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CNET reported that Apple over the weekend has struck a licensing deal with both Warner Music Group and its publishing arm, Warner Chappell to bring the music to its about-to come Apple’s free Internet radio service. The deal also suggests that Apple may likely to unveil the service which being dubbed as iRadio at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference 2013, which begins June 10. Last month only Apple and Universal Music signed an agreement based on streaming iRadio music service while it’s being in negotiations talk with Sony....

Acer today at Computex 2013 has announced whole new Windows 8 devices, including a whole new version of the 13.3-inch Aspire S7 and the Iconia W3, an 8.1-inch tablet. The Iconia W3 is an Intel-powered device weighing just 1.1 pounds and features an Intel dual-core 1.8GHz Atom Z2760 processor, available in 32GB or 64GB variants, 1280 X 800 display, two-megapixel camera on the back,  and Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity, USB slots and space for a micro-SD card is priced upwards of $379. The Iconia W3 will go on retail starting from tomorrow....

Google Android Activations Hit 900 Million In 2013, Google Play Hit 48 Billion App Installs Google Announces Play Game Services, Brings New Features To Play Developer Console Google announces Android Studio: Introducing Android Studio, it is an IDE designed to make you faster and more productive as an app developer. Google turns the Samsung Galaxy S4 into a Nexus phone, coming this June for $649. Google takes on Apple in schools with Google Play for Education. Google Unveils Google Play Music All Access Subscription Service Google says...

Google today at its I/O Developers Conference 2013 unveiled Maps for Mobile with bringing iOS to Android. The update will bring the updated user interface for Android users. The company also unveiled Google Offers being integrated with Maps, which will include deals from popular retailers and restaurants with even allowing users the freedom to rate restaurants on a five-point scale, and can also view Zagat reviews directly inside Maps. The company also says that it will deliver Google Maps iPad version this summer. Google also bring changes...

Google today announced the 41 new Google+ features at Google’s I/O 2013 Conference. Here is a long list shared by Google’s Vic Gundotra while on stage: New stream, new photo experience, and new Hangouts. New stream experience across all devices. New design is multi-column, up to three columns. Photos and videos can span multiple columns. Introducing the related hashtags. More than half of all sharing on Google+ is done in private circles. New standalone Android app called Hangouts which will work on web, Android and iOS all available...

Google today at its I/O 2013 Developer Conference unveiled a whole new music streaming service dubbed as Google Music All Access. The company will compete the market players like Spotify, Rdio and Pandora. The service will cost $9.99 per month while if you start a trial by June 30th, you’ll pay $7.99 per month and will be launching in US today. “Music unites us, it’s universal,” says Google’s Chris Yerga. “We set out to build a music service that didn’t just give you access to a world of music, but helped to guide you...

Google today at its I/O conference announced a whole new service for Android gamers: Google Play services, featuring number of services, including achievements, cloud saves, matchmaking, and leaderboards. Next in the line-up, Google’s Android product team’s Ellie Powers shared the features the company added on Google Play developer console. The company brings a total of five new features which will add new users and help making you more money on Android. Starting with, Open your app in the console, click the tips, and get suggestions...

Google today announced that it has now hit a new high of 900 million Android Activations worldwide. The announcement was made by Sundar Pichai at ongoing Google’s I/O 2013 conference. Google Play hit 48 billion app installs from Google Play with 2.5 billion installs in the last month alone, said Hugo Barra from Android. Even better than that, in the last four months we’ve already paid out more money from Play than in all of last year. Revenue per uses is 2.5 times what it was a year ago, globally. The company even announced Google...

With just an hour and a half left for this year’s Google I/O 2013 conference, another breakdown come into picture, Android 4.3 has just been confirmed on Google’s developer website search listing. Spotted by The Verge, it has been very likely that the new Android version will be out today. Although counting on things, Android 4.3 still not known but since the name flashing in search results, something definitely cooking inside with Google. Well, we will find the details soon as when Google start its keynote session at 9AM PT / 12PM...

With just hours away from Google’s this year I/O 2013 event, Droid-Life is reporting that the company is going to unveiled a new and better version of Google Maps, bringing full-screen experience matching with Google Now-esque card style. The sign-up of this newer Google Maps version was already live, a whole day before the event, suggesting what’s cooking inside the search giant chamber. On checking it out, the sign-up page highlight mentioned a “tailored map for every search.” Second thing to be noted out is that there was a...