Technology Updates

The Nexus 5 smartphone has been noted to be affected by a new battery drain issue, which Google claims is due to high CPU usage of the 'mm-qcamera-daemon' process that leads to the battery dying sooner than expected. A Google Project Member on the Android Open Source Project forum, replying to 'Issue 60058: mm-said, "We believe we have fixes for the current high CPU reports on N5 (Nexus 5) due to mm-qcamera-daemon, and they will be included in the next maintenance update." qcamera-daemon cpu usage' post  However, the project member did not provide an estimate for when the maintenance update will be rolled out for the Nexus 5. The Google employee said, "Unfortunately, I can't provide an estimate for when the maintenance update will be ready, due to all the testing we need to do for this and other fixes. Until then, rebooting the phone is the only way to stop the high CPU usage/lack of camera function once it starts." Accord...

Google Could Introduce A Nexus 6 With Smartwatch Later This Year With the Galaxy S5 revealed and the iPhone 6 still months away,  the rumor mill is setting its sights on the next Nexus, or perhaps  Nexii, if you believe the latest word out of  Europe  that  Google    and LG are working together on a Nexus 6 to be introduced at  the same time as a Nexus smartwatch in the second half of this year. A  report  out of Germany claims that LG and Google will team up  again for the successor to the Nexus 5 after a pretty successful run  collaborating on the last two Nexus smartphones and the Google Play  edition LG G Pad. Android head Sundar Pichai  confirmed  that the new  Nexus was in the works to a French site last month. Just as we initially heard the Nexus 5 was based on the LG G2, the  German report says the Nexus 5 will resemble a stripped-down LG G3,  which has ye...

Google Nexus 7 Specifications: The New Nexus 7” Android Tablet Introducing From Google The New Nexus 7” Android Tablet Introducing From Google Specifications  Size and Weight 7.87 x 4.49 x 0.34 inches 0.66 pounds Operating System and Processor Android 4.4.2 (Kit Kat) Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro, 1.5 GHz Battery Life N/A talk time 15 days standby time Camera, Photos and Video 5 Megapixel Camera Memory 2GB RAM, 32 GB internal storage (actual formatted capacity will be less) Connectivity 4G Capable 4G LTE Capable Audio and Multimedia T-Mobile TV GPS and Apps GPS enabled International UMTS: Band I (2100);UMTS/HSPA+: AWS Band IV / 2100 / 1900 / 850;Band II (1900);Quad Band GSM;LTE A world of entertainment with Google Play Nexus 7 is great for gaming—and so much more. Dive into the world's largest e-books collection, listen to millions of songs, discover tablet-optimized apps, and immerse yourself in thou...

Android 4.4 KitKat OS  Experience: Everyone was expecting Key Lime Pie to serve as the delicious moniker for the next version of Android. Google surprised us all by bucking tradition and releasing Android 4.4 under the name KitKat. Version 4.0 started life as  Ice Cream Sandwich , but the last three decimal additions came under the  Jelly Bean  banner. This new version was obviously deemed different enough to snag a new nickname, but not different enough to merit a jump to version 5.0. That 0.1 bump hardly does it justice. Don't be fooled: this is an important step up for Android. KitKat is super-smooth, the UI is refined and elegant, there are improvements to the long-neglected calling and messaging side of the platform, a new focus on productivity, and your fortune-telling digital assistant is brought front and centre as Google Now reaches maturity. General surprise in the tech world wasn't just based on the erroneous supposition that Key Lime Pie h...