Android Leftovers
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Can TAG Heuer help Android Wear defeat Apple Watch?
When it comes to smartwatch sales, Apple Watch has well and truly embarrassed the entire Android Wear ecosystem, even though it hasn’t spent anywhere near as long on the market. But with Google’s platform getting a high-profile supporter this week, is it time for change?
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Google in control: Does Android need to be more like iOS?
Word on the street is that Google is in talks with chip manufacturers in an effort to gain more control over the chip design process. Clearly the company is striving to patch up the fragmented Android ecosystem, but is this a step toward becoming more like Apple? And would such standardization be a good thing?
If Google succeeds in convincing microchip producers to start building their chips based on Google’s specs, this could bring a lot of uniformity to Android smartphones. On the one hand, this may make Android more competitive with iOS and make developing for the operating system simpler. On the other, the Android ecosystem stands to lose the very thing that originally defined it: diversity.
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Samsung Galaxy S3 and Galaxy E7 Receives Android 5.1.1 Lollipop Update
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Google Play Store 5.12.10 Download Available For Android – 10.31 Version To Come On Android TV
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Smartphone Is Not With You? No Problem. Google Gives Android Wear Cellular Support
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Google publishes support docs detailing new wrist gestures, speaker support in Android Wear 1.4
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Google’s Smartwatches Just Got a Little More Independent
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HomeUX Review: A Fresh, Elegant, And Unique Take On Android Launchers
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Play the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Easter egg game
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Yandex, Google’s Russian Rival, Brings Its Android Case to the EU
The Android probe was prompted by complaints from small European ad blockers, app stores and the like, along with the Microsoft-backed FairSearch. Yandex, a company with a $4.8 billion market cap, weighed in in April, too. But now, buoyed by its success in Russia, Yandex is sharing its involvement publicly and ramping up its complaints in Brussels.
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