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The latest Android Experiment lets you send a Paper Plane around the globe in...
It's international Peace day and what better way to celebrate it than to send and catch paper planes and stamp it with your location? Paper Planes, which first debuted at the Google IO 2016...
How to add your international friends to Allo
So you've installed Google's new single device messaging app Allo, you've played with the awesome Google Assistant and you've added all of your technologically compliant friends onto the platform. But now you're ready to...
YouTube introduce Heroes, YouTube’s version of Local Guides, with additional moderation tools, exclusive offers...
YouTube has long been criticised for being at the bottom of the barrel from the perspective of comments and community interaction. That's not to say that there haven't been some great communities built in...
New Circular Launcher Icons Coming in Android 7.1 For Google Apps
Over the past few years we have seen the visual nature of Android change constantly. We saw Material Design take over and since then we have seen many tweaks of that. Not...
Google Maps just made it easier to know where you’re heading
Google has officially announced today that they are replacing the direction arrow in Google Maps with a "shining blue beam". We first heard rumours of this a few months ago, and now the change...
Android 7.1 update could bring a restart options to Android finally – at least...
After Sony pushing in AOSP for Google to add an official restart option to Android and was ultimately denied last year, it looks like Google has had a change of heart with testers seeing...
Google Australia now teasing the Pixel event next month focusing on 5
If you've been living under a rock today, then you'll be excited to learn that Google has started teasing their Pixel event which will take place on the 4th of October in the US....
Google “Officially” tease Pixel phones for October 4th release
There have been too many leaks about upcoming Pixel phones for there to be nothing coming, until today however there hasn't been a (official) release date for them.
Thanks to Google teasing the date of...
Rumoured Google Pixel phone pricing surfaces, start saving all the dollars
We're almost 2 weeks away from the rumoured Google Hardware event where we're expecting Google to announce the Pixel and Pixel XL phones, along with a whole host of other great hardware. If you...
Did Nest just release a TV commercial with the new Pixel phone in it?...
The careful coordination of multiple product lines across multiple divisions in a large corporation like Google must be hard. In 2013 we got an early look at the Nexus 5 when someone uploaded a...
Google moves ‘Google for Work’ brand to the Cloud
According to a report from paywalled site, The Information, Google will be rebranding their enterprise focused 'Google for Work', aka Google Apps, as Google Cloud. Google For Work/ Cloud encompasses email via Gmail as...
Google adds more options for downloading via Wi Fi for Play Store updates
In a bid to control use of precious, not to mention expensive, mobile data, it appears that Google is testing a new feature for managing large Google Play downloads that will help keep our...
Google makes browsing from anywhere on Android safer
At Google IO this year, the Android security team outlined a new safe browsing service that would be coming to Android. Today the team has released the updated tools to developers. The Android system...
Play YouTube and other videos in the background with Chrome 54 Beta for Android
Google's Beta channel for their apps occasionally give you early access to some great features, and today's Beta for Chrome on Android is definitely one of those occasions. Whilst the update brought multiple changes with it...
Gmail brings responsive design to Email
Email, we all have it, we all use it, many of us loathe it. Gmail was originally invented to make Email better, and today Google is continuing that journey with responsive design being integrated...