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LG announces new Google TV sets for CES 2013

December 24, 2012

The Google TV platform continues to struggle, but manufacturers like LG might be able to save it. The Korean manufacturer has just announced a new series of 3D-enabled HDTVs with Google TV integrated, and they are looking good! These come with a new design, more sizes and even more features. LG’s new Google TV sets [...]

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Google serves up reindeer games with Santa Tracker, lets St. Nick message your besties

December 24, 2012
Google serves up reindeer games with Santa Tracker, lets St Nick message your besties

Sure, Google’s not in the Santa Tracking NORAD cabal anymore, but that’s not stopping it from rolling out St. Nicholas-related goodies. It just launched a series of new games, including a chimney / gift dropping challenge, a rocket-powered elf race and a Santa chat that lets you send a droll holiday greeting to your “hoodlum [...]

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Google, Motorola plotting a so-called ‘X Phone’ to take on the iPhone and Galaxy S III

December 23, 2012
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Motorola engineers are said to be working on a “sophisticated” smartphone that will “provide more potent competition” to the iPhone, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Google (GOOG) hopes the handset, which is known internally as “X Phone,” will stand apart from existing devices, although the company is said to be running [...]

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Self-driving cars: Google maps the road to automated vehicles

December 23, 2012
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Google is spearheading the movement to get automated vehicles on America’s roads. Self-driving cars are street legal in three states, and Google’s fleet has collectively logged over 300,000 miles of time on the road. However, there are several obstacles in the path of widespread adoption, with legal and moral opposition to the concept coming from [...]

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Google and Motorola working on “X Phone” and “X Tablet”

December 22, 2012
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Google and Motorola are working together to produce an “X Phone” and “X Tablet” for 2013 release. The devices are said to be separate from the Droid line of products, which leads us to believe they could be sold under the Nexus brand. Dennis Woodside, new Motorola Mobility CEO, told the Wall [...]

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Google Offers Some Android-Centric Holiday Cheer With ‘Happy Holidays’ Video, Digital Cards

December 22, 2012
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If you aren’t quite feeling the holiday spirit yet, Google has decided to lend a hand with a few holiday-oriented offerings focused on our favorite green robot. The official Nexus page on Google+ shared a few “Happy Holiday Cards” this evening, depicting Bugdroid hanging out with some arctic pals sitting by a fire, having a [...]

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Google said to be building powerful “X” phone with Motorola

December 21, 2012

After securing all its technology patents and selling off its set-top box unit, Google is looking to do even more with Motorola if latest rumors are to be believed. The Wall Street Journal reported that Google and Motorola would look to create the “X” phone, saying the phone would be very powerful and poised to [...]

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Google not-so-subtly reveals Nexus 10 dock in holiday video

December 21, 2012
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That "Happy Holidays from Android" video was adorable, wasn't it? Well if you weren't taken back by the Android meeting up with all of his bugdroid friends for a holiday get-together, you may have noticed a Nexus 10 being put in a dock on a desk. Alongside a Nexus 4 and a couple of Nexus [...]

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Anomaly Korea now available from Google Play for $2.99

December 21, 2012

Anomaly Korea, the sequel to the award-winning Anomaly Warzone Earth, is now available for download via Google Play. The game about an all-out invasion of the earth by a race of giant alien machines comes just in time for (supposed) end of the world. Anomaly Korea features 12 new missions, new powerups and tactical units, [...]

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