Samsung Electronics is upgrading the 7-inch Galaxy Tab tablet to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Gingerbread will also be added to the Galaxy S, Galaxy Ace, Gio, Fit, and mini phones. Gingerbread will start being rolled out into the Galaxy S phones in the U.K. in the middle of this month. Then it will be spread to the rest of the countries afterwards. Users will be able to upgrade to Gingerbread through Kies. The Gingerbread upgrade for the Galaxy Tab tablet only applies towards the 7-inch edition. [CNET]

The most popular selling Amazon.com Kindle device is the one that has advertising and special offers built in that retails for $114. The $25 in savings that people get from the Kindle 6″ WiFi with E Ink Pearl technology makes a difference to people on whether they want a Kindle. This holiday season, I would not be surprised if Amazon.com drops the ad-supported Kindle to below $99. [BusinessInsider]

ShoeDazzle is a subscription based e-commerce company that was founded by Brian Lee and Kim Kardashian. ShoeDazzle recently raised $40 million from several Silicon Valley investor companies that include Andreessen Horowitz, Polaris Venture Partners, and LightSpeed Venture Partners. Andreessen Horowitz led the round with $30 million and general partner John O’Farrell will join the ShoeDazzle board.

According to Jefferies & Co. analyst Peter Misek, the Apple iPhone 5 is unlikely to have LTE functionality. Misek also said that the iPhone device that is expected to launch in September should be called the iPhone 4S. And if his sources are correct, Apple will announced that the iPhone 4S will be available on Sprint, T-Mobile, and China Mobile.

If you have an Android or an iOS device, Google has made a “News near you” feature available for you. The Google News website will display news that is relevant to you based on where you are geographically located at the time. Location-based news first arrived on the scene in 2008. To use the feature, visit http://news.google.com/ on your iOS or Android device. If it is your first time visiting the website, a pop-up will ask you if you want to share your location. Hit “yes” and you will start seeing a section called “News near you” at the bottom of the homepage. You can turn off the feature by hiding the section in your Google News personalization section. [Google Mobile Blog]

Ivy league school Yale University decided to archive their collections on the Internet by scanning content. Yale has announced that they have made their museum and library collections entirely available on the Internet. No licenses are required to access the content. About 250,000 images have been uploaded to their collections catalog thus far. [Yale News via MediaBistro]

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) is preparing to launch a new 15.6″ display laptop that will be very thin and comparable to the MacBook Air. The 15.6-incher will be available at the end of this month and will have Intel’s “Sandy Bridge” Core i5 and Core i7 processors. Yet it will cost you less than $1,000. Check out the video teaser below:

The Google I/O conference ended earlier this week and about 1 million people participated between showing up at the Moscone Center, attended an Extended event, or watched live online from 161 different countries. The two keynotes focused on the Chrome and Android platforms. Google has posted the two videos on YouTube and you can watch them below: