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G-Male is Google’s Perfect Version of a Guy (With the Same Creepiness)

G-Male, the perfect Google male. It’s just like everything with Google—it helps make your life easier, it seems awesome and right when you can’t imagine living your life without it, it starts getting creeeeepy. [Comediva via Laughing Squid]

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 2

Lenovo IdeaPad A1 Is a $250 Android Tablet for the Masses

The Lenovo IdeaPad A1 is not a cutting-edge device. Nor is it a niche product that will attract a minuscule subsection of fawning geeks. But it is a 7-inch tablet that only costs $250. Your shamelessly cheap friends will be thrilled. The A1 runs on ARM’s last-generation, 1GHz Cortex A8 processor and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread),…

Tech News Adrian Covert Sep 2

The End of Silicon Valley

It’s the end of the summer. And in Silicon Valley, it’s the end of an era. The garage days are over. It’s time to move on. The future belongs to the dorm. Stanford begat Silicon Valley. The history of Silicon Valley is largely the history of California universities: Stanford and Berkeley and Cal Poly graduates.…

Tech News Mat Honan Sep 1

Did Google Only Get “Crap Patents” When They Bought Motorola?

When Google ponied up $12.5 billion to swallow Motorola Mobility, many people thought it was to snare some patents to protect Android from the likes of Apple and Microsoft. But according to a patent expert, all Google got were some “crap patents”. https://gizmodo.com/google-is-buying-motorola-5830842 David Martin, the founder and chairman of patent consulting firm M-Cam, says…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 1

Toshiba AT200 ‘Excite’ Is the Thinnest Tablet Yet

If you were already amazed by the thinness of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the iPad 2, prepare to have your mind blown. Toshiba’s AT200 checks in at 7.7mm, which is about 1mm thinner than the two aforementioned tablets. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-human-outside-android-inside-5806426 And not just content with form (which looks great, BTW), Toshiba made sure the specs…

Tech News Adrian Covert Sep 1

Droid Bionic Coming September 8th, According to New Leaks

Droid Bionic, where have you been? You’ve been teasing us since January, and now that you’re finally coming, will people care or will you be out-shone by others who got to the party sooner and look at least as pretty? https://gizmodo.com/the-best-new-phone-is-from-our-wacky-sci-fi-dreams-5730820 Droid-Life has scooped up a bunch of docs that show the Motorola Droid Bionic…

Tech News Brent Rose Sep 1

It’s a Phone… It’s a Tablet… It’s Samsung’s New Android Things

The 5.3-inch Galaxy Note and the Galaxy Tab 7.7 come in shapes that make them hard to classify. Is the Note a phone? Or a notepad? Or a tablet? Genius, right? Or, uh, foolish? The Galaxy Note is the more unusual choice of the two. With a 5.3-inch screen, it’s kind of in a weird…

Tech News Brent Rose Sep 1

Why Does the Google +1 Extension Need My Browsing History?

Google’s new Chrome extension allows you to +1 any page on the Internet, reporting it on your public profile. It also sends every URL you visit to Google “to retrieve +1 information.” Riiiiiight. Further analysis at TechCrunch, extension’s here.

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Sep 1

Crossbow Vengeance, Tablet Attempts, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Rock-Throwing Kid Meets Crossbow Vengeance It’s not that we didn’t kind of love this story—I mean, what’s…

Tech News Brian Barrett Aug 31

Sony Ericsson Reboots Xperia with Arc S, a Phone That Miiiiiiight Actually Matter

Sony is going full-tilt today, dropping more toys than a drunken toddler covered in Crisco. They’re giving the Xpreria Arc—their hallmark smartphone—an S as the end of its name, and beefing it up. The biggest change is that the processor has been ramped up to 1.4GHz (single-core), which has gotta get pretty hot in your…

Tech News Brent Rose Aug 31

Sony’s Android Walkman Is Really for Music Nerds

A Walkman’s not just for music anymore. The forthcoming Sony Android Walkman will give people access to apps—finally!—but true to the Walkman’s legacy Sony’s built the new version around it’s music features. Just a week after we first saw the forthcoming Android smartphone, Sony showed off a prototype of the new the Walkman. It sports…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Aug 31

Offline Gmail, Google Calendar and Docs? Um, Yes Please!

Gmail. Damn near everyone you know uses it, and now they (and you) can use it offline. Sound the trumpets! And if that’s not enough, offline Google Calendar and Docs will be rolling out within the week. This pleases me. Offline Gmail has launched as a Google Web Store app for your Chrome browser. If…

Tech News Brent Rose Aug 31

Sony Tablet P First Impressions: Is the Taco Tablet Tasty?

I really love Sony for trying something different. Between this foldable Tablet P and the company’s indescribably-shaped (but very palmable) Tablet S they are genuinely trying to leave the hardware pack mentality behind. But enough congratulations. How good is it? https://gizmodo.com/sony-tablet-s-review-its-good-to-see-you-again-sony-5836051 I only had a very short time to play with the Sony Tablet P,…

Tech News Brent Rose Aug 31

Samsung Galaxy S II Hands On: Say Hi to Your Next Android Phone

If you are going to get an Android phone any time soon, this is it. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-bestest-android-phone-is-finally-coming-to-amer-5835969 Let’s get this out of the way: These things are fast. They haul all kinds of ass, thanks to a 1.2GHz dual-core Exynos processor and 1GB of RAM in its guts. I did everything I could to try to…

Tech News Brent Rose Aug 30

The New Bestest Android Phone Is Finally Coming to America: The Samsung Galaxy S II

The Samsung Galaxy S II is the blueprint for the next generation of Android phones. And now it’s finally coming to the US, on AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-a-first-draft-of-your-next-android-5818202 Only Sprint’s announced the price and date so far, and they’re first out of the gate: Sept. 16 for $200 (with 2-year contract). AT&T’s saying Septemberish…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Aug 30

Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet Comes A-Courtin’ Business Folk

The lid is off the Lenovo ThinkPad, touted as the first tablet for enterprise-level business. I just spent some time sizing it up, and you know what? It’s kind of exactly what the suits are looking for. Using It This tablet doesn’t try to be particularly sleek or sly; it’s just a big, businessy rectangle.…

Tech News Brent Rose Aug 30

Free Gmail Voice Calls for Armed Forces Personnel

If anyone deserves free phone calls to their loved ones, it’s the men and women that serve our country. Google has announced that U.S. service personnel with a valid US Military (.mil) email address can now place free Gmail voice calls to the United States from within Gmail. The free calls will available until at…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Aug 30

Google Search Results Could Soon be Determined by +1 Button

Google told Wired that it’s researching plans to use the +1 button as a crowdsourcing tool to adjust search results and battle web spam. Google recently expanded the powers of the +1 button to include their new Google+ social networking service. Click on +1 button on a site, or in search results, and you’re Google+…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Aug 29

The First Android 4.0 Phone Is the Samsung Nexus Prime, and It’s Only on Verizon

Last week I was thrown into an anti-Verizon rage when I heard that Verizon wouldn’t be picking up the Samsung Galaxy S II like the rest of the networks. But BGR claims they’re getting something better: The Nexus Prime. https://gizmodo.com/if-verizon-passes-on-the-galaxy-s-ii-ill-be-mad-pissed-5834764 “Verizon doesn’t think the Samsung GALAXY S II will be competitive with the iPhone 5…

Tech News Brent Rose Aug 29

Samsung Galaxy S II on Sprint Delayed Because of the Hurricane

The Samsung Epic 4G Touch, which is the Samsung Galaxy S II for Sprint, was supposed to launch tomorrow but has now been pushed back because of Hurricane Irene. It should still come out by next week, though. The delay sorta sucks because Europe’s been having all the fun with Pocket Now] https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-a-first-draft-of-your-next-android-5818202

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 29

G-Male is Google’s Perfect Version of a Guy (With the Same Creepiness)

Lenovo IdeaPad A1 Is a $250 Android Tablet for the Masses

The End of Silicon Valley

Did Google Only Get “Crap Patents” When They Bought Motorola?

Toshiba AT200 ‘Excite’ Is the Thinnest Tablet Yet

Droid Bionic Coming September 8th, According to New Leaks

It’s a Phone… It’s a Tablet… It’s Samsung’s New Android Things

Why Does the Google +1 Extension Need My Browsing History?

Crossbow Vengeance, Tablet Attempts, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

Sony Ericsson Reboots Xperia with Arc S, a Phone That Miiiiiiight Actually Matter

Sony’s Android Walkman Is Really for Music Nerds

Offline Gmail, Google Calendar and Docs? Um, Yes Please!

Sony Tablet P First Impressions: Is the Taco Tablet Tasty?

Samsung Galaxy S II Hands On: Say Hi to Your Next Android Phone

The New Bestest Android Phone Is Finally Coming to America: The Samsung Galaxy S II

Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet Comes A-Courtin’ Business Folk

Free Gmail Voice Calls for Armed Forces Personnel

Google Search Results Could Soon be Determined by +1 Button

The First Android 4.0 Phone Is the Samsung Nexus Prime, and It’s Only on Verizon

Samsung Galaxy S II on Sprint Delayed Because of the Hurricane

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