Android

The Blackberry Q10 is the first Blackberry 10 smartphone with a physical keyboard. One of the things that makes it unique is the Android emulator that allows you to run Android Apps. It is not as cut and dry as loading an APK file on your device, but first you have to convert it to a BAR file. The...

Dell introduced Project Ophelia to the world at CES back in January , and now it's revealed shipping timeframes for the Android-powered MHL stick. Ophelia will ship in May to developers, with cable providers and telecoms able to buy it in July. A consumer release will follow shortly thereafter....

Google’s Vikram Aggarwal, a software engineer working on the Android platform, revealed today that Gmail and Email, the native Android client that still ships on Android devices as well, now has a combined user base of more than 100 million across the Android install base. It’s an interesting stat,...

Your Android phone isn't just for widgets, talking, Google Now and photos. It can also be one of the world's best gaming platforms, if you're willing to spend a little time on it. Read more...

Out of all the things Google announced at its I/O developer conference this week, Google Play Game Services is the one new product I started using right away. Think of it as the Google equivalent of Xbox Live. For games that support it, the service lets you earn achievements, find and host...

The trend that's seen portable gaming shifting largely to devices like Apple's iPhone continues apace, according to a new report that pegs revenue from gaming on iOS and Android devices at three times the size of revenue on dedicated portable gaming consoles.

Nvidia's Android-powered portable video game system, the Shield , is available for pre-order today. That's three days earlier than the previous pre-order date of May 20, and according to Nvidia's announcement, the bump-up is at the behest of retailers. "Good news," it reads. "Our partners are so...

About a month and a half ago, Google switched to its own WebP image format in its Google+ Android app , the company revealed at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco today. This, Stephen Konig, a Google product manager who focuses on WebP and Chrome Remote desktop, and Make the Web Fast...

One of the interesting sessions held at Google I/O was the “Enabling Blind and Low-Vision Accessibility on Android...

In an effort to coax developers to begin taking Atom seriously as an Android platform, Intel has just released a complete suite of tools that should help ease them into things - especially since it can be used for ARM development as well. It's called Beacon Mountain, named after the highest peak...