Android 16 Is Here: Everything You Should Know About the Latest Update

The Android 16 update is officially rolling out—starting with supported Pixel devices and coming to other Android brands in the months ahead. This marks one of the earliest launches for a major Android version in recent years, bringing with it exciting upgrades in design, security, accessibility, and tablet productivity. Whether you’re a casual user, a […]

YouTube home page gets face lift, emphasis on channels

Google today unveiled a fresh look for its YouTube video Web site, going with a cleaner design that emphasizes subscriptions and channels even more than before. The company made the announcement on its blog, running through some of the changes. Those changes include placing the video at the top of the page, putting it front and […]

Sony brings Android Jelly Bean to the masses with the Xperia E

Sony has announced a new, budget Android phone called the Xperia E, and just in case anybody is confused over its position in the market, it has labelled it as the “no-nonsense Android smartphone.” That’s that cleared up, then. Keeping that in mind, don’t be expecting any mind-blowing spec details, but it does have one ace […]

Outlook.com hits 25 million users, welcomes own Android app

Launched back at the end of July, Microsoft’s rebranded Outlook.com has seen some impressive growth over the past four months. The email service has attracted an average of more than 6 million users per month since its inception, and earned 25 million users as of November. Competitors like Yahoo! Mail and Gmail are still quite a […]

Can Honeycomb tablets gain ground by being “just as good” as iPad?

The Google executives were still on stage at the Android Honeycomb event yesterday when a reader of our live coverage chimed in to respond to some chatter about Honeycomb not offering anything to make it better than the iPad. His comment was simple but it stuck with me. He wrote: If it’s as good and […]