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Inbox by Gmail app hits the Chrome web store
Google has just released a Chrome app for the new Inbox by Gmail service to the Chrome Web Store. The app adds an icon to your Chrome apps menu to allow easy access to...
Google just sent out a load of invites for Inbox – did you get...
Google loves to launch product by invite - Gmail, Wave(ok, that didn't go so well), Google+ and now their latest venture Inbox. When announcing the new product yesterday, Google advised people to email [email protected]...
Google launches Inbox by Gmail, a new way to access and organise your email
In the early hours of this morning, Google launched a new invite-only product that they are calling Inbox by Gmail. Years in the making, Google says that Inbox is "a completely different type of...
Google adds support for Yahoo and Outlook.com email addresses in leaked updated Gmail app...
Google's Gmail app is pretty awesome, but their support for other email accounts hasn't been great. But according to a new leak, the upcoming Gmail 5.0 for the Android Lollipop release appears to be...
Google Glass and Android Wear Running Parallel? No.
Have you ever had the dream that when you win the lottery you can have that Nexus 6 in your pocket, Google Glass on your face and a Moto 360 on your arm, all...
Google by the numbers – Q3 2014 earnings report
Hot on the heels of Android Lollipop and Nexus announcements yesterday, Google has today released their financial results for the 3rd quarter of 2014. The results are pretty good with consolidated revenues of $16.52...
Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 US pricing announced
The Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 are now official. We know the specs and we know that they will be arriving in Google Play for pre-order in the coming days and weeks -at least...
Meet Google’s new Nexus family: Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Nexus Player
Google has just announced the latest members of its Nexus family, the Nexus 6 smartphone made by Motorola, Nexus 9 tablet made by HTC and surprised us all with the first Android TV device...
Google begins a push on Google Search as a service with real world advertising
Google has been the undisputed king of search for a while, Microsoft has been trying to catch-up with Bing since it launched in June of 2009. Google contains the lions share of the market...
Google trialling video chats to connect you to a Dr based on search results
Google is always trying new things, mostly involving parsing your search results and offering you contextually correct offers for help, such as knowledge cards (or advertising) based on the search. One of their new...
Google introduces Interactive Polls for Google+
There was some excitement yesterday, as newly installed Google+ head, Dave Besbris announced on Google+ yesterday that he was 'Looking forward to tomorrow.' before adding 'This should be fun. :)'. We now know what...
HTC Asia President Jack Tong names the Nexus 9 – affirms HTC commitment to...
The HTC built Nexus 9 is apparently going to be released quite soon, although exactly when is up for discussion. There's obviously a lot of official secrecy surrounding the tablet, but this hasn't stopped...
Android Wear crowdfunding campaign for budget smartwatch closed down by Google
It appears that Google wants to keep tight control over its Android Wear smartwatch platform as it asked crowdfunding site, IndieGoGo to take down a campaign for the budget smartwatch Com1.
The reason Google weren't...
Google has updated their Mobile Application Distribution Agreement –
Google has apparently updated the terms of their Mobile Application Distribution Agreement, the contract which governs what OEMs must do with their phones in order to be able to access the good stuff -...
Google Now ‘Flight Price Monitor’ card lets you know when flight prices drop
Google Now is always introducing new features and the newest feature that's been added is the ability to receive updates on flight prices that you have searched for.
I have to be honest, I had...