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It’s safe to say that Jelly Bean is now officially out of the bag, and we have the official Google Play Store to thank. Earlier in the day, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus listing included a description that outed Android 4.1 and also revealed that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus would be the first phone to get the tasty treat.

We’ve got more Android 4.0 news for you today. This time it involves you Sony Xperia S owners out there. According to Sony, the Android 4.0 rollout has started and will be available OTA as well as by computer – either with their web-based Xperia Update, PC Companion or Bridge for Mac.

If you’ve opted to hold onto your AT&T Galaxy S II for a bit longer, you’ll be happy to know you can go ahead and grab the long awaited Ice Cream Sandwich update from Kies. You won’t be seeing this OTA so don’t wait another second for it to hit, find your nearest USB cable and fire up Kies.

Thanks to Apple, every manufacturer now feels like they need their own voice assistant and so begins the borderline mental illness campaign of conversing with your phone. Samsung announced their own version S-Voice, which is launching with the new Samsung Galaxy S III in a couple of days. Now, LG has decided to jump on the voice wagon by announcing their own voice assistant service Quick Voice.

Google’s VP of Product Management, Bradley Horowitz, announced that Google has partnered with Flipboard to integrate Google+ streams into the popular magazine-styled reader. Google+ will join Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and a host of other social services available on Flipboard thanks to new extended APIs. This new integration is a great step forward for users, especially those who enjoy accessing all of their social content from a single app such as Flipboard.

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