Google Phones

Google have updated their Google Search for Android app, bringing a better search experience to users of Android handsets running older versions of the operating system. The new look Search has a cleaner UI, which helps deliver a faster, smoother performance when searching the web on your phone. Additionally, the updated app also includes: - Suggestions for your search grouped by type, with web suggestions at the top - Country specific suggestions and search results for all countries that have their own Google domain - Long press to remove history items. The update is available for Android handsets running Android OS 2.2,...

Rumours are abound that Apple and Google may enter into the bidding for Premier League TV rights, when the contract goes out to tender before the end of the season. The Daily Mail report that Apple could see the Premiership as a key element in establishing the Apple TV service in the UK. Additionally, Google are also reported to be interested in bidding for Premiership rights, which could be offered via their YouTube platform. The increased competition for the rights to Premier League matches will be welcomed by the sports governing body, coming at a time where many sports are seeing...

It seems that Google has not forgotten about owners of the previous Android flagship phone, the Nexus S, with many Google employees commenting via various social media platforms that they are testing Ice Cream Sandwich on the device. Ice Cream Sandwich, the codename for Android OS 4.0, was first seen on the newest Google Android phone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. At the time of launch Google had suggested that ICS would become available for the Nexus S, and now it seems that the release is imminent, subject to successful testing. The lack of a coherent upgrading system for newer versions of Android...