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Lots of Google stuff

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The past 2 weeks have been big weeks for Google with the announcement of 3 new products and a new version of the operating system Android. Jelly Bean Upgrade First off I am going to go through the software which is called Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. If you have a Nexus device you should have the option to install it. From a design point of view this is not a massive change in fact you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 4.3 and 4.2.2. Which is to be expected as it is just a point upgrade. So if it isn't the looks then for this to be any kind of an update there needs to be some under the hood goodies and there are a few and I have focused on the main three. Restricted profiles for tablets: this aims directly at the stat that a lot of tablets are used by more than one person. So what Google have done is create a way for households to have one tablet with multiple profiles, each with their own apps and logins effectively making the tablet change to whoever is us...