The Android version of the Google Chrome browser has received an update that, in addition to various security issues fixes and stability, it also enabled a new protection for the virtualization machine. Launched in February this year, Google Chrome for Android has become the default browser in version 4.1, replacing the old native application.
One criticized aspects of the Android platform, the security, is taken seriously by Google. The new version of the Google Chrome browser provides, in …

Ainol Electronics, one of the most famous Chinese tablet and media player manufacturers and one of the OEM suppliers to other companies that offer such products, announced an update for its line of tablets: the Ainol Novo 7 Crystal model.
Based on Amlogic 8726-M6 hardware solution that provides a Cortex-A9 core clocked at 1.5 GHz and an ARM Mali-400 graphics processor, both dual-core versions, Novo 7 Crystal offers an IPS screen with a diagonal of 7 inches and a resolution of 1024 x 600 …

Asus will be rolling out an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update to its Transformer Pad TF300 tablet.
The Taiwanese tablet maker announced the good news on its Facebook page and said that the Jelly Bean software update will first arrive in the US, but did not include a specific date.
“We are pleased to announce that we will be rolling out a major software update for the Asus Transformer Pad TF300, which will bring Android 4.1, Jelly Bean to the device for the first time in North America,” …

Samsung has released a teaser video of its next-generation smartphone/tablet hybrid device, the Galaxy Note 2, to confirm its launch at IFA 2012 in Berlin next week.
While the Korean tech giant has yet to announce officially the upcoming launch of the Galaxy Note 2 during the IFA conference, the 38-second video clip follows popular German film director Wim Wenders as he discusses when “magical moments come alive”. In between his talks were close-up shots of the Samsung S-pen, a …

HTC has rolled out an Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) update for its flagship smartphone, HTC One X.
“As part of our on-going commitment to ensure customers are receiving software updates that improve their user experience, we are pleased to announce our next upgrade for the HTC One X will be released on August 10th,” the company said in an official statement.
Alas, the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean that all HTC One X users hoped to see is still in the works, and the upgrade to Android …

Sony has revealed that its 2011 Xperia lineup is on a trial phase for an upgrade to Jelly Bean.
To clarify on-going reports regarding the Android 4.1 upgrade suspension of its 2011 Xperia line-up, Sony claimed that the company is currently on its testing phase for an attempt to bury Jelly Bean in its older smartphones.
In a Facebook post last week by a Sony spokesperson, it unveiled that the company would not be benefiting Google’s most recent Andorid OS with its 2011-released smartphones, …

HTC has confirmed the arrival of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to its One X, One XL and One S handsets.
In response to previous rumors of the latest Android OS in HTC’s latest handsets, HTC finally put the buzz into silence after saying it is true. This confirmation followed Australian network Telstra’s slip-up on Thursday that Jelly Bean will soon be arriving in the HTC One series.
“We know HTC fans are excited to get their hands on Google’s latest version of Android. At this point …

Google has announced the release of its Android 4.1 Jelly Bean source code to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
Jean-Baptiste Queru, a popular Google developer known by his initials “JBQ”, said on a Google Groups page that the Android team will now release Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in AOSP today.
ROM developers can identify the name of the tagged release as android-4.1.1_r1 and the name of the development branch is jb-dev.
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Nokia is putting the Google Nexus 7 on boiling pot, claiming that the tablet oversteps some of its patents.
Google Nexus 7 is the company’s first own-brand tablet built by Asus. It features Android 4.1 Jelly Bean – the latest version of the search giant’s Android mobile operating system, a quad-core processor, and an affordable $199 price tag. Nokia, however, suspects that Google and Asus have failed to secure a license for its IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard technology.
“Nokia has more …

Google has officially announced the next update to its mobile operating system, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, during its keynote at Google I/O 2012 in San Francisco.
Jelly Bean, previously thought as Android 5.0, builds upon Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, so it’s not a major face lift for Android OS, and this version specifically makes the platform faster, more intuitive and “buttery smooth”.

Google I/O 2012 keynote on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

Project Butter
A key improvement, called Project …