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GOOGLE

Jul 2, 2015

Nexus 6 gets a hefty price cut in the UK

Google and Motorola have heavily reduced the price of their gigantic Nexus -- the Nexus 6 -- in the United Kingdom by more than £100. The 32GB variant of the Nexus 6, which was available for £479

GOOGLE

Jun 23, 2015

Google Play Music gains a free, ad-supported streaming option

Google today announced a free, ad-supported tier of Google Play Music in the United States. The free version of Google Play Music will play ads in between songs every once in a while. In

ACCESSORIES

Jun 22, 2015

Building Google Cardboard and enjoying Virtual Reality (VR) on an Android smartphone

Google's announcement of Cardboard a year ago introduced an era of Virtual Reality using little more than the smartphone already in your pocket. But with screen sizes and resolutions increasing, the VR experience is

GOOGLE

Jun 16, 2015

Google launches Android Security Rewards program to reward developers for finding security vulnerabilities in Android

Google today launched an Android Security Rewards program to help reward and encourage the community and security researchers to find and disclose vulnerabilities in Android. As a token of gratitude for the time and money

GOOGLE

Jun 16, 2015

Google Play prepaid vouchers come to India

Google today announced that it is bringing its Google Play gift cards to India. The card can be used by Android users in India to purchase apps, games, e-books, movies and more from the

APPS

Jun 12, 2015

YouTube Gaming brings 60fps livestreams and more this summer along with an Android app

Today, Google finally put an end to all of the rumors that YouTube was looking to take on Twitch, the company focused on bringing gaming to as many screens as possible. And sure enough, Google

ANDROID PHONES

Jun 12, 2015

Google makes it easier to pick your next Android smartphone

With the sheer number of Android smartphones available in the market, it can get pretty confusing and overwhelming for a new buyer to zero in on a phone. To help make their decision easier, Google

GOOGLE

Jun 5, 2015

Chrome for Android updated with faster ways to search with just a tap

Chrome for Android continues to get better, as Google has just showcased a brand new feature for the browser that should make searching even faster. This new feature, what's called "Tap to Search," is

GOOGLE

Jun 4, 2015

Google to launch a new Street View app in mid-August

Google will launch a new Street View app in August that will make it easier for users to upload their own photo spheres to Google Maps. The new app will display photo spheres from Googlers

APPS

Jun 4, 2015

Google Keyboard update brings cross device dictionary sync and more

Google has updated Google Keyboard to v4.1 today that brings with it some new usability enhancing features, including the option to sync user dictionary across devices. The option to sync the dictionary across devices

GOOGLE

Jun 3, 2015

Google developing new technology that will count calories in your food pics

Google is developing new technology that will count the calories in the food photos you upload to Instagram. Dubbed “Im2Calories,” the tool aims to identify the food in a picture and

GOOGLE

Jun 2, 2015

Google Maps gets real-time transit information in latest update in several locations

One of the many features baked into Google Maps is transit information, allowing users to keep track of mass transit options while in certain cities. That ability is getting a bit better in the latest

GOOGLE

Jun 1, 2015

New Google Photos app gives you an option to easily free up space on your Android device

At its I/O conference last week, Google unveiled Photos -- a rebranded cloud based photo backup service with unlimited storage space. Initial impressions of the service have been overwhelmingly positive, with almost everyone praising the

GOOGLE

Jun 1, 2015

Nintendo’s codenamed NX console rumored to use Android

Over the many years that Nintendo has released home video game consoles, the company has used its own proprietary software to run the show. If a new report pans out, though, that could be changing

APPS

May 29, 2015

Age-based app ratings are now live in the Google Play Store

At the beginning of March this year, Google confirmed that a pretty noteworthy addition was coming to the Google Play Store for apps: age-based ratings. Ratings for ages, whether it's "T for Teen"

GOOGLE

May 29, 2015

Google Photos compresses photos uploaded under the ‘Unlimited’ storage option

At its I/O event yesterday, Google unveiled its new cloud photo sharing service -- Google Photos. The service is actually just a rebranded version of Google+ Photos, but comes with a few enhancements and features,

ANDROID M

May 28, 2015

6 most exciting new features in Android M

At its I/O event today, Google announced a new build of Android that focuses on "polish and quality" and "literally fixes thousands of bugs." With Android M -- the current codename of the OS -- Google

GOOGLE

May 28, 2015

Google partners with Udacity to announce the Android Developer Nanodegree

Apart from announcing Android M, offline turn-by-turn directions in Google Maps, Android Pay and more, Google also announced a nanodegree in Android development at I/O 2015 today. The company has partnered with