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Google has announced its acquisition of leading mobile office solution Quickoffice. Quickoffice has proved to be one of the most powerful mobile office suites available and has shared success across multiple mobile platforms including Android and iOS. It’s tough to tell what Google has planned for the office suite but we’re sure it involves Google Docs, Google Drive, and a host of other productivity apps.

There’s no telling what the future will hold for the Quickoffice suite currently on iOS, as well as platforms other than Android — but one has to wonder: will Google simply kill them off or keep them after they integrate its features into their own apps? Details are bit scarce at this point but we’ll keep you updated.

Looks like Google is on another acquisition kick, as they’ve been scooping up companies left and right over the past month. We certainly welcome this latest addition and look forward to the Quickoffice integration.

It looks like Oracle has been dealt another blow in their failed extortion scheme. Today, Judge William Alsup ended Oracle’s hopes of scraping together enough cash to pay their lawyers by ruling that the SSO of the APIs Google was previously found guilty of infringing, are in fact not covered under current copyright law. Now just play the video above for a complete summary.

As we anxiously await Google I/O, and what it may have planned for Android, we’re treated to a possible sneak peek courtesy an online benchmark site. The rumored Google Nexus tablet that’s been talked about for months appears to have taken a spin on the benchmark site Rightware. Showing up under the name Google ASUS Nexus 7, this 768×1280 quad-core mystery device actually gives us quite a bit of information thanks to a little digging by the guys over at Android Police.

We have to share this next bit of information because, unfortunately, Google does not. There’s been an ongoing issue with Google Wallet, NFC, and its secure element. Since devices that carry the three are far and few between, you may not have heard much about the issue. However, it has made its way back into the spotlight thanks to an unfortunate owner of a newly released HTC EVO 4G LTE.

You remember that fancy Google+ update that iOS users were treated to before us Android users? Well, say hello to sloppy seconds (actually beautiful seconds) because it’s now here for Android. If you head over to the Play Store now, you’ll be able to download the latest version of Google+ and begin enjoying the UI refresh as well as:

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