Android

Also, Samsung's weird Galaxy S 4 design video, a shady-looking rooting service, and more in this Android rumor roundup.

When Intel said recently that its Bay Trail chips will power a wave of $200 touchscreen laptops, the company wasn't talking only about Windows.

The idea that Google's going to release a new version of Android called Key Lime Pie at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco in a couple of weeks has become one of those rumors that's so widespread it becomes the conventional wisdom. It makes sense, it's being hinted at left and right -- come on, clearly these folks are going to hit us with some more dessert this year, right?

Disembodied heads of friends and family staring at me from my phone? No thanks

Microsoft and BlackBerry have been tripping over themselves to toss cash at developers and beef up their app stores in recent months, trying desperately to gain ground on the behemoth selection of iOS and Android.

The lead developer of CyanogenMod, one of the most popular third-party versions of Android, has reversed a change that would have removed the ability for users to opt out of data collection, after a determined protest from some CyanogenMod users.

There are a few general guidelines that businesses looking to use Android would do well to remember.

Those in the market for a cheap Android tablet will have to wait a few months longer for HP's Slate 7.

Google's decision to bring its Android and Chrome divisions together under Sundar Pichai should result in greater work between the two platforms, but Pichai first needs to rein in the fast expanding operating system and bring some order to the business, analysts said Wednesday.

One of the highlights of the Document Foundation's LibreOffice 4.0 release last month was the addition of Impress Remote, a mobile app that lets users control LibreOffice presentations from their Android phone.

A 2010-vintage HTC Nexus One is the brains of a satellite launched into orbit Monday by the Indian Space Research Organization, dubbed STRaND-1.