It’s been just over three months since Google made Android 4.4 KitKat available to the public, but only 1.8 percent of Android-powered devices are running it. Jelly Bean continues to have the largest reach with a 60.7 percent share — up from 60.1 percent in January — while Gingerbread’s share is slowly but surely getting smaller.
Google has reached a tentative agreement with the European Commission following a three-year antitrust investigation into how it displays search results in Europe. As part of the agreement, the company will display search results from three of its competitors — such as Yahoo! and Bing — alongside results that promote its own services.
By reaching this agreement, Google has escaped a fine of up to $5 billion, or 10 percent of its revenue from 2012.
HTC is set to announce its second-generation One — codenamed the “M8” — in March, but like a lot of the devices that came before it, the Taiwanese company has been unable to keep it under wraps until the big day.
Photos of the device that have surfaced online this week reveal a mysterious new sensor that sits above the handset’s rear-facing camera — plus a dual LED flash. The overall look of the handset itself, however, will be almost identical to its predecessor.
Samsung unveiled the scaled-down variant of its former flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S3, back in October, 2012, and a month later the handset was available in the U.S. from Amazon for $599.99. However, if you haven’t had the opportunity or the wherewithal to pick one up before now, it may be of interest to you to know that the popular online retailer is currently offering the device with a $363.00 discount.
LG’s G Pad 8.3 launched back in October, 2013, and is regarded as one of the more impressive mid-sized, ultra-portable Android tablets on the market. Starting today, residents in the United Kingdom can get their hands on the 16GB G Pad for £199.99 from the popular online retailer Expansy’s, which is a whopping £60 reduction off the usual recommended retail price.
