Can you survive on Android without ever having to pay for an app?
One fierce battle fought between Apple and Google is over apps and developers, and each platform tries to entice programmers with its own strengths. The main …
New photo leak reveals Nexus 8 for the first time ever
With the annual Google I/O conference just a few weeks away, we can undoubtedly expect the pace of related leaks to accelerate leading up to …
Despite massive growth, KitKat still lags behind older Android versions
Google has posted its latest Android distribution numbers on its developers site, revealing huge growth for Android 4.4 KitKat, compared to previous months. Even so, …
This is an awesome Google Glass feature you’ll hopefully never have to use
Google’s Google Glass smart eyewear has many fans but also many haters, and the device will be available to more and more users in the …
Google exec inadvertently explains why Glass is flopping
In the two years since its public debut, Google Glass has gone from being seen as a potentially game-changing wearable computer to being a hopelessly …
Pain in the Glass: New gadget stops Google Glass users in their tracks
Google Glass is the future. Or it’s not. In either case, there exists a serious problem in the head-mounted wearables category that is already causing …
The absolute worst Apple vs. Google analysis you’ll read all week
My least favorite kind of tech punditry involves saying that some company is “losing” or even better “doomed” because it’s not behaving exactly as one …
Why Samsung will keep killing other Android vendors unless Google intervenes
It isn’t hard to feel for HTC. For two straight years, it’s released hugely acclaimed Android phones that have been praised in the tech media as …
Here’s the wildest Google Maps Easter Egg yet
Google is hides all sorts of neat tricks in its products, aptly referred to as Easter Eggs, and the company has included one such software trick …
Apple CEO says users who buy Android ‘by mistake’ look for a ‘better life’ on iOS
Apple and Google may have inked a truce when it comes to patent trials, but the two companies remain fierce rivals in the mobile and …
Google to follow Apple onto the next big mobile battlefield
When it comes to mobile devices, Apple and Google are already doing battle in your pocket, on your coffee table, in your living room and in …
Google ready to pump billions into Internet-beaming satellites
Google will spend more than $1 billion on deploying its first Internet-beaming satellite fleet, The Wall Street Journal has learned, with the company expected to …
Did Google censor search results for a key Nest rival?
Forget net neutrality — do we need search neutrality as well? Pando reports that home automation company Vivint found itself mysteriously removed from Google search …
Google kicks off complex procedure to respect your ‘right to be forgotten’
European citizens can ask search engines including Google to “forget” links to certain stories about them, a local court recently decided, and Google is taking …
Google, Amazon among tech companies trying to prevent the next Heartbleed
If there’s one thing that can make the competitive tech industry band together, it’s security. Last month, the Heartbleed bug affected nearly everyone in the …
Google is being flooded by thousands of demands to erase search results
Google has been hit by more than 12,000 requests to erase links to personal history after a landmark European court ruling, Reuters reports. On May …
Netflix’s real rivals: Makeup tipsters, Swedish hipsters and Keyboard Cat
We’ve already heard a lot about the triumphant success of Netflix and the rapid growth of on-demand video services from cable companies. But a brand new ARRIS …
Major details emerge on Google’s plan to conquer both TV and gaming
Google’s Chromecast dongle has been pretty successful for the company but that’s apparently not enough — Google wants to have another go at making a …
Google’s new Quality Report will tell you how amazing (or awful) your ISP is
Earlier this year, Google-owned YouTube began collecting a different type of data when serving videos to its users. Instead of focusing solely on data that …
Motorola is shutting down its U.S. smartphone factory
Motorola can’t afford to build its smartphones in the United States any longer. The Wall Street Journal reports that Motorola will be shuttering its factory …
Google’s Wi-Fi balloons get mistaken for UFOs in Kentucky
If you see an unidentified flying object with a Google logo on it, don’t worry too much — the company isn’t planning to abduct you and …
Google engineer shows off Android Wear smartwatch notifications for the first time
Google sat back for a short while and watched companies like Sony, Motorola and Samsung launch Android-based smartwatches that reminded us a lot of early …
New leak reveals key Nexus 8 details
Google’s next-generation Nexus tablet, which was recently discovered as Volantis/Flounder in Google code and which is believed to be made by HTC, will apparently have a …
How to get a refund on apps you buy from Google Play
As crucial as apps have become to the mobile experience, people still often balk at the idea of paying for mobile applications. Spending $7 on …
Google and Nest apparently want to watch you sleep next
Google and Nest are reportedly interested in providing some sort of home surveillance equipment and support in the future, The Information has learned, as the …
Did Google just leak its next-generation Nexus tablet?
Either Google’s art department purposely manipulated an image of the company’s current Nexus 10 tablet, or Google just quietly revealed its next-generation pure Android slate.
Aspiring techies: Join these companies if you want to get paid
If you’re a computer science major in college right now and you’re looking to land at a place that will help you pay off your …
Google’s next tablet is unlike anything you’ve ever seen
Google is apparently working on a special tablet that’s going to be far better than regular Nexus-branded Android devices, and said device may be unveiled …
Now anyone can search Google on a computer without lifting a finger
Siri still has plenty of issues that need to be ironed out in order to help improve usability, but one thing is certain: Apple kicked …
Congresswoman says Google and Netflix are the real broadband moochers
People generally like Google and Netflix and they generally really, really hate their ISP. However, The Hill reports that Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) would like …
