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Google announce their plans for Picasa
Before there was Google Photos, there was Picasa and if you don't know what it is or have never used it, now would not be the time give it a go. Google has announced...
Google’s Text to Speech service version 3.8 adds male and female voices to each...
Google's Text to Speech service isn't something that makes news headlines much; it's just kind of there as part of Android and it works. However, today, an exception is made -- Google's Text to...
You can now get insights even faster from a new look Google Forms
Fans of Google Forms are going to be pleased with the new look and tools that Google has introduced into the tool, with Forms now looking schmick with a Material Design makeover and even...
Google Plus gets its new post notifier restored on the web
Following the November redesign of Google Plus, Google has been slowly rolling out new features and restoring missing ones to the platform. Today
Today the "New Posts" button has been returned to the top...
Google’s second annual security check-up starts, get you 2GB of free Drive storage just...
As part of Safer Internet Day, Google has again started offering 2GB of bonus Google Drive storage to users who complete a security check-up. This is the second year that Google has run this...
Is Google developing a VR successor to Cardboard?
Google surprised the tech world at Google IO 2014 with their off the cuff 'announcement' of the Google Cardboard project. Jump forward 20 months and Cardboard has gone from success to success. As we...
App gives you the chance to win promo codes
In the middle of last month, Google announced the addition of Promo Codes to the developer dashboard in Google Play. This is to allow the developers to run promotions, provide codes to sites...
Chromecast Audio is coming to Australia, and here’s why its cool
Google's Chromecast Audio isn't exactly a new product anymore; it's been on shelves in the US for a few months, following its announcement last September at Google's Nexus event in San Francisco. We were...
Stand alone ad blocker disappears from Play Store
Ad blockers aren't anything new, in fact there are a lot of them around for pretty much any hardware capable of connecting to the internet. Android is one such platform that has options such as the stand...
Vote for your favourite Google doodle
Doodle for Google is an initiative by Google to encourage creativity and originality within schools, and the latest theme in the US round was "What makes me, me". If you check out the finalists, there...
Google’s February 2016 update for Pixel C includes new keyboard firmware
Google's Pixel C is an enigma of a product; it likely started life as a Chrome device, and switched to Android at the last minute, and there's evidence of this throughout the product (the...
Your Android Wear watch is about to get a taste of Marshmallow
The official Android blog has today announced the release of the latest Android Wear update. Version 1.4 - previously briefly announced for the aborted LG Watch Urbane 2 - has begun rolling out, and...
Editions at Play is an experiment in digital narratives and unprintable books, co-developed in...
Google has today taken the wraps of an experimental digital product called Editions at Play, jointly developed by digital publisher Visual Editions and Google's Sydney-based Creative Labs team.
The product promises a new kind...
Google announce the 2nd AdMob Student App Challange
Are you a Student? Do you have an awesome app idea? Do you actually know how to make that app? If you can answer yes for all 3 of these questions then Google is...
Real-time comments for Google Docs, Sheets and Slides comes to Android
Google has today added a new feature to their Docs, Slides and Sheets apps for Android, which brings in a new level of functionality on mobile which previously was only available on desktop. With...