Google I/O doesn’t need any flashy new products to be successful

Forget the new stuff, this Google I/O will be about devs and useful upgrades.

Google may tap LG for another Nexus phone (I sure hope not)

After a successful collaboration with the Nexus 4 Android smartphone, Google may also be working with LG for yet another Nexus devices. Here's why that's a bad idea.

iPhones are 3X more reliable than Samsung smartphones, FixYa says

According to FixYa, Apple smartphones are the best-performing devices on the market: three times more reliable than Samsung smartphones, and a staggering 25 times more reliable than Motorola phones.

Google’s Vic Gundotra: Future Nexus phones will have ‘insanely great cameras’

Google may finally be paying attention to the Nexus line's camera.

Google and Motorola are working on a ‘X phone’ to take on the iPhone

All of a sudden, Google's expensive Motorola purchase is beginning to make sense.

Meet the new Android flagship phone, Nexus 4, coming November 13

Sorry Sandy, you didn't stop Google from announcing the Nexus 4 today.

Clash of the Titans: Google joins Apple, Microsoft in announcing new tablets (and more)

Apple is announcing new tablets and more tomorrow. Microsoft is debuting Windows 8, Surface tablets, and maybe more on Friday. Now Google is getting into the game too, with a rumored Nexus-focused event on October 29 in New York.

Bizzaro world: Apple, Samsung reverse two sales bans on one day in two countries

Today, Samsung won a reversal of the sales ban on the Galaxy Nexus phone imposed after Apple's August court win. Also today, Apple won at least a stay of execution on the iPhone and iPad sales ban imposed after Samsung's August legal victory.

Google to Apple: We’ll totally have more pixels than you

Google is planning a 10-inch Nexus tablet that will have a higher pixel density than Apple's iPad, Cnet reports.

HTC blames U.S. customs delays, slow EU sales for falling profits

Just how important is the U.S. market for global smartphone sales? Ask Taiwan-based handset maker HTC which today announced that U.S. Customs delays, along with sluggish European demand, were to blame for second-quarter profits falling more than 57 percent.

HTC’s …

Apple, Samsung shed charges to prepare for U.S. trial

In preparation for a July 30 patent-infringement showdown in a U.S. courtroom, Apple and Samsung are shedding legal charges against one another like a bride-to-be drops pounds ahead of a wedding. U.S. District Court Lucy Koh is calling on both …

Google reveals the Google Nexus Q: a $299 social media streamer powered by Android

Not content with tablets and smartphones, Google is taking its Nexus brand to speakers and TV screens with the Nexus Q.

Called the first “social streaming player,” the Nexus Q lets people play music, videos, and YouTube clips from the …

A Nexus free-for-all: Google may tap more partners for flagship Android 5.0 devices

Expect plenty more Nexus Android smartphones and tablets on the horizon from multiple manufacturers, as Google will reportedly expand its partnerships to squash fears surrounding its Motorola Mobility purchase.

Historically, Google has tapped a single device partner for its Nexus …

Google’s Nexus Prime phone with Android 4.0 could land in October

Google may launch its third Nexus flagship Android phone, which is rumored to be called the Nexus Prime, earlier than expected this October, according to a report by the Korean site Electronic Times.

Like last year’s Nexus S smartphone, the …