Fake Nexus tablet image is fake

As you can likely imagine, we incur quite a few images at PA that signification to be leaked shots of upcoming products. Whatever transmit out to be echt, and it's ever breathless to transport you those stories. Most of the images we perceive are statesman equivocal, and we try to be forthright nearly the size of the flavourer cereal you poorness to have with them. And eventually, sometimes we get images that are pellucid fakes. 

That's the scenario we conceptualise ourselves in this start - there is an icon making the rounds that appears to be a leaked pushing soul from the upcoming Google I/O association that shows off a 7" tablet. And it's a city perception twist in the mortal. Unluckily it's also a pretty provable counterfeit. Dear introspection shows hyaline "bounding boxes" where there is a key happening in the digital disturbance close the "Google" and "ASUS" trademarks, as cured as around the Linkage logo in the region of the instruction sometimes true marketing teams change to make composites when they are excavation with unreleased products, but we expect it's invulnerable to say that anyone working for Google before of I/O would begin with significantly change assets antecedent to making a whole. So meditate this a open help declaration: if you see it pop up on your travels around the experience countywide web, you can set assured that it's not the sincere McCoy. And you don't fuck to endure our articulate for it, you can increase the appearance below and mark for yourself.

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source: Digital Versus

Official refuses to let HTC use patents gifted from Google in sufferer against Apple

Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender has ruled that HTC cannot use patents it was gifted by Google to help it accuse Apple of infringing on the Taiwan based manufacturer's intellectual property. According th Judge Pender, HTC has not acquired all of the rights of the patents. If HTC decides to appeal and the decision holds up, HTC will be down to having three bullets in the 8 shot patent gun it has been holding against Apple's head in the second case that HTC has brought against Apple. Last summer, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt vowed in a speech that Google would do whatever it could to help HTC win its suit against Apple.

You might cite that Google bimanual over those patents to HTC endmost twelvemonth and with the movement of his pen granting Apple's happening, the decide forces HTC to convey the patents. Now, Apple module hit squad few claims against it. There is a way that the patents could be utilized and that would be if Google joins the investigation as an further complainant.  

Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender

If Google decides to tie the research, it testament add to the legitimate conflict between the Mountain Ambit school satellite and Apple. Thanks to Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the band is already tackling off against the Cupertino aggroup in romance. Additionally, there mightiness be some problem with Google transient the ITC's domestic industry duty in position of those 5 patents. HTC had argued that those 5 patents were misused in the production of its products, but name that the ITC says that the patents do not belong to them. And Google did not manufacture any handsets at the dimension of the disorder which was antecedent to the Motorola Mobility acquire. 


Had Google not waited to egest the patent assign, or had they prefabricated the transferral in a variety that would fuck included all rights instead of supplying restrictions and limitations, Apple's happening strength not jazz succeeded. Google has slam itself in the beat and now has to use that synoptical beat to try to rebound Apple in the nurture. And the firmness by the determine to inability this "Rent-A-Patent" command asFlorian Mueller cleverly obloquy it, could colligate that new paid document trolls that suchlike Google might hit to do, it would be implausible that they could fulfil the tamed industry responsibility since the patent holders don't truly invent anything but walloping pay days for attorneys.

source: FOSSPatents

Judge Thomas Pender's ruling means that HTC cannot use the patents given to it by Google to accuse Apple of patent infringement

Google Wallet 2.0 in the works, Sprint to develop its own mobile payment system, rumors claim

Ready for a fresh dose of rumors? Okay, here we go. Today, Google Wallet is under the spotlight – a mobile payment system that has not really gained that much traction yet. However, some say that a successor referred to as Google Wallet 2.0 is in the works. According to the sources, the revamped platform will be much more flexible when it comes to promotions and special offers. Also, there is supposedly going to be a heavier focus on cloud-based payments, although it is unclear what exactly that is supposed to mean. Perhaps the recent acquisition of TxVia has something to do with the rumored Wallet 2.0?

Sprint, on the other hand, which has been Google's partner in bringing Wallet to the masses from day one, is working on a mobile payment system of its own, if rumors are to be believed. Dubbed "Touch", the service is expected to be a worthy alternative to Isis and Google's service. The idea behind this move is said to be Sprint's ambition to have control over every aspect of the payment system, including bank partnerships, security measures, distribution of APIs and software development.

Of course, all of the above are just rumors, and we don't really have any hard evidence to back them up. Yet if any of these speculations is on the right track, we might hear more details at the upcoming I/O conference, scheduled for later this month. 

source: NFC Times via The Verge

Google+ APK code reveals Events, Games, and themes may be on the way

Google+ has seen a number of improvements recently especially in the UI of the mobile apps, and the general consensus is that a lot of that can be attributed to the short stint that Kevin Rose had on the team, and now there are even more features could be on the way. Google isn't even trying all that hard to hide them, as they are listed pretty clearly in the new Android APK code. 

First, there were reports that Google Calendar had snippets of code referring to coming G+ integration, and now it has been found that there is an "Events" feature that is all ready for launch hidden in the Google+ app code. It's unclear exactly how the Events feature will work, but it does seem to have Google Calendar integration (not surprising), and have options to see a history of events, upcoming events, and create new events. There may be tie-ins to the new Local feature found in G+ and Google Maps as well. 

Additionally, there are small bits of code that point to possible theme support coming to Google+ mobile, and maybe even better is support for Google+ games in the mobile app. Right now, Games is nothing more than an item listing in the code, so that may not be coming any time soon. 

source: Android Police

Google Nexus tablet may offer magazine subscriptions

Most of you probably don't remember, but way back in January of last year, there was a rumor going around that Google was working on its own digital newsstand backed by major publishers, which was assumed to be in response to Apple's offerings on the iPad, although now it could just as easily be linked to options on Barnes & Noble's Nook and the Amazon Kindle Fire. The idea had been that Google was working with big name publishers like Time Warner, Conde Nast and Hearst to bring the content to Android, and word has it that idea has been resurrected for the Nexus tablet. 

Business Insider is now reporting that this digital newsstand may be launching along with the Nexus tablet. It's unclear whether this will be part of Jelly Bean, or simply a new app from Google, but it seems likely that the publications will become part of the Play Store. And, really, we're of the mind that's what the hold-up has been. Back when we first heard the rumor, Google didn't have the Play Store as fully built as it is now, and there was no option for in-app subscriptions, which is now possible, not to mention the Android tablet market was still pretty weak. Now all of those factors are in place and make Android a much nicer place for magazine publishers to inhabit. 

We're just hoping that magazine publishers actually put some effort into creating the digital versions of the magazines and don't just populate the newsstand with repackaged PDFs. We should find out soon enough, as this will no doubt be confirmed or busted at Google I/O in a couple weeks. 

source: Business Insider via Android Authority

Google Nexus tablet specs, release date, price and more: rumor round-up

Ever since the launch of the Motorola XOOM, the first Android tab powered by a real OS for tablets — Android 3 Honeycomb — there have been rumors claiming that we'll eventually see a Google tablet, just like we have Google phones with the Nexus line. With the annual Google I/O developer event coming in just a few weeks, we've seen plenty of tasty leaks recently, many of which are best served with a grain of salt.

Indeed, practically all of the info that's currently available about the eventual Nexus tablet is still very unofficial, but you know how it is – when the big guys aren't letting anything out, we're letting the rumor mill in.

Still, you never know when a too-good-to-be-true rumor might actually turn out real. That's why we thought that you wouldn't mind having all the important bits about the anticipated device neatly put in a single place, so here we go!


SPECS

Even the unofficial sources haven't exactly been generous when it comes to the specs of this thing, but at least the most important pieces of the puzzle are in place. In line with the rumors that the device will be positioned as an affordable tablet, most rumors point at a 7” screen, like the one on the Kindle Fire. Thanks to some benchmark info by RightWare (makers of BrowserMark and other benchmark tools), we know that the display may sport a resolution of 1280x768 pixels, which is up to par with the competition.

As far as the processor of the Nexus tablet goes, the Tegra 3 SoC by NVIDIA is the most-probable candidate, at least for now. Well, there were previous reports dismissing this probability, considering the affordable nature of the device, but we've actually seen multiple unofficial “confirmations” that customers will indeed experience the quad-core love with Google's tablet. NVIDIA itself has announced its plans to bring the Tegra 3 technology to the sub-$200 range, so this rumor might not be so far-fetched.

Along with Tegra 3, the Nexus tablet may also come with 1GB of RAM, which is something like the industry-standard for Android devices right now.

One of the most interesting questions regarding the upcoming device is which one's going to be the hardware manufacturer that's going to produce it. As it seems, almost all eyes are on ASUS, and that's terrific, having in mind that the company has released some of the most-successful and well-made Android tablets (and is continuing to do so). Courtesy of the same benchmark info mentioned above, there's this interesting piece that leads us to the 'Nexus 7' name for the device. It actually makes sense, considering the currently-popular naming schemes among Android tablet manufacturers. This also hints that there might be a 'Nexus 10' product in the works...


SOFTWARE

Trying to guess which OS version the Nexus tablet is going to run, the sources are basically torn between Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean. However, things aren't really so simple, as is isn't certain if Jelly Bean is going to be the next major iteration of Android, or a minor updated designed for tablets. By the looks of it, seeing a major update so soon doesn't seem very likely, as ICS is yet to become available to most of the devices within the Android ecosystem. Still, it'll be a very nice surprise if the Nexus tab introduces us to some form of an update of the OS.

One interesting rumor is that this particular update of the Android operating system for tablets will bring dual-boot functionality, allowing users to run Chrome OS on their tablets as well, although this certainly sounds like too big of a step for us.

Could this be the Nexus tablet?

RELEASE DATE

In December, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt allegedly told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera that Google is to release its own tablet in about six months. Obviously, that makes Google I/O as the perfect occasion for Google to make this kind of announcement.

Additionally, other sources claim that the new tablet will be among the presents that Google is going to give away to developers at this year's I/O, so June 27-29 is our definitely our best guess right now, when it comes to the Nexus tablet's release date.


PRICE

There have been various claims as to what price tag is going to be attached to the Asus Nexus. Those gofrom the world-beating $149, to the still-affordable $249. The most recent rumors point at the $149-$199 range, which would be a great price, but of course, this also makes us wonder if it won't be at the expense of the device's quality and features.

Anyway, the best part is that we won't have to wait for too long until we get all the answers, which will hopefully happen at the Google I/O event, kicking-off on June 27. Stay tuned for our coverage!

Munster: 2% of Google's profits come from the Apple iPhone and Apple iPad

With WWDC coming next week, there is a chance that we will hear Apple announce that its own mapping application will replace Google Maps on iOS. According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster this action will not have any affect on Google's take from iOS. In fact, Munster calculates that 2% of Google's profits come from the Apple iPhone and Apple iPad thanks to Google Search.

Even though Google Maps won't be the mapping application for iOS out of the box, Google said at a press briefing on Wdnesday that it will still offer an iOS version of Google Maps as an app. Those used to it will still be able to download it from the Apps Store. Apple users are pretty much creatures of habit, so you can probably expect many of them to opt for the Google Maps app. Munster expects such an app from Google to overtake its other free iOS apps like Search, Gmail, Google+ and Translate.

"We estimate Google will generate gross mobile revenue of ~$4.5 billion in 2012 with approximately $500 million coming from display and $4 billion from search. We believe iOS is likely to be the biggest or close to biggest portion of mobile search revenue. Assuming the iOS generates around 40% of total mobile search revenue ($1.6 billion) and Google keeps half after TAC, iOS would generate about 2% of Google's net revenue in 2012. We do not expect any material impact to these assumptions if Google Maps were to no longer be the default mapping application on iOS."-Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster

source: Fortune via TUAW

Google building Metro Chrome for Windows 8

Google has been terrible about supporting Windows Phone, there's no secret in that statement. But, word is coming out that Google is working on a Chrome browser for Windows 8 that should work on some tablets. 

Google announced today via the Chromium blog that the next dev channel release of its Chrome browser will have integration with Windows 8, including snap view and charms. Charms are the new universal buttons that slide out from the right side of the screen, including: Search, Share, Devices, Settings, and Start. The Chrome browser will still look the same, but having these integrations into Windows 8 should be pretty nice. 

Of course, this version of Chrome is being built for desktops and laptops, and will not be available on Windows RT (ARM devices), meaning there will be some tablets that won't be able to run the app because Microsoft doesn't want competition on ARM devices. But, Windows 8 devices like the Asus Transformer Book, or Asus Tablet 810 which are running on Intel processors should be able to run this version of Chrome. 

source: Chromium

Oracle ordered to pay more to Google than they can win in damages

It’s being reported on some news sites that Oracle was ordered to pay Google’s legal costs.While that somewhat overstates the situation, Oracle does have to pay a small portion of Google’s legal fees, and that amount has already exceed the maximum of $300,000 that Oracle can win when Judge Alsup rules on damages from the two statutory infringement rulings that Oracle won in the copyright phase of the trial.

How did this happen? Those of you who followed the Oracle v. Google case may recall that Oracle tried not once, not twice, but three times to submit a damages report to the court that it would accept. The first two were part of Oracle's attempt to justify why they should be owed billions of dollars, a claim that apparently no one believed (except Florian Mueller). The court didn’t accept Oracle's numbers, and rejected both of the initial attempts outright.

At that point Judge Alsup was content to simply not allow Oracle to provide a damages report at all, but Oracle realized this was not a good idea for them and did the legal equivalent of begging and pleading to be allowed to provide a third damages report.  The judge grudgingly allowed Oracle a third chance stating:

Oracle should be required to make the reimbursements described above as a condition of a third try because it would be unfair to impose on Google the fees and expenses necessary to respond to the third effort.  Oracle has already had two full and fair opportunities and has overreached on both.  Oracle has behaved unreasonably and should bear the burden of the consequences.  Apart from reasonableness or not, allowing a third try of this magnitude is rare in federal litigation and the party responsible for the need for a third try should bear the full burden.

So Google kept a separate record of their legal fees associated with deposing Oracle's damages witness, filing responses, doing defense research, etc. According to a Google spokesperson those fees exceeded $300,000, which means that even if Oracle gets the maximum of $150,000 for each ruling of statutory copyright infringement they will still have paid Google more money than they received in damages.

Of course Google racked up that $300,000 in a week or two with only a part of their legal team working on Oracle’s report – so in a case that lasted over a year we know that the real winners here were their legal team, as both sides undoubtedly spent tens of millions of dollars on this case. None the less, this must certainly be like rubbing salt in the wound for Oracle and their legal team. If you’re really into reading legal rulings, you can find the ruling in its entirety in the source link.

source: Court Order via Gizmodo