Google+ makes you feel at home with Communities, ‘a place for whatever you’re into’

Google’s social service has provided a venue for chatting and collaborating with family and friends, but it hasn’t exactly been the best place to get to know strangers who happen to share similar interests. That seems to be the idea behind Communities — think of it as Facebook Groups, but within the Google ecosystem. Google+ Communities can be open to anyone on the network, but they can be private if you wish, so members have the opportunity to …

Microsoft’s Android bashing campaign goes down in flames as #WindowsRage trends

What was Microsoft thinking? The software giant initiated a campaign on Twitter, dubbed #DroidRage, inviting Android users to share their “malware horror stories”, only to have it backfire spectacularly shortly afterwards. A huge number of anti-Microsoft posts with the #WindowsRage hashtag appeared on Twitter and Google+, almost immediately.
The problem with the campaign, apart from the less-than-brilliant concept, is the timing. Criticism of Mic…

Toshiba intros Excite 10 SE tablet with Android 4.1, available December 6th for $350

Toshiba’s been relatively quiet on the tablet front since announcing its Excite lineup back in April, but today the company’s making a mild comeback with a hot-off-the-press, Jelly Bean-loaded slate. Aside from packing Android 4.1, though, the newly announced (although not exactly unknown) Excite 10 SE also boasts a 10.1-inch, AutoBrite HD display and NVIDIA’S Tegra 3 CPU — all while weighing just shy of 23 ounces (22.6, to be exact) and measuri…

Gmail for Android 4.0+ devices updated with pinch-to-zoom and swipe-to-archive

Remember that huge upgrade to Gmail for Android we wrote about last month? Looks like Google was merely putting the finishing touches on the app before releasing it to everyone. While the big new features — pinch-to-zoom and swipe-to-archive — only work on devices running Ice Cream Sandwich and above, it looks like all Android devices received the requisite performance improvements and bug fixes.
Aside from the most notable changes, Android 4.0+ …