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This week the folks from Google have been on a roll with software updates. After having a pretty mild Google I/O that was aimed at developers, we’re now seeing updates[...]

Verizon has been on a roll lately regarding their updates and continued improvements to their 4G LTE network, and today we have even more good news. Aside from the odd[...]

CTIA is, supposedly, the largest tech convention focused on mobile in the United States. In fact, it has generally been one of Verizon and Sprint's favored handset launch venues in recent years. The EVO 4G was announced at CTIA. So was the EVO 3D. The Galaxy Tab 8.9. The DROID Incredible 4G. Even last year's relatively low-key show brought a few noteworthy nuggets. This year, though, is a wasteland. The only new handsets launched were a couple of ruggedized Kyoceras with absolutely dismal specifications. And the show floor itself is insufferably dull - here's who doesn't have a booth at CTIA 2013. Done With This Post? You Might Also Like These:CTIA To Combine Both Mobile Trade Shows Into A 'Super Mobile Show' Voltron In 2014 Android Police's Live Coverage Of CES 2013 - Here's Our Preview, And Schedule Of Events Follow Live CES 2012 Coverage With Android Police January 8-12 - Here Is What To Expect! [The Weekend Poll] Who's Going To Make The Biggest Splash At This Year's CES? Rant: CTIA 2013 - Why You Didn't See Any Android Police Stories Out Of "America's Largest Mobile Event" was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

In what could be labeled as this year’s biggest non shocker, Apple is claiming that Samsung is violating Siri patents with Mountain View’s Google Now software. U.S. patents 8,086,604 and 6,846,959 cover technology related to Siri, a “universal interface for retrieval of information in a computer system.”  Apple is grouping these violations together with the [...] Apple Sets Eyes... Click the post title to continue through and join the conversation!

Most men seem to understand the unspoken rules of bathroom etiquette. They get in, they do the deed, and they get out with as little awkward contact as necessary. But there's always that one guy who messes things up - that jerk who walks in and stands at the urinal next to yours when there was clearly another free one available. It's too late to educate that guy, but hopefully the next one will play Men's Room Mayhem before he makes the same mistake.   Ripstone's latest game puts gamers in the shoes of a bathroom janitor tasked with making sure the whizzers that walk in aim their tackle in the right direction. Done With This Post? You Might Also Like These:ShaqDown Arrives On The Play Store - All The Mutant Zombies You Can Throw A Basketball At For $0.99 ESPN Releases X Games Apps For Android Phones And Tablets [New Game] Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! Finally Makes Its Way To Android - Drop More Than One Type Of Bomb While On The Toilet [New App] Official My Disney Experience Guides You Around Walt Disney World With GPS Maps And Wait Times Men's Room Mayhem Awards Players For Leaving One Urinal Empty Between Patrons, As It Should was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

We briefly touched yesterday on Bitdefender's new privacy protection utility Clueful, but today we'd like to take a closer look at everything the app has to offer, along with what makes it stand out from the crowd. For those who may not have caught yesterday's post (where we're also giving away two Galaxy S4 i9500s and two HTC Ones), Clueful is best described as a "personal privacy consultant" that offers full details of what your apps are actually doing behind the scenes. This includes details about which apps can potentially send your personal information and/or identity to third parties, track your location, have access to "sensitive data," show "very intrusive" ads, and much more. Done With This Post? You Might Also Like These:[Giveaway] Win One Of Two Galaxy S4 i9500s Or Two HTC Ones From BitDefender And Android Police PSA: XFINITY App Exposes Your Comcast Username & Password In System Log Design Flaw In Android Could Allow For Phishing Attempts And Pop-Up Ads Twitter Changes Login System, Catches HTC Off Guard (Despite An 8 Month Heads-Up) Bitdefender's Clueful Spots Privacy Leaks, Keeps Your Apps Honest [Sponsored Post] was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Google Drive for mobile devices has been updated and brings forth a new UI as well as some useful tools. Here’s what you can expect with the update: - New grid view makes it easier to find your files - New quick preview lets you view photos and other files from within the app - Scan documents, receipts and letters for safe keeping in Drive; then search by contents once uploaded - Download a copy of files to your local device (Honeycomb+) - Spreadsheet editor now supports changing fonts, colors and cell alignment - View properties of files from within the editors - Bug fixes and visual improvements Out of curiosity, do you guys use Drive often? Or do you much prefer a differ cloud based service? Links after the break!   Play Store Download Link Come comment on this article: Google Drive mobile app updated; Brings forth Androids card UI Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more!

As long as Android has been around, there have been widgets. It is one of the features that has separated Android from its competitors for all these years. There are widgets for everything too. News feed widgets, social networking widgets, calendar, weather, clock, battery, and pretty much everything else you can think of. So which ones are the best? We went to search the Play Store for the best widgets for Android and found some pretty good ones. As usual, if you’d rather watch than read, we’ve posted the video at the bottom. Battery Widget Reborn Battery Widget Reborn isn’t a must-have widget, but it has a lot of features that you’ll find to be pretty useful. You can track your battery usage (i.e. what is using your battery life), temperature of the device, battery history, and you can even set up some more advanced power saving functions. Additionally, the widget is very customizable. There’s an ongoing notification in your notification panel that is highly customizable. Also, there’s a a widget you can setup on your home screen, which has quite a few customizeable options as well, including changing the color of the widget and how much space it takes (i.e. 2 by 2 or 4 by 4). Clock Now Next on our list is Clock Now. As the name implies, it’s a simple widget with that beautiful Google Now card-like theme. So, if you’re looking to spice your home screen up with that authentic Google look, you’ll love this widget right off the bat. There’s also a bit of customization that can be tinkered with. You can set up four different background options and two color options for the text. In addition to the clock, this particular widget will also let you see some quick weather info and an incon of your choice. The icon acts as an alternative way to toggle off your Wi-Fi connection. If you’re looking for more toggle spaces than just one, Clock Now provides you with up to six spaces. DigiCal Calendar & Widget DigiCalender & Widget pairs as an app and a widget. Most stock and OEM skinned calendar offerings are very well put together, but more often than not, they lack a good widget. DigiCal looks to fill that void with some really awesome widget options. DigiCal offers a lot of different styles of widgets. It has just about anything you’d think a calendar widget should have. Full screen month view? Check. A 2 by 4 day by day widget? Check. The widgets also have a neutral color, so you shouldn’t notice any conflicts with themes. On top of that, you’re able to control the transparency. All in all, it’s a really nice calendar widget, and unlike a lot of apps and widgets, it has tablet support. That said, it should look really nice on whatever device you put the widget on. HD Widgets HD Widgets is perhaps one of the most popular and highly raved widgets on the Google Play Store. There’s two reasons for its wild success. The first reason is that HD Widgets is one of the few true widget apps to have an extremely wide range of widget configurations. It has literally everything. Toggles, clocks, weather data, date widgets, you name it. The majority of these widget configurations can be combined as well. The second reason for its wild success is the sheer amount of customization that HD Widgets offers. You can tell this is a really good widget app when you spend a good 20 minutes configuring the widget to your liking. Each individual widget can be customized in a number of ways. You can change the color of the text, background colors, and clock colors. If that’s not enough, you can download their Colorform app to add a plethora of other customization options. This is a must have widget app for widget aficionados. Taptu Last on our list is Taptu. If you’re familiar with our work here at Android Authority you may recall that this particular app made it in our Best Google Reader replacement apps list awhile back. That’

Ruggedized handsets are all the rage these days. Sony’s flagship Xperia Z has a waterproof and dustproof design. Sammy is also reportedly looking to bring its own rugged Galaxy S4 Active to the market. That’s why it comes as no surprise that LG has now officially announced the Optimus GJ E975W. So what’s so special about the Optimus GJ? Honestly, not much. In essence this is nothing more than an Optimus G, wearing slightly modified clothing that allows for IPX7 certification. That means the Optimus GJ is good for thirty minutes of playtime in the water, as long as it doesn’t go any deeper than a meter. The only other noticeable difference is that the GJ is a bit larger and thicker from its older sibling, at 131.9 x 68.9 x 8.5mm versus 136.9 x 68.9 x 9.9mm. All hardware specs carry over from the Optimus G. For those that need a refresher, this means that the phone is powered by a quad-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU and features 2GB of RAM. The display is 4.7-inches and has a resolution of 1280 x 768. Other specs include a 13MP rear cam, Bluetooth 4.0, 16GB storage, microSD, and a 2,280 mAh battery. As for the OS, you get Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean out of the box. At least for now, the Optimus GJ looks to be coming exclusively to Taiwan with a planned June arrival. The phone will set you back $17,990TWD, or about $600. There will be two color choices: black or black/red. Creating rugged handsets that can handle active lifestyles is a smart move, but it would have probably made more sense if LG would have held out and gave this kind of design to the rumored LG Optimus G2 instead. That said, I’m sure there is still a market for the handset among those that don’t need the newest hardware and are simply looking for a capable rugged device. If the LG Optimus GJ came to your local market, would you consider it? Or are there just too many other waterproof alternatives that pack more punch?

Today the Google Chrome for Android team pushed out a quick update that should make plenty of users happy. The update however, is essentially the same thing we saw a[...]