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First Android powered car from China

China Car Times is reporting that the Chinese company SAIC is launching Roewe 350 on April 23rd and Roewe 350 DVD/GPS system is actually running on Google’s Android system. The 350 will be able to get all the latest real … Continue reading

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Google Buzz widget and Orkut for Android

Google released Google Buzz widget for Android and Orkut for Android yesterday (both can be downloaded from Android market). I gave both a try and they work pretty good. Google Buzz widget makes it easier to buzz publicly or privately … Continue reading

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Google Earth now available for Android 2.1

Google Earth is now available for Android, but what sucks is, it’s available for Android 2.1 only. That means anyone who’s not using Nexus One won’t be able to install it, including Droid users. According to Google, this is their … Continue reading

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New Google search result page?

Did Google change their search result page? When I did my search today, I got the result as shown below instead of the usual Google search page. I have seen this test layout before, but I’m not sure if it’s … Continue reading

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Android 2.1 coming to Motorola Droid

Motorola announced in it’s Facebook page (picture below) that it’ll start rolling out Android 2.1 upgrade for Droid starting this week. It’s a good news. This will bring Droid to the same level as Google Nexus One on the software … Continue reading

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Thunderbird 3.1 Alpha 1 (Lanikai) released

Mozilla Messaging team has released the 1st alpha version of Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1 code named Lanikai. I’m using Thunderbird 3.0 since it was released and I like it. I like the tabbed interface. The only irritating problem I have is … Continue reading

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Multi touch coming to Nexus One

Google is releasing an over the air update to Nexus One phones which includes multi touch functionality which lets users pinch to zoom mechanism in the phone’s browser, gallery and map applications. Other updates include: 1. Updates to Google Goggles … Continue reading

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Chrome OS tablet – iPad competitor?

Chromium project has laid out the UI concept for Chrome OS tablet. The UI is pretty similar to iPad. Here are some possibilities that might be explored: Keyboard interaction with the screen: anchored, split, attached to focus. Launchers as an … Continue reading

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Ubuntu 10.04 default search provider is Yahoo – that sucks

Canonical‘s Rick Spencer announced in a mailing list that Yahoo is going to be the default search provider in Firefox starting with Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. The change is due to the revenue sharing pact that Canonical has reached with … Continue reading

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SlideScreen for Android – Home screen replacement

Larva Labs has introduced a new Android Apps called SlideScreen. According to Larva Labs, the purpose is to create an intelligent home screen that creates a meaningful hierarchy out of a user’s information. The Apps displays messages/information from various sources … Continue reading

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