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It looks as though all that whining may have finally paid off. In a tweet sent out by the @GoogleNexus twitter account, the big G announced to thunderous applause “Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) update now rolling out to Nexus S and Nexus One.”

It would seem that digital publishing, the messiah many publishing houses have been pinning their hopes on to stem the losses paper magazines are making, is finally taking off.

We don’t know what they’re drinking over there at the Google Inc. campus, but the search giant has been acting very amorously in the last few days.

There’s been a lot of cool stuff shown off at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, over the last couple of days. At this year’s event we’ve seen dual-core smart phones, 3D displays, and caught peeks at the newest iterations of some promising mobile operating systems.

The nascent near field communication space received a much needed jolt today as Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM) announced an agreement with Korean operator KT Corp. (KT) to …

The Age Australia | February 8, 2011 | Asher Moses The second Google-branded smartphone is about to hit Australia as analysts predict the search giant’s mobile platform will surpass iPhone …

Digital security firm McAfee says the number of malicious software attacks rose by 46% last year and that hackers have started zoning in on mobile phones – specifically the popular Android and iOS platforms.

Ahh, the humble smart phone. For the first part of the last decade a mere curiosity reserved for the hardcore nerds and obsessive businessman of this world, subsequently thrust into the limelight by the iPhone, then Android, and most recently by the escalating war between the two.

The app store battle that used to rage between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. appears to have finally cooled down, with both parties seemingly happy that they have a huge enough catalogue of apps to satisfy even the most voracious smart phone user. However, some of the app distribution platforms on other systems leave a lot to be desired.

Google Inc. today went live with the page for their annual developer conference, I/O. Aside from being a very nice HTML5 page featuring animated bouncy balls (also check out the draggable logos and buttons – seriously, this is a cool site!), the site also opens up registration for those wishing to attend.

It was just over a year ago that Google Inc. launched its “experiment” to shake up the mobile ecosystem in the United States. Seeking to push the envelope of Android hardware, the search giant teamed up with HTC Corp. to produce the excellent Nexus One. Although Google’s direct-to-consumers retail approach ultimately failed, the legacy of the Nexus One lived on.