Google Swiffy extension exports Fla…

If you were bummed that you'd have to pick up some new coding skills when Adobe announced that Flash for mobile was finito, cheer up friends. Harken back to the summer months when Google unveiled its Swiffy conversion tool that turns those aging SWF files into browser friendly HTML5 animations. Now the folks in Mountain View have created an extension for the Flash desktop app that allows you to export your working files to something a little more up to date with a single click — or a combina…

Ice Cream Sandwich coming to Galaxy…

Here's some exciting, if somewhat unsurprising news for Galaxy S II devotees: Samsung's UK outpost has just confirmed that the handset will indeed receive an upgrade to Android 4.0, delectably known as Ice Cream Sandwich. As of this moment, details are relatively scarce, and Sammy has yet to make similar declarations for markets outside of the UK — but at least it's coming. "The Galaxy S II will be receiving ICS, but there are no dates confirmed as yet," the company wrote in a tweet this mor…

Google Music Artist Hub helps music…

Thought Google Music was just for artists signed to the big three or 23 indie labels? Turns out the company's extending a hand to unsigned artists as well with Google Music Artist Hub. The DIY like software allows virtually anyone to sell and price their music on Mountain View's storefront. Musicians selling tunes through the service will keep 70 percent of the list price, forfeiting 30 percent to the Android giant.

Developing… Google Music Artist Hub helps musicians promote, sell music o…

Google Music drops beta, MP3 store …

Been dutifully uploading music to Mountain View's cloud since Google I/O? Might want hit pause for just a sec, while you tune to Google's beat here in Los Angeles, as it's just gone and launched its own music store integrated with Android Market. Best part is, the service still free, though you can now purchase millions of songs from the store to expand your collection of tunes. 90-second track previews are available, and all songs are high quality 320kbps MP3s. And for those with an aversion…

Google: 200 million Android devices…

Here at the "These Go To Eleven" event, Google announced that Android activations thus far have surpassed 200 million devices. That's up from 100 million from May, and 550,000 activations per day. That's 50,000 more than in June, and back in December that number was a mere 300,000.

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