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12 Mar 2010, 4:47 am by rgeorges
Why, disable Google search, and the capability to download Android apps from any source other than the official store, of course. [read post]
11 Jul 2010, 10:44 am by rgeorges
For those of you who think that I am in the bag for Android and Google, and want "pure" journalism, I offer the San Francisco Chronicle, which reports that, as Android hits 100,000 apps (it only had 10,000 last November), if Apple continues to censor and control what apps can be used on its system, it risks Android blowing by it just as PCs blew by Macs in the nineties. [read post]
2 May 2010, 5:47 am by rgeorges
So, I happily switched to the new kid on the block, Google Chrome, for everyday browsing. [read post]
4 Apr 2016, 7:53 am by Joe Mullin
Google nearly had to pay $85 million over a 1996 patent said to cover Android's push notifications. [read post]
12 Jun 2018, 1:33 pm by Dan Goodin
Enlarge (credit: Google) If ever there were a case for rejecting requested device permissions, it’s made by an Android app with more than 10 million downloads from Google Play. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 6:44 am by rgeorges
A new, tablet optimized version of Google Docs for Android, and an upgrade to web based presentation software from Google Apps, highlights the constant tinkering and improvement of Google Apps. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 9:10 pm
As you could imagine, the pimp refused to cooperate, so the FBI served Google with a warrant in order to get the Android developers to help out. [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 3:53 pm by Jennifer Lynch
Location History is offered to users on both Android and IOS devices, but users must opt in to data collection. [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 6:07 am by Florian Mueller
A year and a half after Google announced the acquisition of Motorola Mobility and declared its intent to force Microsoft (and Apple) into a comprehensive cross-license, there are no indications of Google getting serious leverage in any jurisdiction, while Microsoft continues to sign royalty-bearing license agreements with device makers choosing to address Android's infringement issues on their own.It was clear from the beginning that Motorola's strongest patents were… [read post]
15 Jan 2013, 2:16 am by Florian Mueller
Since Google doesn't guarantee Android licensees that it will defend and indemnify them, it doesn't have a formal obligation to act. [read post]
11 Apr 2013, 6:20 am by Timothy B. Lee
Google's competitors complain about the search giant's "predatory distribution of Android at below cost." [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 2:03 pm
" Oracle alleges that Google violated Java patents and copyrights in developing the Android operating system. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 11:49 pm by Florian Mueller
They collectively represent a high percentage of U.S. investment in software development, which dwarfs whatever Google and its Android hardware partners spend on software-related R&D.Even if (which we won't know until the brief is public) a small minority of its members distanced itself from the organization on this issue, its support of FRAND reflects consensus in the software industry. [read post]
6 Jun 2016, 12:16 pm by Eric Caligiuri
  Google wrote its own version of Java for Android, but in order to allow third-party developers to write programs for Android, Google also used the same names, organization, and functionality as the Java APIs. [read post]
18 Oct 2016, 8:35 am by Rebecca Tushnet
Thus, the motion to dismiss was denied.State claims and the CDA, section 230(c)(2)(A) (immunity for good faith removals): Spy Phone argued that Google was an information content provider (of the source code that enables apps to use Android), not an interactive computer service. [read post]
1 Apr 2023, 1:34 am by Florian Mueller
As I noted in my post on the California order, Google's Revenue Share Agreements (RSAs) with Android device makers are indeed at issue in the D.C. litigation and were mentioned in some of the Epic documents. [read post]
30 Apr 2019, 2:00 pm
The former head of the Android group, Andy Rubin, was paid $90 million to leave the company after he was accused of sexual wrongdoing. [read post]