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In preparation for the release of the Honeycomb OS for Google TV before the end of this month, many new apps are now appearing on the Android Market. There is content from several publishers like the Wall Street Journal, CNN, CNBC, QVC and others. Also interesting takes on what we can do with Google TV are offerings [...]

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The update cannot come quick enough to my Logitech Revue. I am keeping my fingers crossed it actually comes OTA by the end of the month as promised. In the meantime, here is a video from Engadget of the new software along with some handpicked apps shown. I have no idea why they chose to [...]

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I have always been a fan of Swype, but here I was thinking that they were providing a much better software and only for the Nexus. It’s really awesome. In addition to the super-fast gesture-based typing method, this Nexus version has quick swiping shortcuts for: select all, copy, cut, paste, and can also send text [...]

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The resources for designing applications for Google TV are now released. You can download them on the GTV Resources page. There is another page more useful for developers with the whole list of resources. Be sure to check out the UI guidelines to get a sense of how your app will change based a the [...]

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Google has now provided a way for developers to get started on their Google TV apps and emulate televisions in the sdk. With the new tools, developers can test their existing mobile or tablet Android applications in a big-screen environment, eventually porting them over to run on Google TV. It’s also possible to create new [...]

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