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April 15, 2015
Google Research today launched its latest project: Google Handwriting Input. Besides their voice and favorite keyboards, Android users using Android 4.0.3 and up can now also simply use…
Read articleApril 15, 2015
As widely expected, Europe’s antitrust chief, Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, has issued a formal Statement of Objections (SO) regarding the operation of Google’s shopping search comparison service —…
Read articleApril 9, 2015
Google has been stepping up its game in mobile payments the last several months, buying Softcard’s point-of-sale tech and making some international advances for its money transfer service. Today it’s adding…
Read articleApril 6, 2015
When Google announced that Haier and Hisense were about to launch $149 Chromebooks — the most affordable Google-powered laptops yet — I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.…
Read articleMarch 31, 2015
A few weeks ago Google made headlines with the launch of the new Chromebook Pixel, the highest-end Chromebook on the market (and with a price to show for…
Read articleMarch 31, 2015
Google is launching an update to Drive for Work and Drive for Education today that introduces a number of new tools for users who need to have greater…
Read articleMarch 31, 2015
Google has created a new Easter Egg for Google Maps (pretty much just in time for actual Easter) which lets you play Pac-Man in real-world locales on the…
Read articleMarch 31, 2015
Google announced this morning a range of new advertising options for Android app developers designed to increase the number of app installations. The most notable change rolling out…
Read articleMarch 30, 2015
Google updated its Gmail app for Android today, and the most important feature is probably the addition of a unified inbox. Most of us probably manage multiple accounts…
Read articleMarch 30, 2015
There’s a lot of enthusiasm at either end of the spectrum for “go big” virtual reality and “go small” smartwatches and other wearable devices. Is the “game-changing” hype…
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