Watch out, Siri – Google’s enhanced voice search is coming to the iPhone and iPad [video]
Google (GOOG) on Wednesday announced that it will be updating its Search application for the iPhone and iPad. The new version of Google Search will …
Google’s self-driving cars have logged more than 300,000 accident-free miles
Google (GOOG) on Tuesday announced another milestone for its driverless car program. The Internet giant revealed that its self-driving cars have now logged more than …
Judge orders Google, Oracle to disclose if either company paid off bloggers
Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco on Tuesday issued a brief order demanding Google (GOOG) and Oracle (ORCL) disclose whether …
Digital piracy cannot be stopped
From the early days of IRC to the creation of The Pirate Bay, online piracy has grown from a minor annoyance perpetrated by an underground community to …
Google is making better Apple ads than Apple
Apple (AAPL) was once the king of advertising, from its iconic 1984 Macintosh advertisement to its simplistic iPhone commercials. The Cupertino-based company has seemingly been …
Google Fiber TV service is about to get whole lot better
Rovi (ROVI) on Thursday announced that it has entered into a multi-year patent licensing agreement with Google (GOOG). Under the agreement, the Internet giant will have …
Google mulls expanding Google Fiber to more markets
Unnamed sources have told the Wall Street Journal that Google (GOOG) has been having internal discussions about possibly expanding its super-speedy Google Fiber service into markets that aren’t …
Android still powers more than half of all smartphones sold in the U.S.
Market research firm comScore on Wednesday released the results of its latest survey that found Android is still the most popular mobile operating system in the …
Google actually starts setting standards for Android apps on Google Play
The days of slapping a malicious Android app together and quickly tossing it onto the Google Play store are at an end. Per Mashable, Google …
French regulators tell Google to hand over undeleted Street View data
The French sound just as unhappy about Google’s (GOOG) dodgy Street View data collection practices as everyone else, as Bloomberg reports that France’s data-protection authority is …
Android might get the jump on iOS by adding multiple user support
One of the advantages of using a traditional operating system such as Windows or Mac OS X is the ability to have multiple user accounts …
Google Wallet updated to support all major credit and debit cards
Google (GOOG) on Wednesday announced an update to its Google Wallet app that allows users to add any credit or debit card to their smartphone …
Meet the three boxes that will transform your apartment into a swinging Google Fiber pad
GigaOm’s Dave Greenbaum is once again on the ground in Missouri to check out some of the gear that will help Kansas City’s wild and crazy …
Google quickly quashes Nexus Q
Unlike the Q in the James Bond films, the Google (GOOG) Nexus Q won’t have a very long shelf life. Ars Technica reports that Google’s spherical streaming …
Google might give away 100GB of free cloud storage to Chromebook buyers
Consumers who bought one of Google’s (GOOG) browser-based Chromebook computers may soon be getting 100GB of free cloud storage through Google Drive. A man by the …
Consumer Reports: Nexus 7 is great if you’re too cheap for an iPad
Consumer Reports today added Google’s (GOOG) Nexus 7 to its tablet rankings and concluded that while it’s probably the best cheap tablet on the market, it …
Google will pay $22.5 million to settle FTC privacy breach case
In line with reports from earlier this month, Google (GOOG) has agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle a case with the Federal Trade Commission. …
Google toys with major Android redesign as patent wars heat up
The always-eagle-eyed PatentBolt has spotted a new patent application from Google (GOOG) that indicates the company is designing a way to bring radial menus to its …
Google Fiber early review: Download speeds approach 200Mbps; not perfect but still ‘outstanding’
Dave Greenbaum of GigaOm this week spent some time in Kansas City to get a first-hand look at Google (GOOG) Fiber in action, and found that …
Google Wallet hacked to work on Verizon Galaxy S III [video]
You won’t find Google Wallet, officially, on any of the smartphones offered by Verizon Wireless (VZ), not even the Galaxy Nexus. In fact, you won’t find …
Google Fiber already has 20% of Kansas City neighborhoods begging for service
Will the last cable and DSL subscribers left in Kansas City please turn out the lights? TechCrunch reports that 20% of all neighborhoods in Kansas City …
Early Google Fiber adopter shares thoughts on Google’s new 1Gbps Internet service
Gizmodo on Monday hosted a chat session with Max Ross, a former software developer and current co-owner of the Fric and Frac restaurant in Kansas City …
After strong demand wiped out Google’s inventory, 16GB Nexus 7 tablet is back in stock
Good news for Nexus 7 fans: The 16GB version of the popular Google tablet has been restocked and is now available for purchase from the …
Android’s share of U.S. smartphone market declined in Q2 as iPhone share ballooned 43%
Google’s (GOOG) Android is still the leading smartphone platform in the United States by a huge margin, but that margin narrowed a bit in the …
Street View lands Google in hot water… again
The controversy surrounding Google’s (GOOG) data collection practices took an unexpected turn Friday when the company admitted to British officials that it had neglected to …
ABI: Developers are in for a dose of reality as mobile app downloads decline
Is HTML5 really overhyped? Not so fast, says a recent report from market research firm ABI Research. The firm on Wednesday released a new report …
Google Fiber: Start wetting the bed, cable companies
Yes, Google Fiber is only being launched in Kansas City so far. And sure, there’s not much hope that it will spread across the entire …
Google officially launches Google Fiber, Google Fiber TV service in Kansas City
Google (GOOG) on Thursday lit up its highly-anticipated fiber network in Kansas City, promising to bring residents of the city world-class Internet and television service …
Google, Facebook, Amazon and eBay found pro-tech lobbying group
Four major Internet companies are giving America just what it needs: More federal lobbyists. The Washington Post reports that Google (GOOG), Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB) and …
New Google studio aims to turn YouTube celebrities into actual stars
Imagine if the Star Wars Kid could have had a real light saber, or if Chris Crocker could have had Britney Spears show up to …
