Today at the Motorola event in NYC, Eric Schmidt, Google executive chairman announced that Android platforms devices reached a New HIT number. Currently android reached 1.3 Million New Activations Daily and 70,000 of them are Android tablets.

There are some 480 Million total Androids in the world as of today. That's 80 million more than there were on June 27, when we got the latest update.

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After the major update for their iOS App, Facebook updated all its iOS Apps on the iTunes Store including (Facebook Camera, Messenger, Page Manager).

The Update brings more stable versions of the App with faster browsing & sharing just like the New Facebook App that focus on the performance. Unlike Facebook for android which is "SUCKS!" compared to the iOS App according to the android users reviews on Google Play store. Why facebook take care of iOS users over android users ?

As you may know, Adobe Flash Player for Android has been pulled from the Google Play Store and you No longer see the flash player on your "Installed Apps" tab on Google Play store.

How to Update the App then ?

How to back it up in case you formatted your Phone ?

How to Install Flash player on a Newly Activate Android device ?

We Have a Solution! Here is a tutorial for How to Manual Install & Update Adobe flash Player on Any Android Smartphone running Android version 2.1 or later, Or just Download it and keep it as a back-up.

1- In your phone go to Menu > Settings (or Menu > More > Settings), which is where the "Enable Plug-ins" option can be found.

2- Then Check the "Unknown Sources" software box.

3- Download the latest Android Flash 11.1.115.17 APK from Here:

For Android 2.X devices

For Android 4.X devices

4- Copy the APK to your Phone storage, using Any File Explorer find the APK you've copied to your phone and Install it.

5- Go to the Menu > Settings and Uncheck "Unknown Sources" (Optional)

6- DONE! you've just Installed/Updated your Adobe flash to the latest stable version.

We're pretty sure that Man people out there are currently wondering which Android smartphone to get the awesome Samsung Galaxy S III OR the fantastic HTC One X.

YouMobile Ask you (Our reader) to give us your Honest opinion about which smartphone you prefer S3 or One X ? Which one you recommend to your friends ?

Share your Opinion with us on the Comments section below!

The Android ecosystem has been rapidly expanding beyond phones and tablets lately just in the last week we saw the introduction of an Android-powered Wi-Fi camera by Nikon, and Panasonic is using Android apps and NFC-equipped devices to control and program smart appliances. NASA is one-upping them all with a use for Android that is truly out of this world. NASA's new PhoneSat program is experimenting with using Android-powered miniature satellites.

As part of a program to explore how small cheap satellites can bemade with off-the-shelf parts, engineers are NASA's Ames Research Center have created 10cm square satellites that use Nexus phones as the computing brains that power the satellite. The four pound mini-satellites can be launched dozens or even hundreds at a time, bringing lots of aggregate observing power on the cheap.

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Google Voice search is great, but if your language isn't supported you have to make do with English and hope it recognizes your accent. Now, Google Vioce Search supports 13 New languages, joining the list for a total of 42 languages and 46 accents.

Here is the Added languages :

• Basque

• Bulgarian

• Catalan

• European Portuguese

• Finnish

• Galician

• Hungarian

• Icelandic

• Norwegian

• Romanian

• Serbian

• Slovak

• Swedish

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Google released the Google Play gift cards and these cards were going to be made available to certain stores for use in purchasing games, music, video and premium apps.

It looks like distribution of the cards has started as a Target shopper was able to reach into a bin near the cash registers and pull out a $25 Google Play gift card before they were supposed to go on sale.

The card was successfully redeemed on Google Play App, You must have the latest Google Play version 3.8.15 to be able to use this feature, so it shouldn't be too long before the cards are officially on the rack and ready to go.

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In Google I/O keynote where Google announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Google mention a New feature on the play Store called "Smart App Updates" which is available for all Android devices with the latest Google play App.

According to Google, Smart App Updates are only a third in size, the Play Store will only download whatever is New/Changed within the APK instead of downloading the entire app all over again. which means you save a lot of time and data in updating apps. This feature has now been activated on the Google Play Store and some apps are already making use of it.

For Example: If you have an App that you Need to Update and the update weight 12MB, with Smart App Updates you'll only download a 3-5MB of the 12MB you Need to download in order to Update the App. Check the Video below!

Google has just released Android 4.1 Jelly Bean this summer, the latest Android Operating System with some tweaked GUI. Now, Reports about the Next Android OS is spreading around.

Next Android OS or Android version 4.2 will be Named "Key Lime Pie", which is a delicious Creamy Pie with Key Lime, Android 4.2 Key Lime Pie is rumored to be released in the first Half of 2013,

We are pretty excited about what Google will include on this New OS. Let's wait and See!

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Even if, Adobe has continued to send out updates to the adobe flash on the Google Play for the past 2 months. And with the Chrome for Android browser not providing support for Flash, Adobe has decided that it will pull the app from the Google Play Store this Wednesday 15,August. This reminds us, Steve jobs has predicted this back in 2010:

"No one would be using Flash in the future, instead they will use HTML5..." - Steve Jobs

Today is the very last day that you can install Adobe Flash on your Android model. Obviously HTML5 is the future and Adobe will be turning in that direction with its resources. if you want to Download Flash for Android go HERE.

Tomorrow, Adobe Flash for Android will be removed from Google Play Store

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