The end is very, very near for Adobe’s Flash Player on mobile devices. Adobe Systems announced in a blog post yesterday that its Flash Player will not be “certified for use” with Google’s upcoming update to its mobile operating system, Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). The company said that users might still be able to access …

It’s no secret that Research In Motion is in deep trouble. But most analysts expect the company to only further prove that point later today. After the market closes, RIM will announce its fiscal first-quarter earnings, which consensus among Wall Street analysts pegs at a net loss of 3 cents per share on $3.1 billion in revenue. During the same …

Update 10:32 a.m. PT to include mention of the Nexus 7’s launch. Looking for more proof that Google is launching a tablet at its I/O Conference today? A tipster told The Verge today that if users try changing a URL on Google’s Play Store, they’ll be able to see a banner showing off the Nexus 7 tablet. The banner shows …

Now playing: Watch this: Google unwraps new Nexus tablet 8:22 The worst-kept secret in Googleland is now official. The Nexus 7 tablet was unveiled today at the Google I/O Conference. As previously reported, the device was built by Asus and comes with a 7-inch 1,280-by-800 HD display. According to Google, it’s running the Tegra 3 processor and has a front-facing …

Samsung’s Galaxy S3 is expected to be a sales juggernaut, according to a new report. Speaking to Reuters in an interview published yesterday, Samsung telecommunications chief JK Shin said he expects Galaxy S3 sales to reach 10 million units during July. Samsung typically calls devices it shipped “sales,” since the products have been sold into the retail channel, so it’s …

Sony sees an opportunity in CMOS image sensors and is investing serious cash into them to prove it. The company today announced that it plans to invest about 80 billion yen ($996 million) into the Sony Semiconductor Corp.’s Nagasaki Technology Center. The funds will start flowing in the first half of the fiscal year that ends March 31, 2013 and …

Can’t Nokia catch a break? Analysts at Nomura today wrote in a note to investors that they had cut their estimates on Nokia’s revenue next year down to 6 billion euros ($7.5 billion), according to Bloomberg, which obtained the note. The analysts had initially anticipated Nokia posting 10.9 billion euros in sales next year. The analysts say that the revision …

Samsung has promised to investigate claims of a Galaxy S3 burning up and melting in Ireland. “There have been recent online posts displaying pictures of a Samsung GALAXY SIII that appears to have heat-related damage at the bottom of the device,” the company wrote today on its official blog. “Samsung is aware of this issue and will begin investigating as …

Count LG among those companies that aren’t too worried about Surface. But that appears to be because it doesn’t plan to focus its efforts on tablets. Speaking to Bloomberg in an interview published today, LG spokesman Ken Hong said that his company has “decided to put all new tablet development on the back burner for the time being.” In its …

Google has acquired more than 50 patents from Magnolia Broadband, a company focused on improving scalability and capacity across the mobile space. According to Magnolia, the patents come from its Mobile Transmit Diversity portfolio, which includes a host of technologies related to increasing mobile network capacity, expanding coverage, improving uplink transmission speeds, and increasing a device’s battery life. The terms …