Google wins in court, ZTE goes big, Tesla ramps up, Apple on the defensive, and the return of Windows Central Gems!
With support from Microsoft we're checking out some great and maybe overlooked apps across the Microsoft ecosystem — and giving away a bunch of great prizes to boot!
in its ongoing court battle with Oracle over Java APIs. It's far from the end of the case, but it's a major turning point in the legal drama. ZTE impressed the hell out of us with the , and we've got Moto X leaks and OnePlus 3 teases and for some reason .
As the ramp up to the , Tesla is going all out on fundraising and from a stock offering. Tesla's Autopilot system has also seriously extended its already long lead over competing autonomy systems by , though .
Following Google's impressive smart assistant demonstrations at , Apple's finding their Siri assistant unfavorably compared to Google and Amazon's Alexa, but to address that and help the company .
If you're an Xbox gamer, you're no doubt giving consideration to the latest flagship game release. It's . And we're starting to get in just a few weeks at E3.
All of that and much, much more in this edition of Mobile Nations Weekly!
Android Central — I/O Hangover 2016
until next year, and that means it's a week mixed with getting back to normal news and also breaking down all of the announcements now that we've had more time to take it all in. In case you missed it, Google for every session this year, and it's worth picking out a few you're interested in.
Pebble , trying to follow up on Google's latest Android Wear news out of I/O. In more general Google news, the jury ruled in its favor in an ongoing court case where Google was being sued by Oracle over its use of Java. , but we're sure this isn't the last we've heard from Oracle on this front.
The , which is the popular thing to do nowadays. Per usual, the . At the same time, .
Also in the leak world, Lenovo's new Moto X gets . So,
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Priv app updates galore, a new software maintenance release scheduled for June and John Chen discusses why he came to BlackBerry, his future plans and more rounded out the week on CrackBerry. Oh and PayPal decided to let it be known they're killing off their BlackBerry app that most folks didn't even know existed as of June 30.
Amazon has Echo, Google's working on Home, so now rumors are ablaze about Apple getting into the Hub game. We'll save the Siri vs. Alexa comparisons for those who , but there's obviously a lot more Apple could do around the house. (Whether it's ).
rumors continue to abound as well, there's likely more health technology on its way, and Apple's WWDC 2016 event is only a few weeks away. Stay tuned!
Tesla knows they're going to need a lot of money to build so far — so they by selling new shares of TSLA. At the same time, an investment research firm came to the absurd conclusion that Tesla operates, at least on a financial basis, . Except for the part where Tesla actually makes cars.
Tesla's director of Autopilot revealed that the company has collected 780 million miles worth of data through the self-driving system, and that — far more than any competing autonomy system. That said, it's far from full autonomy and requires human attention, so it should go without saying, but apparently we still have to say it: .
And lastly, Tesla has sent out invitations for the . It'll be on July 29th and we'll be there to show you what it's all about!
Gems is back! Or should that be the Gems are back? Who cares! All that matters is starting this coming Monday, for another round of incredible apps along with a great bunch of prizes, thanks to Microsoft's generosity.
But that's the future. What about the past week? Well, there was some good news and bad news. Microsoft announced it was , most of which work in Finland at the company's struggling mobile devices division. The Finnish government? .
The good news comes from the Xbox side, on which Microsoft is riding a wave of big releases, like to , which is just over two weeks away.
Finally, a brings us one step closer to an official Windows 10 Anniversary Edition release.