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Turn Your Galaxy Nexus Into a Hunchback With a 3800mAh Battery

Not too long ago, Samsung launched a bigger battery for the Galaxy Nexus, bumping its capacity to 2100mAh. But why stop there? This hulking great 3800mAh beast might even see your handset last two full days. There are no firm numbers on how long Seidio’s giant battery case will keepyour phone going, although it’s definitely…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 18

Why Android Handsets Are Bigger Than the iPhone

The iPhone screen is, and probably always will be, 3.5 inches. But Android handsets have gotten enormous over the last year or two, to the point where 4.3 inches feels standard, if not a bit small. Why is that? We’ve already heard a good explanation as to why the iPhone screen has stayed at 3.5…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 18

How To Secure Your Android Phone Like the NSA

Every app I download seems to want more and more access rights—to either my SD card, my Internet connection, and even my address book. And with every app, my phone gets a little less secure. The new SE Android OS aims to lock down my phone against any and all exploits. SE Android is a…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 18

Is a Google Contractor Trying to Destroy OpenStreetMap? (UPDATED)

Well, this is bad. OpenStreetMap, the Wikipedia of world maps, has been vandalized, with someone deliberately screwing up its data. Worse, the offending IP addresses seem to be coming from a set belonging to Google India. Careful where you drive. According to a blog entry at OpenGeoData.org: Two OpenStreetMap accounts have been vandalizing OSM in…

Tech News Brent Rose Jan 17

The Little Bug That’s Ruining Google Music

The key to Google Music‘s growing adoption is its deep integration with Android. It’s hard to complain about a storage locker that’ll let you store 20,000 songs for free, but there’s a simple bug that’s basically hamstringing it. The bug goes like this: -you pick an artist or album that you want to play -you…

Tech News Brent Rose Jan 16

Google Turns Their Maps Into a 3D Maze Game To Promote Google+

Social gaming was a big part of Facebook’s success, so in a continued effort to get more people using Google+, the search giant has created a promo video for an upcoming game that turns their maps into a playable labyrinth. I actually adore these types of maze games, and they’re particularly fun on motion sensitive…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 14

Murdoch Slams Obama For “Supporting Online Piracy”—Calls Google “Piracy Leader”

Rupert Murdoch’s latest tweets accuse President Obama of supporting Google—the “piracy leader”—and the rest of his “Silicon Valley paymasters.” The accusations follow a White House blog that expressed doubts about the Stop Online Piracy Act. He claims that his support to Silicon Valley “pirates” instead of SOPA will destroy US jobs. His tweerade was posted…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 14

This Recursive Google Image Search Video Is Mindflippingly Nuts

As you may know, you can search for photos by dropping a picture on Google Images. It shows you images that are equal or similar to yours. This is what happens when you feed one search with the result of the previous search. 2,951 times. Dutch smartperson Sebastian Schmieg thought about doing exactly that, starting…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 14

Google’s Newest Search Result? An FTC Antitrust Investigation

I’m not the only one troubled by Google’s new Search Plus Your World—Google’s aggressive push to include social results in its search that seems to favor Google+ over other social media services. So is the FTC. Bloomberg reports the FTC has expanded its antitrust probe to look at whether or not Google is giving preferential…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 13

YouTube’s Thumbnail Navigation Helps You Skip Past Lame Video Titles

The official site of cat videos, YouTube will be introducing thumbnail navigation to its videos. Soon you’ll get to skip right to the guy getting hit square in the crotch with a mallet. If you’ve moved the video playhead in Netflix or Hulu you’ve seen this type of navigation. Basically it shows a tiny picture…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Jan 13

Google’s Android Design Guide Will Make Your Apps Sooooo Fierce

Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) has made great strides in bringing the look of Android into a more consistent, cohesive form. Google’s apps all look and behave very similarly, but now third-party app developers need to adapt. Luckily, Google is providing a map. As of today, app developers can click on over to Android Design…

Tech News Brent Rose Jan 12

Google Just Made Bing the Best Search Engine

I just switched the default search engine in my browser from Google to Bing. And if you care about working efficiently, or getting the right results when you search, then maybe you should too. Don’t laugh! Google changed the way search works this week. It deeply integrated Google+ into search results. It’s ostensibly meant to…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 12

Google Can Expect a Call from the FTC Over Its New Social Search Feature

Google changed the way its search works yesterday by heavily integrating Google+ social media content into its search engine results. Now, advocacy groups are up in arms about potential invasions of user privacy. What, like you didn’t see this coming. The Electronic Privacy Information Center announced today that it is considering filing a complaint with…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 11

The Best New Tablet

Vizio’s first tablet wasn’t exactly amazing. But the 10-inch M-Series the company just debuted at CES? Looks like second time’s the charm. https://gizmodo.com/vizio-8-inch-tablet-lightning-review-a-couch-tablet-if-5845599 Vizio’s being cagey about M-Series guts, but in our hands on the tablet the tablet was peppy and responsive chewing through an alpha build of Honeycomb. Apps loaded quickly and videos played…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Jan 11

Hands-On the $170 ViewSonic Tablet I Wanted to Love, But Couldn’t

When we found out about ViewSonic’s $170 tablet that runs Android’s latest (and definitely greatest) OS, we were more than just a little skeptical. We wanted to believe, but we’ve been hurt before. After some hands-on time, I can confirm that our dead-inside hearts were dead-on. https://gizmodo.com/is-there-any-way-viewsonics-170-ice-cream-sandwich-tab-5874903 The 7-inch tablet is light and is very…

Tech News Brent Rose Jan 11

Samsung’s Chromebox Is Coming Mid-2012, But Who’s Gonna Buy It?

Since Sammy announced in early 2011 that it was planning to release a Chromebox, everybody forgot about the idea. Now the company has announced it’s shipping mid-2012, but we’re not sure it knows exactly who’s going to buy it. https://gizmodo.com/what-and-why-is-googles-chromebox-5800857 The exact specs aren’t final, but Engadget reports from CES that it definitely has a…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 11

Motorola Droid 4 and RAZR MAXX Hands On: Two Giant Leaps for Droidkind

I just copped a major feel on the new Motorola Droid 4 and the Droid RAZR MAXX. I’m going to cut right to the chase: they both carry on the traditions of their ancestors, but improve on them in ways that actually matter. That the Droid 4 is the best of its lineage was probably…

Tech News Brent Rose Jan 10

Google Changes the Way Its Search Engine Works, Privacy Be Damned

Google’s great at finding pretty much anything on the Web—no matter how obscure—but has generally lacked social content thanks to itsongoing standoff with Facebook. But, according to the search giant today, the “most radical transformation ever” has just occurred to its search engine. But maybe not in the good way. Google dubbed this metamorphosis, “Search,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 10

Eyes on Fujitsu’s Waterproof, Quad-Core Superphone Prototype

By the end of this year you could be playing with a quad-core Android phone courtesy of Fujitsu. We just saw the company’s newest prototype. It’s fast, but what would you do with all of that power? The prototype has a 1.2 GHz NVIDIA quad-core Tegra-3 processor a 1280 X 720 4.6″ TFT-LCD. The prototype…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 10

Qualcomm’s Quad-Core TV Processors Could Deliver Console Quality Gaming—Without the Console

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors have been a hallmark of mobile devices for the past few years. Not content with keeping the party in your pockets, the Snapdragon is coming to your TV, to the tune of 1.5GHz quad-core processor mightiness. In addition to those four-cores, the Snapdragon S4 MPQ8064 also has Adreno 320 graphics. So, basically…

Tech News Brent Rose Jan 10

Turn Your Galaxy Nexus Into a Hunchback With a 3800mAh Battery

Why Android Handsets Are Bigger Than the iPhone

How To Secure Your Android Phone Like the NSA

Is a Google Contractor Trying to Destroy OpenStreetMap? (UPDATED)

The Little Bug That’s Ruining Google Music

Google Turns Their Maps Into a 3D Maze Game To Promote Google+

Murdoch Slams Obama For “Supporting Online Piracy”—Calls Google “Piracy Leader”

This Recursive Google Image Search Video Is Mindflippingly Nuts

Google’s Newest Search Result? An FTC Antitrust Investigation

YouTube’s Thumbnail Navigation Helps You Skip Past Lame Video Titles

Google’s Android Design Guide Will Make Your Apps Sooooo Fierce

Google Just Made Bing the Best Search Engine

Google Can Expect a Call from the FTC Over Its New Social Search Feature

The Best New Tablet

Hands-On the $170 ViewSonic Tablet I Wanted to Love, But Couldn’t

Samsung’s Chromebox Is Coming Mid-2012, But Who’s Gonna Buy It?

Motorola Droid 4 and RAZR MAXX Hands On: Two Giant Leaps for Droidkind

Google Changes the Way Its Search Engine Works, Privacy Be Damned

Eyes on Fujitsu’s Waterproof, Quad-Core Superphone Prototype

Qualcomm’s Quad-Core TV Processors Could Deliver Console Quality Gaming—Without the Console

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