Gadgetory

what's happening brian Tong here with everything google that we can pack inside of a show let's get to it and a few weeks ago we were wondering if android and was going to get rid of the app drawer with all signs pointing that way but a new LG video showing off their latest user experience shows off three different styles of home screen that allows you to keep or remove the app drawer so you can all now take a deep breath knowing it will be there yes your app drawer is still safe and sound now the constant flow of android phones keeps on rolling and hallways new p9 flagship phone has pretty much been completely revealed on the wonderful world wide web the phone is expected to have a 1080p 5.2 inch screen but you'll notice it has a dual camera set up a dual LED flash a fingerprint sensor and the USBC support no secret is safe especially in China the official announcement will take place on april six in london Samsung is also gearing up you know get it gear up for the new Galaxy s7 active codename post site in after the Greek god of the sea according to have a blast the s7 active is being tested at AT&T now if it follows what we've seen in the past from the active line we can expect a less elegant design that's really replaced with a more durable one with possibly even better protection from water and dust no release date has been targeted yet and google has been sending out its confirmations from its raffle for google i/o in May but if you're rejected like that girl who did you wrong on your senior prom well google has announced the android experiments io challenge it started as a showcase last year to demo the cool things that can be done with android your project can be anything that leverages the power of android it could be a game a nap or even a robot the top three projects will earn their creator a trip to google i/o this year and if we're talking about experiments google is still trying to figure out how to deliver project ara the modular smartphone the right way now some new questions on google's opinion rewards are asking how much you would pay for different features after a purchase six months later that really sound very project ara like we don't know what if any project our developments will see at Google i/o this year or if the project will just fade away hopefully not now Mountain View's Planning Office has released the latest renders of Google's tent light campus expansion to its googolplex office digital reporter on the lower profile structure designed to blend in with the environment or it could just be the world's largest camping trip ever and you know what they already have marshmallows on campus now this is still in the very preliminary stages with no date set for anything related to the expansion and we normally don't get to see much behind the walls from google but they decided to show off a 360 tour of their data center that you can watch on youtube or your own google cardboard now the thing i noticed here the most the creepy lurking security guard guy but if you want to peek at something cooler you can now tour the Batcave from Batman vs Superman with Google Maps yes you can check out above ground below ground and all around the Batmobile forget the fact that the movie wasn't that great to me and hurt to watch at times but this doles some of that paint and it's really just a cool fun thing we're checking out alright that's going to do for this week you can email us at Google issues at cnet com or tweet me at Brian Tom I'll be gone next week on vacation to this glorious place I call Hawaii so we'll skip another week and then be back for some more of that google it Google ishes delicious hello