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Facebook Ports Pages Manager App to Android

Facebook has ported its Pages Manager app to the Android operating system.

Facebook’s Pages Manager app had been available on Apple’s iOS for some time, allowing Page administrators to edit their pages. Now the firm has ported the software to the more…

Google Android Now Powers 3 in 4 Smartphones

Google’s Android platform has reached record worldwide sales numbers, according to analysts. Research firm IDC said that the Google mobile OS is the first to surpass 100 million quarterly shipments in a single quarter.

The platform powered some 136 million handsets, giving Android a 75 percent market share of all shipments. The company noted that more…

Twitter Tweaks Search Features in App Update

Twitter has updated its mobile app for iOS and Android, improving the search and discovery functions.

Announcing the updates in a blog post, Twitter’s engineering manager of Search and Relevance Daniel Loreto said users can now preview article summaries and photos in both more…

New Facebook Test: Mobile Ads Appear in Apps Not on Facebook

Facebook’s potentially sprawling ad network is emerging slowly but surely. The company said it is conducting a “small test” serving ads in mobile apps outside of Facebook.

The trial is an extension of one the social giant has been doing for the past few months on Zynga’s casual games site. more…

Marissa Mayer Just Gave Every Yahoo Employee An iPhone 5

New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer just sent an email to all of Yahoo’s full time and part time employees in the US, promising them a new Apple, Samsung, Nokia, or HTC smartphone.

“People are happy,” says a source at the company. more…

Google Denies Microsoft’s Android Botnet Report

android-malwareGoogle has lashed out at Microsoft researcher Terry Zink, claiming there is no evidence to support his warning that a new botnet is forcing infected Android phones to churn out spam.

The search giant said in a statement that its own internal research indicated the spam messages were more…

Google sees advantage in making new gadget in USA

google(Reuters) – When Google Inc decided to build its Nexus Q home entertainment device in Silicon Valley rather than in China, it was not fretting about the bottom line. It was fretting about speed.

“We wanted to innovate fast. This is the first end-to-end hardware product that Google has ever put out,” said more…

Google Introduces Chrome, Drive for iOS

google-chromeDay two of the Googles I/O conference in San Francisco saw the introduction of Google Chrome and Drive apps for iOS devices. Google showcased the apps latest features and showed what Google software looks like on an Apple device during the show. more…