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Google brings back the Month view in their latest Calendar update
When Google updated their Calendar app in November, they took out a few very well loved pieces of functionality including the week view, and the Month view. In February, Google finally relented and returned...
Google+ Stories now showing up in some Google Now feeds
Going on holiday is great, the somewhat tedious task afterwards of organising the sometimes hundreds or even thousands of photos you took while on holidays isn't. Thankfully Google has been taking a swing at...
April Fools Pranks – 2015 – Ausdroid
April Fools Day is the one day of the year that makes it hard to discern real news from a completely out-there prank. It's possible a company will launch something or announce something today...
Google wants YouTube to take on Twitch later this year
Google is preparing YouTube to take on Twitch later in 2015 year with a "YouTube Live" service, according to reports.
The Daily Dot, citing those wonderful unnamed sources say that Google has assembled a team...
Tag Heuer announces partnership with Intel and Google to develop an Android Wear powered...
As rumoured, at Baselworld, Switzerland, watchmaker TAG Heuer has announced a new partnership with Google and Intel to create an Android Wear powered smartwatch. The watch will leverage over 150 years of watch design...
Tag Heuer To Take On Apple With Android Wear
One of the big criticisms of Android Wear smartwatches is the lack of style many of them show. Many of us have been waiting and hoping for some of the big name watch...
Google announces partnership with AOPEN for ChromeOS based digital signage, POS and kiosk machines
Google and AOPEN have today announced a new partnership which will see Google enter into the digital signage, POS and kiosk market.
Google is moving into a new area with AOPEN who is an...
Google releases their first Android Wear watch face app focusing on street art
Google has finally released their first Android Wear watch face. Called Street Art watch face, the watch face shows off street art from the Google Art Project and features street art from a...
Google launches their first branded stores within Curry’s PC World in the UK
Google has launched their first retail outing, choosing Curry's PC World in the UK to launch their first store-within-a-store outlet at the Curry's PC World in London’s Tottenham Court Road.
The 'store' will be...
Additional 2GB of Google Drive space is now being credited to accounts for those...
On February 10th, which was Safer Internet Day, Google invited users to check their security settings on their Google account. For those who completed the check, Google promised an additional 2GB of Google Drive...
Google Drive to take over automatic photo backup and add Chromecast support
Google has updated its Google Drive service, which we saw land the other day with a new Drag & Drop implementation for easier file management. While this was the most visible change, it certainly...
Google was quiet, but Android was everywhere at Mobile World Congress
Google used to have quite the presence at Mobile World Congress apparently, including a massive stand which included a slide. But those days are gone and though Google doesn't have a stand as such,...
Further rumours emerge surrounding Huawei as maker of the next Nexus
Rumours surrounding Chinese telecommunications and device manufacturer Huawei being tapped by Google to be the hardware partner in manufacturing a Nexus device are growing, with a market research analyst apparently confirming the rumour on...
Google no longer requiring encryption on Lollipop devices
In the lead-up to the launch of Android 5.0 Lollipop, there was much ado about Google encrypting devices for a higher level of security. At the time law enforcement officials cried foul, with device...
Microsoft has their own take on Google’s Androidify characters at MWC
Google's Be Together Not The Same has placed their Androidify characters front and centre in a major advertising campaign spanning most of the continents around the world. It's a pretty successful, fun campaign and...