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Google’s new VP of Virtual Reality celebrates some Cardboard milestones
In the high stakes - and typically high cost - world of Virtual Reality (VR) headsets lead by the likes of Oculus, HTC and Sony, Google has been working on what could be argued...
Waze announce an integration SDK along with 6 app partnerships
Real-time turn-by-turn navigation company Waze, who were purchased by Google in 2013, have announced the launch of their first open integration SDK (software development kit), the Transport SDK. The new SDK will allow developers...
Google Pixel C — Review
Android tablets have occupied an interesting space in today's technology landscape; somewhere between bargain basement junk that no one is ever actually seen buying, but they definitely buy, and moderately priced tablets that seem...
Google is simplifying login for Google Play Games
Google announced today that they are taking steps to reduce sign-on friction and simplify permissions for Google Play Games-enabled apps. Many of the changes are developer facing, but that's not to say that users shouldn't...
Google releases update to Gmail app, fixes Hotmail issue, but doesn’t fix Gmail Sync...
Users of Google's email service Gmail have probably noticed in the last week or two that it has been a bit flaky, with delayed notifications, or in some cases, notifications not triggering at all...
Google Now gets a new Voice?
By far one of the most far reaching platforms Google has across it's ecosystem is "Google Now". Google Now powers everything from contextually aware notification cards and recommendations, to appointment notifications, to travel time...
CONFIG_KEYS vulnerability – How vulnerable are you?
A recently discovered vulnerability in the Linux kernel (which runs at the heart of Android) might leave some devices susceptible to exploitation .. though from what we understand, the risk is minimal. For those...
Inbox adds easy photo sharing to the web interface
Inbox has changed the way that many of us deal with email; the ability to "one touch" snooze emails and have them reappear when you want or need to deal with them is a...
Google Drive update makes it easier to organise your files
Google have some outstanding products available to consumers and Google Drive; their collaborative workspace is certainly one of them. Despite being a very strong product in the market the progress and development of the...
Multiroom support is coming to the wider Google Cast ecosystem
Speaking today at the Ubiquity Dev Summit, Rishi Chandra (Vice President of Chromecast and Android TV at Google) announced that the multiroom audio feature that debuted with Chromecast Audio will be extended to any...
Watch Google’s Ubiquitous Computing Dev Summit
Google has continued their trend of breaking out developer engagement and detailed education from Google IO with their Dev Summit model. The latest edition to the Dev Summit family is the Ubiquity Dev Summit...
Android Wear category added to Google Play to aid in app discovery and adoption
Whether you just received your first Android Wear device or have been using one for a while you have most likely noticed that app discovery for the platform can be a little difficult. As...
Next version of Android to leave behind Oracle’s proprietary Java APIs for OpenJDK
Android was built on top of Java, which began life at Sun Microsystems before being acquired by Oracle. There's been a bit of legal issue between Oracle and Google over the latter's use of...
Google seems to think the Internet of things will become ubiquitous
Following in the tradition of the Chrome and now Android annual developer summit Google has announced the schedule for their new Ubiquity Dev Summit for Google's connected device and Internet of Things (IoT) products....
Welcome to Android: The basics
So you got your first Android Phone for Christmas and you’re not really sure where to start. It’s not that scary and we’ll aim to clear up some of the potential confusion for you...