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"Time sure does fly when you're having fun, and with all the hoots and giggles we've had in the last seven days, it's zipped by! We had a nice little visit to the capital city on Wednesday to hook up with Google and find out more about Ice Cream Sandwich and boy was it yummy. Enough of our Android-based jibber-jabber though, for it's time to take a look back and review the news that we judged worthy of a place in our little corner of the web…"

"Remember Cyclops glasses from X-Men, controlling all that power that he otherwise wouldn't have been able to contain? Well, this latest news from Google is a bit like that, just without the connotations of killing ones enemies and such. Anyway, we digress."

For the first time Google has launched its own phone device with higher protection for advertisers.

"If you've been scratching your head wondering what these different Android foodstuff names are all about, then wonder no more as we've got all the info right here. For those who're unaware, Android is an operating system for mobile phones and tablets made by those clever chaps at Google. The tasty nicknames relate to the different versions of the OS, with each new version beginning with the next letter of the alphabet starting from 'C' for Cupcake up to 'I' for Ice Cream Sandwich (there was a couple of versions before that, but they didn't have nearly as interesting names and were called Android 1.0 and 1.1)."

"Android: Google is rolling out a new version of the Android Market to select phones with the ability to set all apps to update automatically by default, only update over Wi-Fi, and automatically add shortcuts for new apps to the home screen so you don't have to. If you don't want to wait until the official release to get it, the APK is available now. "

"Google is working on a rival to Apple's Siri software that could be with us before the New Year, according to reports."

Google has announced today that company is going to launch two new flagships smartphones in last quarter of 2017. These phones will be Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel XL.

"When Google announce a new version of their Android mobile operating system, it can be met with both excitement and trepidation, as anyone in the market for a new device has a good chance of snagging a phone running. However, existing Android owners know it could be a long and ultimately disappointing wait before they know if their handset of choice will be upgraded."

"Google have revealed that it has now activated 200 million Android handsets, a figure that has spectacularly doubled from the 100 million last recorded in the last six months alone."

"The closely guarded secret Google X lab has been testing the idea of 'wearable computing', said to be computer glasses that superimpose information over reality."

BestBuy has announced that Google Android based Nexus S phone is currently available for without charge for only today on BestBuy Store, according to TechSpot reports.

"Android and Apple fanboys certainly are fierce when it comes to defending their beloved operating systems but a new report from IBM will give followers of the little green robot a bit more ammo in the ongoing battle between the two."

"When it comes to being all enigmatic about possible new product launches, those mobile making magicians certainly try their best (with varying degrees of success). Following in the footsteps of Samsung and masters of stealth, Apple, Motorola have been tantalising members of the tech press with invites to a mystery shrouded event to be held on 3 November."

"Galaxy Nexus is in the news a lot in the past few days, most recently because of the delay in the arrival at Verizon Wireless. The arrival date for Canada is set for December 8th based on current reports and in some locations, pre-orders have already begun. For the US, we are still waiting for the official announcement. Earlier today, it was reported that the Galaxy Nexus was being short changed because it was showing the internal memory as 16 GB. This was on the Google site for the Galaxy Nexus and at Phones4U who is currently selling the Galaxy Nexus in the UK. That seemed pretty straight forward based on what was being seen."

Google Android operating system still dominates the entire tablet and Smartphone platform marketplace but now so leading that it almost doubled the market share of 2nd spot Apple iOS, according to Millennial Media Mobile Mix's reports.

Once again, we are approaching the developer conference season and for the start, Google has confirmed the Google I/O 2019. The conference will take place at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California same as last year. It will be a 3-day event starting on May 7 and ending on May 9, 2019. The dates were revealed by Google's CEO Mr. Sundar Picahi in a tweet late last week.

"A new Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012 app has been made available via the Google Play Store and may have provided a sneaky clue to the name of the next Galaxy handset."

"With all the super-duper handsets that have had the name Nexus bestowed upon them, it was only a matter of time before a Nexus tablet cropped up, and according to recent whispers, that time might not be that far away."