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EU Commission Investigation into Google for Android Antitrust Violations could bring Huge fine in July

The European Commission is reportedly preparing to hand down its decision on an antitrust investigation into Google's Android mobile operating system and a huge fine against the company is expected to be announced in July. The probe, led by the European Union’s antitrust czar Margrethe Vestager, is reportedly looking into accusations that Google has used its dominance in the mobile marketplace to its advantage.

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·8 years ago

Google releases June 2018 Android Security Bulletin and Google Device Images

Google has released the June 2018 Android Security Bulletin. Partners have had access to the warnings in this month's bulletin for at least a month or so. The June bulletin has two security patch levels .

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·8 years ago

Google releases May 2018 Android Security Bulletin and Google Device Images

Google has released the May 2018 Android Security Bulletin. Partners have had access to the warnings in this month's bulletin for at least a month or so. The May bulletin has two security patch levels .

Devices and OS Google Android

·8 years ago

Google releases April 2018 Android Security Bulletin and Google Device Images

Google has released the April 2018 Android Security Bulletin. Partners have had access to the warnings in this month's bulletin for at least a month or so. The March bulletin has two security patch levels .

Devices and OS Google Android

·8 years ago

Google Home brings Bluetooth speaker support and multi-room audio

Google Home has received a nice update bringing the ability to connect to Bluetooth speakers and use them for multi-room audio. The new feature will let users connect Google Home devices to Bluetooth speakers using the Google Home app. Users will also be able set up Bluetooth speakers as the default audio device.

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·8 years ago

Android Studio brings enhanced Kotlin support, smaller builds and more

Google has announced Android Studio 3.1 is now stable and available, featuring enhanced Kotlin support, smaller builds, recent IntelliJ platform updates and more. Since becoming a first-class programming language option along with Java and C++ last May, Kotlin has enjoyed popularity among developers and Android's core dev team.

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·8 years ago

US appeals court sides with Oracle in Google multibillion-dollar copyright infringement claims

A US federal appeals court ruled Google violated copyright laws by using Oracle's software when developing its Android mobile platform. Judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Google's unauthorized use of 37 packages of Oracle's open-source Java application programming interface, or API, was unfair as a matter of law.

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·8 years ago

Files Go by Google brings Google Photos Support and More

Google's Files Go app has received a new update bringing new ways to search through files, view the location of duplicate files before they’re deleted, and the addition of Google Photos support.

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·8 years ago

BlackBerry releases March 2018 Android Security Update for BlackBerry Android devices

BlackBerry has today rolled out the March 2018 Android Security update to BlackBerry Android devices. The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices.

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·8 years ago

Usecrypt Messenger rolls out on Android and iOS

A European team of cryptographers, cryptologists and programming specialists have developed a new application they claim will revolutionize the world of mobile communication. They claim that it is in fact more secure that talking to someone face-to-face.

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·8 years ago

Android P Developer Preview unveiled by Google

Google has today announced Android P, which won’t get a real name or version number at the moment due to the fact that this is an early baseline build for developers only. Like Android Oreo, the P release doesn’t come with a lot of major feature additions. There are several notable additions, and then a massive number of small tweaks and API changes for developers.

Devices and OS Google Android

·8 years ago

Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 7 Plus, and Nokia 6 added to Android Enterprise Recommended program

Last month, Google announced the Android Enterprise Recommended program, highlights the best Android phones in Google's opinion for people in the business/enterprise space. The program launched with 22 devices from a variety of manufacturers, with Google stating that more devices will be added over time.

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·8 years ago

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