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Did you know that Google’s former head of Android worked at Apple for a few years in the early 90s? Andy Rubin was a manufacturing engineer at Apple from 1989-1992. He still has his old business card, and it looks awesome with the retro Apple logo and unofficial title, “Bad Example.”

Since he moved away from Android to work on other stuff at Google, Rubin has been posting a lot more to Facebook, like the scanned version of the above card. It will be interesting to see what “moonshot” projects he works on next.

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If you’re a fan of George R. R. Martin’s hit book series and accompanying TV show Game of Thrones, then you’ll want to download the official companion app. After coming to the iOS App Store last year, an Android version has been released just in time for the premiere of season 3 on HBO March 31st.

The “A World of Ice and Fire” app has a catalog of over 540 characters and 380 places. There’s also interactive maps of the different kingdoms to explore.

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Google has officially unveiled Google Keep, a new note-taking service that’s available on the web and Android. The service uses Google Drive to store and sync notes and lists between devices, and there’s an app in Google Play for Android 4.0 and up.

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Google is rumored to be unifying all of its existing messaging services under one umbrella called “Babble,” according to a report from Geek.com. The upcoming service will reportedly unify Google Talk, Voice, Messenger, Drive, and the Google+ version of Talk, and Hangouts under one roof.

Although the name itself seems a little ridiculous, Babble sounds like a step in the right direction for Google.

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Today Google released a minor update to its Gmail app for Android. There’s not a lot in the update, but Google has added a handy feature that allows you to reply to and archive emails from the notifications menu. Simply tap on an unread email’s notification to reply or archive. The feature is pretty limited unfortunately, as you can only reply or archive when exactly one email is displayed in Android’s notifications menu. It doesn’t work with a list of unread emails, which seems pretty self-defeating.

“The new app also introduces faster search and better search suggestions so you can find your messages quickly online and offline,” according to Google.

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