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News and information for the company behind Android, Google. Latest news regarding Google inrelation to the Android platform and other mobile based products and projects.
Google could launch ‘Google Helpouts’ for real help from real people in real time
Google quietly launched a landing page for a possible new service called “Google Helpouts”. It appears to be…
OTA security update rolling out to Google Nexus 4
An OTA update for the Google Nexus 4 started rolling out to users today to address security issues.…
Google Play Services 3.2 completes roll-out, brings series of important updates
The latest version of Google Play services has just finished rolling out and it has some pretty nice…
Google+ to get a new translation feature for posts and comments
Google+ users can expect to see a new feature gradually hitting the web interface of Google's social media…
Google Maps will now benefit from Waze traffic incident reporting
After buying up Waze, Google announced they would use the acquisition to improve Google Maps. It hasn't taken…
Google Glass a fit for NBA Refs? Houston Rockets exec speaks
We always knew questions like this were going to eventually come up as the technology used in Google…
Explore the inside of the TARDIS? Yes, you can with Google Maps
Google has tucked a neat little Easter egg away in their Google Maps product – the TARDIS. For…
Google working on “conversational search” for devices
Imagine a scene where the crew of the Starship Enterprise is trying to get information from the computer…
Some new Nexus 7 tablet owners reporting problems with faulty touch screens
If you bought a new Nexus 7 tablet and you aren't having any issues with it, consider yourself…
Samsung Galaxy Note III to ship with Android 4.3
It's all but officially confirmed that Samsung will be unveiling their brand new phablet, the Galaxy Note III…
Are you having GPS issues with the new Nexus 7? You’re not alone
If you just picked up the new Nexus 7 and having problems with the GPS, you're not alone.…
Photo Sphere ‘Compass Mode’ included with latest Google Play Services update
We just posted that Google has released their latest version (3.2.25) of Google Play Services. One of the…
Android Device Manager to be implemented with Google Play Services version 3.2.25, download now
Yesterday Google introduced the Android Device Manager, which provides location tracking and remote wiping/locking of lost or stolen…
Android Device Manager helping users find lost phones
It seems like it is a common occurrence that virtually every smartphone owner has dealt with at some…
Latest Android distribution numbers show continued growth for Jelly Bean but Gingerbread is still holding on
It's that time of the month again!! This is when we find out how badly Android is fragmented.…
Google’s Android team looked the other way during the development of the Moto X
The Moto X is the first phone that was developed after the Google acquisition of Motorola, but how…
Moto X specs finally confirmed at Motorola event in NYC
It feels like we've been waiting forever, and now we finally know pretty much everything there is to…
Moto X Developer Edition in the works
In another unsurprising move, Motorola has announced that a Developer Edition of the Moto X will be available…
Bootloader on Moto X locked
At Motorola's NYC event today they announced that the bootloader on the Moto X is not unlocked, which…
UK market now has access to TV shows in Google Play
Android users in the UK who accessed the Google Play Movies store this morning may have noticed something…
Google working on a location based news feed for Google Now
Google has revealed they are working on a new Google Now card that will deliver local news stories…
Having trouble taking good Photo sphere pictures? Check out Google’s “how to” video
Photo sphere first debuted on Google's Nexus 4 device and has taken pictures to a whole new level.…
New Chromecast app developed allowing for streaming of local media
As expected, the recently released Chromecast was taken apart, put back together, rooted, hacked, and investigated deeply by…
Google launches ‘Glass Creative Collective,’ provides five film schools with three sets of Glass each
Google's most recent initiative, the Glass Creative Collective, strives to bring Glass to education— more specifically, film schools.…
Google to bring 10x faster WiFi to 7,000 Starbucks in the U.S.
A lot of people spend a good amount of their day in coffee shops such as Starbucks to…
Could Lenovo be the manufacturer for the next Nexus 7? LG? Samsung?
It's only natural that we're already talking about the third-generation Nexus 7, only a week after the second-generation…
HBO GO could be coming to Chromecast very soon
Google's new Chromecast is an absolute hit, but another thing we can all agree on is that we…
Google introduces ‘Views’ for sharing photo spheres to Google Maps
Today Google announced a new community site called Views, which allows people to publicly share photo spheres to…
Google quietly added extra security features to all Android devices in Google Play services
Security wasn't really a big part of Google's Android 4.3 announcement, which might sound odd considering how big…
Google Babel project is a real-time translation service
Remember when Google Hangouts was named Babel? It turns out, Babel is actually something completely different now –…
Lack of “multi-user” support on Android phones explained by Dan Morrill of Google
There has been some speculation that a Nokia patent has been blocking Google from adding “multi-user” support on…
“My device slowed down with age” may no longer be in our vocabulary with Android 4.3
It's an amazing feeling when you open up that great looking box, break out your new device, install…
LG could be the manufacturer of choice for the 2014 Nexus 7
The Nexus 7 was only announced a couple of days ago, but that isn't stopping the speculation for…
Google Play Games features Easter Egg utilizing Konami code
It appears Google threw a little Easter Egg into Google Play Games. If you played Konami's classic Contra…
More Moto X leaks: Dual LTE antennas, Moto Magic Glass, and xWATCH
Like I said the other day, there probably won't be much to learn about the Moto X when…
Google says Google TV isn’t dead yet, Chromecast to exist alongside it
After Google dropped their Chromecast announcement yesterday, it would be easy to call it the nail in Google…