Folowing the last rumors “Samsung confirmed” that Apple and Samsung both are working on a Smart Watch, The Financial Times now reports that Google is also working on a smart watch that will run Android. The report unsurprisingly suggests that Google views the smart watch as a more mainstream wearable accessory than the Google Glass project that has garnered significant attention in recent months. » Google Also Working On A Android Powered Smart Watch

Pebble, the kickstarter project that raised over $10 million has just announced on CES 2013 that the device will begin shipping to Kickstarter backers on January 23. Becasue there are a total of 85,000 backers, it will take 6-8 weeks before the watch will be available for general sale. If you are unfamiliar with the Pebble watch, check out the hands-on videos after the break to see what this iOS and Android compatible watch can do. » CES 2013: Pebble Smart Watch to Begin Shipping January 23 For $150

Research firm Kantar Worldpanel has released data about the Smartphone market share for the September-November period in 2011 and 2012. It shows that Apple has set a record high with 53.3% of the market, compare to 35.8% one year ago. However, Apple is doing less in Europe, where it grow 2.5% compared to last year. In Europe Apple has 25.3% of the market, Android has surged farther ahead with a 9.2 percentage point gain and now holds 61% of the market. » Apple Smartphone Market Share Grown To 53.3% In U.S. However, Android Holds Strong in Europe

Google has just updated its Google Play music service that allows you to add up to 20,000 songs from your music collection to Google Play and stream it to your Android devices and your computer, anywhere you go. This is a service similar to Apple’s iTunes Match service. The big difference is that Google’s matching service does not have a subscription fee like Apple and Amazon’s do. » Google Launches Free Scan & Match Music Service Similar To Apple’s iTunes Match Service

This Thursday Rovio will release Angry Birds Star Wars on iOS, Android, Amazon Kindle Fire, Mac, PC, Windows Phone and Windows 8. Today Rovio posted the official video that reveals much more in terms of gameplay than their previous “teasers”.

Gameloft posted a second trailer for their upcoming game, Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour. Modern Combat 4 is a first-person shooter with amazing visual aspects which will be available for iOS and Android this fall. This new Modern Combat game will look amazing on the iPhone5 and will us some indication what its new A6 Processor “with three GPU cores” is capable of. After the break you will find a second trailer from 2 weeks ago and some great looking screenshots. » Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour For iOS, Videos & Screenshots Of Amazing Graphics

Reuters report: “Google Inc has made no move to provide Google Maps for the iPhone 5 after Apple Inc dropped the application in favor of a home-grown but controversial alternative, Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said.” Apple launched its own mapping service earlier this month, but users are complaining about Apple’s new map service and would love to see Google Maps back on their iPhone. Earlier reports said that Google has submitted a Google Maps app to the App Store but Google now said to reporters in Tokyo that they didn’t. » Google Said: Google Maps Not Yet Submitted To The App Store