After weeks of rumors and speculations one of the latest important release of the year was made official: Google announced the newest Android 4.4 KitKat and Nexus 5 smartphone. Nexus 5 continues the tradition of Nexus design and it’s just slight different than Nexus 4. It’s all made by a […]
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Windows Phone 8 gets its third update
Darren Laybourn, the manager for the engineering team working on the Windows Phone operating system, posted an announcement this morning on the Microsoft website. The third update of Windows Phone 8 is coming, set for both upgrading current phones, and powering new ones. Of all of the features to the […]
PayPal has acquired payment startup Braintree
Paypal has announced that they have acquired Braintree, a mobile payment startup, for $800 million. It is their first real bit of progress in nailing down the mobile pay market, an area they have so far failed to break into. With PayPal being one of the most common online financial […]
Google confirms Android 4.4 KitKat as the name of the next OS
There has been a lot of guess work when it comes to the newest version of Android. One of the favorite speculations for the product is what it will be named. We got our answer today, as Google has chosen the surprising title of Android KitKat. This will be the […]
Microsoft acquires Nokia handset company for $7.2 Billion
Some really big news from Microsoft this morning! It has been announced that they have come to an agreement with mobile handset company Nokia, and will be buying them out. This has been a rumor for a long time, but with with negotiations falling to pieces in June it was […]
Hugo Barra says bye-bye to Google, hello to China
An interesting development has occurred at the Android headquarters. Top executive Hugo Barra announced this morning that he is officially leaving the Google owned mobile developer and heading to China to work with Xiaomi. Not only will he be joining the Chinese mobile phone developer, but he is set to […]
HTC is developing an operating system for smartphones
Reports are coming in that Taiwanese mobile technology firm HTC is in the process of developing their own operating system for smartphones. It is a move that shows a possible distancing from providers like Android for their OS. HTC’s operating system will be on devices aimed specifically at the Chinese […]





