Google in your Audi

Google has linked with car company Audi to place Android tech inside their automobile. The dashboard will sport a 10.2 inch modified tablet-like interface and works with the already on-board systems e.g. Navigation.

This is apart of Google's Announced "Open Automotive Alliance".

Source: AndroidCentral

Google to buy the company "Nest"

Google is shelling out some serious coin again. This time they are going to purchase “Nest” for $3.2 billion dollars (Austin Powers’s accent included).

Nest is the maker of smart thermostats and smoke alarm systems. Nest will keep their current leadership with co-founder Tony Fadell and work as a separate unit. Integration with Android OS will be a part of their later plans.

Source: AndroidCentral

Google fights back

Everyone has a clique, and a lot of the brands we know are no different.

Microsoft, Apple, RIM, Sony and Ericsson are a part of the consortium “Rockstar” and they own a bunch of patents which were gained from the dissolving of Nortel in 2009.  They have been hitting at the now popular Google, specifically Google’s bread and butter “Search” feature.

Google is defending their OS and Nexus devices did a “declaratory judgment of non-infringement”, in addition they pointed a finger at Rockstar for “trolling”.  Basically they are saying Rockstar has a bunch of people sitting around stalking any company’s products hoping to find anything they can use to sue their competitors.  Google has gripes that Rockstar is interfering with their business relationships, ie. Discouraging companies form working with Google.

Source: gsmarena.com