jfruh writes “When Android was first introduced, it got much of its buzz in the open source community, and despite it being a mobile juggernaut backed by huge companies, it remains an open source project that anyone can submit code to. Thus, when a com…

Android was everywhere at the 2013 International CES, but the bigger names didn’t offer much this time. Instead, companies like Huawei, ZTE and Vizio showed off new phones. Meanwhile, Dropbox gets a nice upgrade on Android and I share my favorite new Android device from CES.

Dropbox is rapidly bulking up its Android app’s photo sharing strength after lavishing some early attention on iOS. A newly posted refresh for the Google-friendly version lets photographers mass-select whole albums’ worth of images quickly to share w…

Fleksy, the new mobile keyboard that debuted on iOS back in August, was showing its stuff at CES this year. The trick of automatically predicting what you’re typing without requiring much more than your relative tap position and word length is no less impressive than it has been in the past, but Fleksy now has a new trick up its sleeve, too: an Android version that can actually replace your stock keyboard, something that isn’t possible on iOS.

Google has a tendency to post minor Android updates on devices and timetables we wouldn’t entirely expect. We might just be witnessing a repeat: both Brazil’s Adrenaline and Malaysia’s Lowyat.net claim to have seen newly shipping Nexus 4s with an as …

An anonymous reader writes “Google has released Chrome version 24 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. You can update to the latest release now using the browser’s built-in silent updater, or download it directly from google.com/chrome. The biggest improvement…

While some have declared 3D dead, Chinese electronics firm Gadmei doesn’t appear to have received the memo. Cruising the outskirts of the Las Vegas Convention Center, we came across the company’s forthcoming glasses-free 3D HD Pad. The device packs a…