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Android 2.2 (Froyo) Update

Unconfirmed information states that the latest update to the Android OS 2.2 or Froyo should be showing up on the Motorola Droid sometime in the next two weeks. Motorola at first stated that the update would occur “sometime this summer,” and it seems that its initial Droid phone will be first in line. Conversely, don’t [...]

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Google Music, Android 3.0

Android product manager Gaurav Jain stated that Google Music will be launched alongside Android 3.0 (Gingerbread) towards the end of the year. It doesn’t appear to be a coincidence that it will launch around the same time as iTunes live…can anyone say ‘let’s get ready to rumble!’ Some of the noteworthy features that Google Music [...]

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Google Remotely Removes Suspect Android Apps

Google has indicated in a blog post that it has remotely removed two suspect applications from Android users’ devices. Apparently a security researcher had published two free applications on the Android Market which “intentionally misrepresented their purpose in order to encourage downloads”. Google mentioned that the applications were created and published for research purposes and [...]