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HTC Merge may be coming to Verizon later today; May 12

HTC Merge may be coming to Verizon later today; May 12

Justin Cauchon May 12, 2011 1

It looks like the HTC Merge may finally make its debut on the Verizon network sometime later today. Droid-Life has acquired an internal document that shows the phone becoming available to 3rd party distributers

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There are now 400,000 new Android devices activated every day

There are now 400,000 new Android devices activated every day

Justin Cauchon May 10, 2011 0

Today is a big day for Google and the company wanted to show off how well its Android platform is selling on smartphones and tablets. The company has hit the 100 million activated Android

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You can now rent movies from the Android Market

You can now rent movies from the Android Market

Justin Cauchon May 10, 2011 0

Google today announced movie rentals from the Android Market. Movie rentals start at just $1.99 and are rented for 30-days, with 24 hours to watch the movie once it has been started. Google is

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Google announces Honeycomb 3.1; rolling out today to Verizon Xooms

Google announces Honeycomb 3.1; rolling out today to Verizon Xooms

Justin Cauchon May 10, 2011 0

Google announced a lot of new updates and services today at the I/O developers convention. The next announcement we have is Google’s update to its Honeycomb platform, 3.1. The new release adds several new

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Google announces Android Ice Cream Sandwich

Google announces Android Ice Cream Sandwich

Justin Cauchon May 10, 2011 1

Google announced its next version of the Android platform today at its developer conference. The new version of Android is called Ice Cream Sandwich, which should come as no surprise as we reported that

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Skype being sold to Microsoft for 7 billion dollars? (Updated)

Skype being sold to Microsoft for 7 billion dollars? (Updated)

Jared Sell May 10, 2011 2

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft has tossed its name into the hat, along with Facebook and Google, to purchase the VoIP company Skype.  At 7 billion dollars, Microsoft might be looking to

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Google launches Music Beta; request an invite now

Google launches Music Beta; request an invite now

Justin Cauchon May 10, 2011 6

Google is holding its I/O developers conference in San Francisco today and is planning to announce it’s new cloud music service, Music Beta by Google. While it is in beta now and you can

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WatchESPN app makes its way to Android

WatchESPN app makes its way to Android

Justin Cauchon May 10, 2011 0

WatchESPN is now available for Android smartphones via the Market. WatchESPN will allow you to live stream ESPN channels right to your phone and watch all the SportsCenter you can tolerate. But this is

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Google Goggles updated to give better results, enhanced search history, and improved business card recognition

Google Goggles updated to give better results, enhanced search history, and improved business card recognition

Justin Cauchon May 9, 2011 0

Google has released an update for Android that improves the Google Goggles application. Google Goggles essentially allows you to search using images taken with your smartphone. The Goggles update, version 1.4, brings about three

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Apple may announce partnership with Nuance at WWDC

Apple may announce partnership with Nuance at WWDC

Justin Cauchon May 9, 2011 1

Apple has been building this new data center in North Carolina for a while now. We are now finally getting some speculation on why it is being built and why it is so damn

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