Facebook has acquired Acrylic, a Mac and iOS app development studio. Acrylic makes apps like Pulp, a news reader, and Wallet, a security app.

Google has finally started rolling out the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update for the Nexus S in certain regions of the world.

Google reported its earnings for Q2 2012, with its quarterly revenue growing to $12.2 billion and operating income increasing to nearly $3.2 billion.

Quite a few Android apps have been updated to add support for Jelly Bean, including Light Flow and Swiftkey 3. On the other hand, Google has released a new update for Play Music in the Play Store that brings with it a new UI for easier navigation.

Shock. Stunned. Amazed. Surprise. This is how users on the Web have been reacting to the news of Marissa Mayer being appointed as the new CEO of Yahoo. With Yahoo’s huge drawbacks and poor history, will she be successful enough to rightfully make Yahoo reputable again?

A day after Marissa Mayer was appointed CEO at Yahoo, she decides to go public about happenings in her personal life revealing she will give birth to a baby boy in October later this year.

Google has started rolling out a minor 859KB software update for the Nexus 7, which does not bring any noticeable changes.

Google has posted the full Android 4.1 Jelly Bean change-log for all Android experts to read and discover the minor changes brought about by the new OS.

Today, Google released an update to their iOS app for Google+. While this app was currently iPhone and iPod Touch, an update has been released which turns the app into a universal app, which makes it compatible with the iPad and iPhone.

Google Chrome 21 has hit the beta channels. New features include native support for hardware peripherals like webcams and gamepads.

Amazon is expected to launch the Kindle Fire 2 in Q3 2012, with an improved display and better hardware than the Kindle Fire. It will compete with the Google Nexus 7 and the rumored Apple iPad Mini.

Google has once again re-listed the Galaxy Nexus back on the Play Store after the court temporarily decided to lift the ban on the sale of the handset in the States.

Jean-Baptiste Queru, Android’s AOSP engineer, has announced that the Nexus S 4G is now fully compatible in AOSP (Android Open Source Project).

Thanks to the stupid patent war, the Galaxy Nexus has been removed for sale from the Google Play Store. Samsung and Google, however, are working on an OTA update that will remove the universal search and avoid the sales ban.

The Google Nexus 7 tablet announcement has sparked off yet another set of iPad Mini rumors. We’d take them with a ton of salt though.