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August 10, 2015
Google today announced that it will soon support the Khronos Group’s Vulkan graphics API on Android. The goal of Vulkan is very similar to that of Apple’s Metal…
Read articleAugust 6, 2015
OpenStack company Mirantis and CoreOS today announced that they have teamed up to integrate Mirantis’ OpenStack distribution with CoreOS’s Tectonic container platform. Together, the two companies will now…
Read articleAugust 5, 2015
Earlier today, Samsung announced that it would now provide security patches for its Android devices “about once per month.” In addition to Samsung, Google also today announced a…
Read articleJuly 30, 2015
Google has long given Android developers the option to manage closed beta tests from the Google Play Developer Console. To join these betas, users had to become part…
Read articleJuly 29, 2015
Google is today opening up a program that allows developers who are running Search app install campaigns on AdWords to advertise their apps within Google Play’s search results.…
Read articleJuly 29, 2015
If a city knows what intersections are full of smog, it could add trees or change stop light schedules to improve the air its citizens breathe. Google Earth’s…
Read articleJuly 28, 2015
Google Search got a small, but notable, update today that focuses on helping users determine when it’s the best time to visit a nearby business. After performing a…
Read articleJuly 28, 2015
Starting today, developers who use Google’s Compute Engine infrastructure as a service platform will be able to bring their own security keys to the service. Google argues that…
Read articleJuly 23, 2015
Google Spotlight Stories, a mobile app featuring immersive, 360-degree animated films originally developed by Motorola ahead of its 2011 Google acquisition, has now made its way to iOS…
Read articleJuly 21, 2015
Google has acquired mobile app prototyping tool Pixate today, both companies have confirmed. Pixate had raised $3.8M from Accel Partners in 2013. It had popped out of the…
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