Pictures of Verizon’s variant of the Galaxy Note 2 have leaked online showing off the weird Verizon logo on the physical home button of the device.

Google’s director of product management, Hugo Barra, has announced that there are now more than 500 million Android devices globally, with 1.3 million being activated daily.

Samsung Bulgaria has announced that it will be directly updating two of its mid-range devices – the Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy S Advance – to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean and skip the ICS update completely.

Samsung has confirmed to CNET UK that it will be start rolling out the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy S3 in October.

Some leaked screenshots and insiders have confirmed that Samsung will be launching the Galaxy Note II in the United States on all the major U.S carriers.

Sprint will start rolling out the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update for the Nexus S 4G and the Galaxy Nexus from today.

Google has released updated Android platform distribution data, according to which Ice Cream Sandwich has managed to grab around 20.9% market share.

Motorola has decided to give $100 credit to users of its device, if the company fails to update their device to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean.

HTC has started rolling out the Android 4.1.1/Sense 4.1 update for the One S in European regions of the world.

Asus has started rolling out the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update for one of its Transformer tabets, the Pad 300 in the North America.

Xiaomi has just announced its successor to the Mi-One, the Mi-Two. The handset is packed to the brim and comes at an astoundingly low price of $310.

A video has popped up on the Internet showing an Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean based firmware up and running on the Galaxy S3.

As expected, Samsung has unveiled the pricing and release date of the Galaxy Note 10.1 in the United States at an event in New York.

The app encryption feature in Jelly Bean is causing developers of paid apps more headache than Google originally intended to.

Sony has shot down the news spread by one of its PR that Jelly Bean will not come to its 2011 Xperia handsets. The company is currently evaluating whether its handsets are capable of running Jelly Bean or not.