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Verizon to Launch Motorola Devour, Android-Based Phone
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Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:36 am
Verizon said it plans to launch the Motorola Devour, a Google smartphone that syncs contacts and emails with content from Facebook and Twitter, in March of this year.
Running Android, the smartphone includes Google services such as Search and Gmail, Calendar, Maps with Street View for turn-by-turn directions and Android Market to download additional apps. It also has a large 3.1-inch capacitive touch screen with navigation pad, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 3.2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and high-speed Internet and Wi-Fi. Facing tough competition from Apple and Research in Motion in recent years, Motorola is now beginning to show some signs of life after reorganizing its handset unit -- which it intends to spin off in the future -- around Google's new Android operating system. Motorola co-chief executive Sanjay Jha has been aggressively expanding its portfolio of smartphones, announcing efforts to release over 20 models this year, including an Android device sold directly to buyers on its Web site -- a distribution method Google said it would use for its Nexus One device. Motorola did not announce a price but said the Devour will hit Verizon stores in March.
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Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:16 pm
Google said it plans to launch its new Web-connected television service, dubbed "Google TV," in the U.S. this fall, as the Internet giant looks to expand its reach from computers and smartphones to the living room.
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Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:30 am
Record companies are in talks with Google about developing an online music service, with the hopes that the Internet search giant can take on Apple's dominance over the digital music market.
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Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:30 pm
India has asked all companies that provide encrypted communications to install servers within the country, as the government widened its security crackdown to companies including Google, Nokia and Skype.
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Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:33 am
New Zealand officials today cleared Google of any criminal charges, after the Internet search giant mistakenly collected personal data from wireless networks for its "Street View" mapping service.
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Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:20 pm
Google has bought game developer SocialDeck, making it the fifth social-networking acquisition for the search engine giant since the beginning of August.
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