The first appearance of Ubuntu for tablet is due this Thursday, and it is arriving on the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets as a Developer Preview.

Nvidia has unveiled a new addition to its Tegra 4 family of processors, the Tegra 4i, that consists of a quad-core Cortex-A9 SoC clocked at 2.3GHz and a GPU with 60 cores.

Google has released an update for Google Search that brings a couple of new cards to Google Now, and a new lock screen/home screen widget.

Micromax Canvas HD is finally available for purchase in India. This handset is currently available for just Rs.13,990 (approx. $260).

DashClock is a new lock screen widget from one of Android’s engineer over at Google that displays all your relevant notifications on the lock screen.

ASUS has announced a new 10-inch tablet for Thailand, the MeMO Pad 10.

A new application from an XDA member allows one-click root access to all the Exynos powered devices from Samsung.

Google has released a new advert for the Nexus 4 that shows off the power of Google Now. The ad was aired during the Grammy’s earlier today.

Samsung recently launched the out-dated Galaxy Tab 2 Wi-Fi in India. It runs on the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS and comes with a price-tag of Rs.13,900.

Plume for Android got a major update to v5 today that brings bug-fixes, a new re-designed widgets and smoother scrolling. Falcon Pro also got a bug-fixing update to v1.6.3.

Twitter for Android and Carbon for Twitter both got updated last night. The Twitter for Android updates brings some usability improvements while the Carbon update mainly squashes bugs.

Carbon for Android is finally here, and it was well worth the wait. Thoughtful animations and clever gestures make the new entrant easily one of the most beautiful apps in the Play store.

The HTC M7 is rumored to sport an “Ultrapixel” camera that will apparently redefine the camera experience in 2013.

Sony’s new my Xperia service will be similar to HTC Sense and Samsung Dive, and offer location tracking and remote wipe features to Xperia smartphone owners.

Carbon – App Sync and Backup has been released on the Play Store by Koush that allows non-rooted users to take a complete backup of all the installed apps and its data on their Android device.