Apple ruined the dream of having Google take over my iPhone
Try though I might, there’s simply no way I can ditch my iPhone and switch to Android. Why? Because the software experience on Apple’s iPhones …
Google is officially killing Flash in Chrome this year
The death of Flash is imminent; we’ve known that for a few years. A security threat and a battery hob, Flash is replaced with other …
Google faces record $3.4 billion antitrust fine in Europe
Google’s legal problems in Europe are far from over, and the European Commission is readying what might be a massive 3 billion Euros ($3.4 billion) …
Google will pay you $20 an hour to sit in a car
How would you like to make some pretty easy money? Per The Arizona Republic, it seems that Google is paying people in Arizona $20 an …
Police can’t explain why their spy SUV was disguised as a Google truck
An image emerged online earlier this week showing a parked SUV that looked nothing like a Google Streetview car, even though it had a Google Maps …
Google’s Android VR headset seems all but confirmed
In just a few days, Google will kick off this year’s edition of its popular Google I/O developer conference. We already have an idea of …
Google just released a keyboard for the iPhone with built-in search
Google just announced and launched a new keyboard for the iPhone that it’s calling Gboard. The keyboard has built-in Google search functionality, as well as …
Google Translate for Android just got way more useful
There’s an update out for Google’s Android Translate app that you should definitely go download. Rather than just working in the dedicated app, Translate for …
Google I/O 2016 preview: All the biggest announcements you can expect next week
Every year during the spring and summer months, Android and Apple users alike are given a glimpse into the future of their respective mobile operating …
Google is testing a change to its search results page that we really hate
Google usually likes to keep things consistent, but the search giant over the weekend started A/B testing a new design for its search results page that …
How to stop Google seeing your private medical history
The future of health care will be deeply connected to the future of tech. Companies like Google, Apple, and many others are studying how gadgets …
This is Google’s first self-driving minivan, but you can’t buy one yet
Google on Tuesday confirmed what a couple of recent reports revealed: it’s taking its self-driving cars project to the next level. Google isn’t manufacturing brand new …
Warning: Sex and Tesla Autopilot do not mix
Once self-driving cars take over, you’ll be able to do plenty of other things while sitting behind the wheel and waiting to get to your …
How to switch to YouTube’s big Material Design makeover right now, before it launches
When Google redesigned the Android interface using its new “Material Design” guidelines, users were ecstatic. It’s not that Android’s old design was particularly bad, but the …
Google is testing a wild new feature that allows brands to take over search results
In an effort to further bolster its already successful advertising business, Google is currently experimenting with a new initiative that promises to give companies and …
Google just patented a crazy device it wants to inject into your eyeball
We may be accustomed to seeing high-tech companies file patents for out-there concepts and technologies, but a new patent from Google takes the cake. Originally spotted …
Google is trying to take its self-driving cars to the next level
Google’s self-driving cars might be ready for mass consumption, a pair of reports this week have suggested. After Alphabet execs hinted that their autonomous driving technology is …
Someone thinks he found Millennium Falcon wreckage on Earth using Google Maps
Not too long ago, someone claimed to have discovered a UFO near Area 51 using nothing other than Google Earth, and various sets of historical …
See the major design overhaul coming to Chrome courtesy of Material Design
Over the past few months, Google has been steadily adopting some of the styles and principles from Material Design in order to give its Chrome …
Is this how Microsoft Windows finally dies?
It’s not easy to imagine a world without the Windows operating system. Even in spite of Microsoft’s Windows 8 debacle, the company’s computing platform is still the …
New free app gives us the Android notification experience we’ve been waiting for
If you use an Android device and you aren’t happy with the phone’s default notification system, you can either wait for Android N to further …
Android’s ‘toxic hellstew’ of vulnerabilities is slowly getting fixed
Google’s most recent report on Android security reveals that its mobile platform is safer than ever from bugs and malware, but that there’s a long …
Google’s VR monster movie will make you wish every movie was filmed in VR
If you’re still not convinced that 360-degree video is part of the long-term future of entertainment, let me point you in the direction of Google’s …
How to add unlimited free VPN to Google’s Chrome browser
Opera made a big announcement on Thursday morning that was widely covered by tech blogs. In the latest developer preview build of its web browser for …
Google might build its own digital city of the future
Google is seriously thinking about building its own city that will serve as a showcase for some of the futuristic technologies that it’s developed. No, …
Google says that YouTube ads are 80% more effective than TV ads
Want to know one surefire way to anger the TV industry? Tell them that their commercials aren’t all that effective. That’s exactly what Google claims in a new …
Should Android be illegal?
Nothing in this world is free. Whether or not you pay for something with money, you always pay. Google has built a massive empire that …
European Union files formal antitrust complaint against Google’s Android
We knew the European Union was looking into Google’s Android mobile operating system and the company’s business practices surrounding it, so it’s no surprise that …
Google employees hate Nest so much they’re making memes about it
As has been observed many times over the past couple of weeks, Google’s acquisition of Nest has basically turned into a giant dumpster fire. In short, Nest’s …
Here’s how you can find out everything Google knows about you
For all the hoopla surrounding NSA surveillance activities, it’s shockingly easy to forget that Google often knows an awful a lot about more than 1 billion users …
