Google plans to make the world’s best mobile browser even better
Google’s Chrome mobile browser is the best mobile web browser we’ve used and it looks like Google is about to make it even better. DroidLife …
As smartphones control cars, your ecosystem decision carries even more weight
Think buying all news apps is a pain? Try buying a new car. For years, the switching costs involved in changing from one handset to …
Video: Here’s the first Google Ara smartphone hands-on demo
Google’s Paul Eremenko at a LAUNCH event last week performed a first hands-on demo of a Google Ara smartphone that revealed some of the interesting things about Google’s ATAP project. During a …
Apple has the size, Google has the momentum, but the smart money has been on BlackBerry in 2014
It’s been an interesting start to 2014 for the mobile platform makers Apple, Google, BlackBerry and Microsoft, with BlackBerry leading the way, leaving the others …
This is what Sundar Pichai actually said about Android malware and security
A site quoted Sundar Pichai saying at MWC that Android was designed to be open instead of safe, but that doesn’t appear to be exactly …
Motorola says Google didn’t have any influence on Moto X or G
In a session at MWC 2014, three Motorola exec including senior vice president of Software Engineering Steve Horowitz, senior vice president of Supply Chain and …
Apple, Amazon, Google named the world’s 3 most admired companies
Fortune has come out with its annual list of the world’s most admired companies and it looks like big tech companies are once again the …
Google unveils even more new Google Maps features
Google on Thursday announced a new Google Maps-related online product that should help both companies and regular consumers enjoy a better maps experience. The Google …
EU looks to crack down on ‘misleading’ in-app purchases in free games
Following concerns from consumer groups in Denmark, Britain, Italy and Belgium, the European Commission wants to know more about in-app purchases that are available in …
How Google’s Project Ara plans to kill cheap smartphones one module at a time
Google’s Project Ara modular smartphone is more than just a dream for a distant future, as the company plans to show off its first working …
Video: Could Google soon help you 3D print the smartphone of your dreams?
Project Ara and Project Tango are two very interesting smartphone-related Google endeavors currently developed by Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects division, with the former further …
Make older Nexus devices and Play Edition phones look like the Nexus 5 with Google’s new free app
The Nexus 5 is a fantastic smartphone. The bang-for-the-buck factor is clearly the smartphone’s biggest draw, but the appeal doesn’t end there. The Nexus 5 …
Meet the Nexus smartwatch that never was
While Google is rumored to currently be working on a secret smartwatch project of its own, with LG expected to manufacture the device, earlier rumors suggested …
Google really wants you to drive with your Glass on
Google is ready to fight anti-Google Glass legislation initiatives in many states, Reuters reports, as the search giant has apparently hired lobbyist to try to …
Google Fiber’s potential Achilles’ heel
Everything we’ve read about Google Fiber suggests that it really is a beast of an Internet service that positively blows away every other service offered …
When you enter the Internet, check your privacy at the door
There’s almost no privacy when going online, investigative reporter Julia Angwin discovered when looking into what Google and other companies knew about their users. The …
You’ll soon be able to unsubscribe from any marketing email in your Gmail inbox
The days of endless marketing spam are finally coming to an end. ITworld reports that Google is finally ready to roll out its handy unsubscribe …
LG-made Google smartwatch reportedly coming soon
Google may soon unveil its first smartwatch, according to new information revealed by TechCrunch and @evleaks. According to TechCrunch, the unnamed Google smartwatch has been in development for …
Video: Here’s how Google’s Project Tango maps indoor spaces
After Google confirmed its 3D-sensing Project Tango smartphone the other day, a developer has already used the prototype device to highlight some of its capabilities, …
Winner wears all in looming war between Samsung and Google
Samsung’s first smartwatch was a dud. Even when Samsung was pitching the device to the media during briefings, representatives couldn’t always keep a straight face …
Google will reportedly announce Android 4.5 and Nexus 8 in July
If you were hoping to see the next iteration of Android at Google I/O in June, you might be in for a disappointment. An unnamed Google …
WhatsApp could have sold for even more than $19 billion
Facebook stunned the tech world this week when it announced that it was paying $16 billion up front along with $3 billion in vested payments …
New Google app could fix the most annoying thing about public Wi-Fi
If you live in a major metropolitan area, accessing public Wi-Fi is likely part of your daily routine. The only problem with public Wi-Fi is …
Video: Meet the coolest Android phone that you won’t be able to buy
Project Tango may just be one of the coolest Google Android phones so far, although the phone will not be available for purchase anytime soon. …
Google just updated Google Maps – here are 5 awesome new features you have to try
Google Maps is one of several free Google services that have changed our lives. It’s easy to take for granted since it has become such …
WhatsApp reportedly turned down $10 billion offer from Google
Why did Facebook just buy WhatsApp for $16 billion? Probably because if it didn’t, Google would have picked up the popular mobile messaging app for …
Google Fiber’s latest expansion could really mess with Comcast, TWC
What’s that you’re hearing? Could it be the real stirrings of actual competition in the American broadband market? Google on Wednesday announced it was considering …
Google mulls major Google Fiber expansion to 9 new cities
Google Fiber is now only available in three different markets but that could soon change very quickly. Google announced on Wednesday that it is considering expanding …
MIT lists the 50 smartest companies (and Apple isn’t among them)
As it has done in years past, MIT’s Technology Review blog has ranked the 50 smartest companies in the world. Interestingly, however, the world’s top …
Google tells Glass users: ‘Don’t be a Glasshole’
Google knows that it has its work cut out for it when it comes to making Google Glass more widely accepted by the general public, …
