We’ve seen plenty of flagship Google devices over the past couple years in the form of Nexus smartphones. These are the only phones with the Google stamp of approval to offer a true Android experience without the additional bloatware and customizations manufacturers tend to include on other devices. The one thing we haven’t seen yet is a Nexus tablet. Sure the Motorola Xoom was the first Honeycomb tablet, but it lacked the elegance that seem to accompany every Nexus release. According to Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt, the company will begin to market “a tablet of the highest quality” in six months.

In mid-August, Google announced it had reached an agreement to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Though many see this potential acquisition as being a key component in Google’s fight against patent lawsuits, concerns were also raised about what this could mean for other companies who are making Android smartphones and tablets. Google owning Motorola could theoretically mean Motorola will get advantages that others won’t get. Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt addressed these concerns with Bloomberg and said Android device manufacturers have nothing to worry about.

We no longer need to make assumptions on when Google will release Ice Cream Sandwich. During an interview with SalesForce, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt gave Ice Cream Sandwich a launch window of between October and November.

HTC is in the midst of a legal dispute with Apple. An International Trade Commission judge recently ruled that HTC violated two of Apple’s patents HTC uses in its Android smartphones. Apple could demand royalties from HTC or request a ban on HTC Android smartphones entirely. HTC is going to appeal the ITC’s decision based on evidence it claims was discovered by a ITC staff attorney. Google will be there to back HTC during its appeal.

It probably won’t be a blue Christmas for Google employees as reports are rolling in that the search giant is making them all just a little bit richer. According to an employee source, Google is passing out $1,,000 to each employee and bumping their pay 10% as of January 1, 2011. Google is working hard more »

The last we heard was how Google was planning to launch Google TV sometime in the fall. Well, according to a recently leaked image from an internal Best Buy system — the fall could mean October 17th. Of course, until something official comes by way of Google we are going to have to treat this more »

Google has been making some rather eye catching Doodle logos as of late. Apparently the logos created some serious waves for a specific toy manufacturer. Google threw up an homage for the 25th anniversary of the Buckminsterfullerene molecule on September 4th. When Googlers clicked the logo, it brought up a search for the term “Buckyballs.” more »

Google, in a well-timed response to Apple TV, has promised the release of their television service coming stateside this fall. According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, consumers will now be able to have complete internet access throughout televisions completely free. For those of us who are not savvy with technology, this could actually be some more »

“Don’t track me” is a new advert video that is playing in Times Square. Consumer watchdog Insidegoogle.com is running the video on a 540 sq. ft. video screen in Times Square, New York City to raise awareness for what they call the need for a “do not track” button on the internet. The video shows more »

Picture this: a girl falls in love with a boy and they have a lot of good times together. A month or so after they’ve been dating, the boy finds out that she is in fact a Trekkie. This is terrible news to the boy as he is a Jedi in training. The boy winds more »