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Google Photos Breaks Free Of Google+, Now Offers Free, Unlimited Storage
Google officially announced its long-rumored revamp of its photo-sharing service, Google Photos, at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco today. The killer feature? Users can now backup up full-resolution photos and videos – up to 16MP for photos and 1080p for videos – to Google’s cloud for free. The service will roll out to Android, iOS and web users starting today,… Read More
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Google’s New Cloud Test Lab Lets Android Developers Quickly Test Their Apps On Top Android Devices For Free
Google launched a new project at its I/O developer conference today that will make it easier for developers to check how their mobile apps work across the 20 most popular Android devices from around the world. It’s no secret that the diverse Android ecosystem makes life harder for developers, given that they can’t simply test their apps on a small number of popular devices and… Read More
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Google Brings Turn-By-Turn Directions To Offline Maps
Google announced that Maps will soon provide turn-by-turn navigation for routes saved for offline use (or when you completely lose your connection in the middle of nowhere). Android M Will Be Able To Give You Contextual Info About What’s Happening In Your Android Apps
Google Now has long helped Android users get timely information about local traffic, movies that are playing locally and other information based on their commutes, browsing history and other data. With Android M, which Google announced today, the Now service is getting even smarter and more contextual. When you tap and hold the home button in Android M, Google will grab the information from… Read More
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Google Debuts New AdMob Tools For Ad Targeting, Native Ads, Scaling Apps And More
In addition to new products and media partnerships aimed to help app developers grow and manage their businesses, Google today also announced a new set of AdMob tools to help developers better target ads, serve native ads, and scale their apps more quickly with support from app sales teams. The company also noted it has expanded AdMob mediation – a tool that lets developers maximize… Read More
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HBO NOW Is Coming To Google Play, Will Support Chromecast
Android-loving cord-cutters who want to catch up on Game of Thrones will get their chance soon — Google just announced that the HBO NOW app will be coming to Google Play. The HBO NOW app (distinct from HBO GO, which is for existing subscribers) launched earlier this year. It was exclusive to Apple, but only for a limited period of time. Read More
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Google Takes Another Shot At Mobile Payments With Android Pay
At its I/O developer conference today, Google announced Android Pay, a new payments solution native to its mobile operating system. In addition to making it easier to pay at a merchant’s point of sale via NFC, the new system lets merchants integrate payments directly into their apps for selling physical goods and services using an Android Pay API rather than integrating a third-party… Read More
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Follow Our Google I/O 2015 Keynote Live Blog May 28 At 9:30 AM PT
Google’s I/O developer conference for 2015 kicks off tomorrow, with a keynote that begins at 9:30 AM PT. Google typically uses this to make big, splashy announcements about its software platforms and products, and to go into additional detail about what the changes mean to developers especially. We’ll have a special team of highly talented TechCrunch individuals at the event,… Read More
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What To Expect From Google I/O 2015
Google I/O begins Thursday, kicking off with the usual keynote from the search giant during which it generally drops a lot of news. We’ll be there to cover it live as it happens, but a lot of info, rumor and speculation has already been making the rounds about just what we’ll see announced. Here’s a round-up of what to expect, what isn’t all that likely, and what might… Read More
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