name in Brazil. That company …

Google Now Gets Better At Movies And Real Estate Google Now Gets Better At Movies And Real Estate

Google announced on Wednesday that it has added some new features to Google Now with a new update. For Movie cards, Google Now will now include ratings from Rotten Tomatoes, and let you purchase tickets through Fandango (a feature that …

You Have Questions And The Android Team Has Answers You Have Questions And The Android Team Has Answers
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The Android Developers Office Hours for the EMEA region recently took place, and the entire session is now up on YouTube. The team covers a number of topics that are relevant to the Android developer, regardless of region, like authentication …

BlueStacks Android Emulation Comes To Surface Pro BlueStacks Android Emulation Comes To Surface Pro

The Surface Pro came out over the weekend, and the device is already selling out across retailers. Those who were lucky enough to get one may be disappointed, however, by a lack of apps. That’s where BlueStacks comes in. BlueStacks, …

Android Dominated Smartphone Shipments in 2012 Android Dominated Smartphone Shipments in 2012

Industry analyst Canalys this week revealed its fourth quarter 2012 estimates for mobile phone shipments. Unsurprisingly, it estimates that the worldwide smartphone market grew 37% from the fourth quarter of 2011. Smartphones, according to Canalys made up almost half of …

Facebook Pages Manager for Android Update Brings the Ability to Promote Posts and More Facebook Pages Manager for Android Update Brings the Ability to Promote Posts and More

Facebook has just released an update to their Pages Manager for Android app that brings new features to make the app a lot more useful to page owners. Pages Manager for Android arrived in the U.S. early last month after …

Ouya To Get Annual Hardware Refresh Ouya To Get Annual Hardware Refresh

The Ouya is not a traditional games console. That much has been obvious since it first broke Kickstarter records last year. Now the company behing the console are saying it will do away with another vanguard of console gaming – …

U.S. Smartphone Market Slowly Turning Into The Apple/Samsung Show U.S. Smartphone Market Slowly Turning Into The Apple/Samsung Show
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Samsung has effectively taken control of the Android smartphone market by becoming the most successful Android OEM in the world. That’s particularly true in the U.S. where its marketshare continues to grow. In fact, the latest comScore numbers show that …

Twitter App Update Streamlines Discovery and Search Twitter App Update Streamlines Discovery and Search
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Twitter has just announced some search and discovery updates to their iOS and Android apps as well as mobile.twitter.com that they say will help users “better find what’s most important to you when you’re on the go.” What they’ve done …

Jelly Bean Continues To Grow, Gingerbread And ICS Hit With Small Declines Jelly Bean Continues To Grow, Gingerbread And ICS Hit With Small Declines

Back in January, we finally saw Gingerbread fall below 50 percent in Google’s Android distribution numbers for December. At the same time, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean both saw increases. Now only one Android version is seeing continued growth. …

Ouya Launches At Retailers Nationwide In June Ouya Launches At Retailers Nationwide In June

Ouya – the little game console that could – is almost upon us. Those who helped make it the most successful gaming Kickstarter ever only have one more month before its delivered to them. What about those who didn’t preorder …

Google Play Is Making More Money, But iOS Still Makes More Google Play Is Making More Money, But iOS Still Makes More
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Google Play has always lagged behind Apple’s App Store in terms of pure revenue since its inception. That trend has not changed, but Google Play is at least starting to show signs of major growth after months of very little. …

More Indication We’ll Soon Be Seeing Google Now In Chrome More Indication We’ll Soon Be Seeing Google Now In Chrome

It looks like we’re getting closer to having Google Now functionality in Chrome. Google released Google Now as part of Android last year when it launched the Jelly Bean version of the OS. Developer François Beaufort points out rich templated …

Here’s The Latest Android Developer Hangout Here’s The Latest Android Developer Hangout

Google has uploaded a new Android developers hangout discussing various Android dev topics. They do note that the U.S. version of Office Hours has moved on to another format.

Minecraft Pocket Edition Version 0.6.0 Should Be Out Soon Minecraft Pocket Edition Version 0.6.0 Should Be Out Soon
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It was reported last week that Mojang was working on a smaller update for Minecraft Pocket Edition that would add a few new features, but its main purpose would be to address a few bugs. Plans change, however, and Mojang …

Epic Citadel Shows What Android Can Do With Unreal Engine 3 Epic Citadel Shows What Android Can Do With Unreal Engine 3
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Very few Android games could be classified as technical marvels. You could argue the same for iOS, but the platform has at least received a number of technically impressive titles running on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3, including Epic Citadel. …

Nexus Tablet Refresh Could Come in May [RUMOR] Nexus Tablet Refresh Could Come in May [RUMOR]

DitiTimes, a Taiwanese publication that covers the tech manufacturing industry in Taiwan, is reporting that the next version of Google’s Nexus 7 tablet could be coming as soon as May of 2013. Citing “sources from the upstream supply chain,” the …