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Update Alert: Google’s Suite of Updates from the Keynote [I/O 13]

Update Alert: Google’s Suite of Updates from the Keynote [I/O 13]

During Google’s keynote yesterday at I/O 13, the team unveiled a lot of new and updated services that should be hitting all of us relatively soon, get excited! The apps and services that we will be talking about include Play Music, Books, Talk/Hangouts and more. Be sure to keep a watch on all these apps over the next few months, as we will, to spot any new feature. Let’s get into all t... »

Update Alert: Google Updates Now and Plus!

Update Alert: Google Updates Now and Plus!

Just this after noon Google has taken to updating one of its most useful and informative apps/features in Jellybean (Android 4.1+) — Google Now (Google Search). This new update confirms some rumors, adds a plethora of features, and simply makes thing easier. Oh and they also updated the Google+ app, but yea… The changelogs for both are below: Google Search (Now): For Android 4.1+ (Jell... »

Google Music Scan and Match replacing explicit tracks with clean versions (Here’s how to fix it)

Google Music Scan and Match replacing explicit tracks with clean versions (Here’s how to fix it)

Just last week, Google announced an awesome new feature for its Play Music service, which allows users to eliminate the need for transferring gigabytes worth of data to get their music collections stored on the cloud. Rather than having to upload each track, Play Music’s new Scan and Match feature does exactly as its name implies. It scans your music collection, then matches it against Googl... »

Google announces Scan-and-Match feature for Play Music in the US, free for first 20,000 songs!

Google announces Scan-and-Match feature for Play Music in the US, free for first 20,000 songs!

Google Music is my go-to source for storing my music collection online. I’m absolutely in love with having the ability to upload my music to one place and then access it from any one of my numerous Android devices, laptops, or computers. Today, Google announced a major change to the service, which makes it even easier to get your songs into the cloud. In fact, now the search engine giant wil... »

Play Music sees update with various improvements

Play Music sees update with various improvements

Well boys and girls, Google is at it again today and have rolled out an update to their Play Music app.  It basically appears to be a bunch of clean-up stuff and improvements, no major overhaul or anything.  I will admit, the improvements were much needed.  The fixes for gapless playback and offline playback I’m definitely happy with. From the Play Store: v4.4.811H * Added ability to keep Th... »

The Bootloop: Did you miss any big Android happenings from the past week?

The Bootloop: Did you miss any big Android happenings from the past week?

The Bootloop Here we are again with another edition of The Bootloop, kids! Here’s a recap of everything we covered this past week. I’m sure we missed a few juicy stories, and we do apologize, but it just isn’t possible to report on every story that hits our desk. We wish we could, and hopefully some day we’ll be able to, but for now you’re stuck with us the way we are... »

Google drops minor updates for Wallet, Play Music, Drive and Shopper apps

Google drops minor updates for Wallet, Play Music, Drive and Shopper apps

Google has been hard at work on keeping its Android applications update, and today pushed new versions out on the Play Store for four of its popular offerings. While none of the updates are groundbreaking, you’ll still want to install each of them, as they are intended to enhance your experience in some way, shape, or form. Here they are, in no particular order: Google Drive (Version 1.1.4.2... »

Google Play Music updated to version 4.3.609

Google Play Music updated to version 4.3.609

So Google has decided to updated their premier cloud-enabled music playing app, Play Music, with a small updated to help those that have more than just phones and tablets. Also, for those on the last Android version, Jellybean, there’s a tasty treat in here for us as well. The update, which bring the app to version 4.3.609.[more unimportant numbers], is coupled with a quick and easy changelo... »

Google acknowledges and responds to Play Music de-authorization Debacle

Google acknowledges and responds to Play Music de-authorization Debacle

Yesterday, Keyan ran into a troubling issue with Google Play Music and quickly threw together a post about it, only to find out he wasn’t the only one seeming to have reached their device de-authorization limit. Apparently, a bunch of “crack flashers” (users who frequently flash updated custom ROMs on their devices) we met with the annoying message, which quickly led to a number ... »

Google Stopping Rooted Music?

Google Stopping Rooted Music?

Google will never outright say it but I’m beginning to think they don’t like us rooted users. First we can’t rent movies from the play store, now we’re having our Music usage slowly taking away from us? If you’re a “crackflasher” like I am, you probably flash a new ROM daily. After flashing said ROM we have to go and reauthorize all our apps, including Pla... »