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Today Google announced that it was not going to present at the annual JavaOne developer conference, as originally planned, due to the recent patent infringement suit filed against it by Java developer Oracle. [via MobileBurn]

Adobe has finally made available its Flash Player 10.1 to Google’s N1 users that are running Android 2.2 Froyo.  Beta versions have long been available to N1 users via the Android Market, but now users can get a broader scope of Flash support for things like video, games, and more. [via IntoMobile]

Google added a new feature to its Gesture Search app, a double flip feature.  The Gesture Search app lets users search by writing specific gestures on-screen and with the newly updated app, users can flip their phones sideways and back-up to automatically engage the Gesture Search function. The new application is available on Google’s Gesture [...]

Today on the Android Dev Blog, it was announced that the Nexus One has officially become the new developer phone, replacing the Google Ion.  It is noted that the new dev phone will ship with Android 2.1 pre-loaded but will get an update to Froyo shortly after it is turned on.  The phone is paired [...]

According to the CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, Android is now shipping on around 200,000 devices a day. That’s a million a week, even if the little green tyke takes a break for weekends. If we consider where this number lay during the past few months, Android is experiencing 330% growth since April and a [...]

Google has added an easy button for Android users to get to any website recently visited right from their device.  The new Google Search History button offers users in the U.S. a quick and convenient way to relocate their web browsing history.  Google users must be signed into their Google accounts and enable search history [...]

Google have recently launched an enhancement to their Google Voice mobile app for Android (and Blackberry) devices. The primary benefit afforded by the upgrade is faster calling. Google have decided to brand this feature “direct access numbers.” To summarise this improvement, let us first consider the Google Voice the ‘old way’. You would speak into [...]

Google has officially announced the closing of its Nexus One online web store.  The company said it has received its last shipment of the device and, once sold out, the store will shut down for good. Customer support will still be available for Nexus One owners, if needed. Google also added that the Nexus One [...]

Similar things have already been tried with the iPhone, and all-but failed. Now, Google is attempting to log available parking spaces with Open Spot. This applications requires significant user adoption for it to become a real hit, but if it does, it could prove awesome. The general principle is as follows. Should you find a [...]

It is official. Google have now released the fabled update to Android 2.2 (aka Froyo) for the Nexus One. As you may no doubt be aware, Google actually rolled out a Froyo update back in May to a handful of Nexus One devices. Of course, this version found its way online and coders around the [...]