Earlier today, Apple detailed a number of changes that are coming to its App Store which includes a 85-15 percent revenue cut. Now, Google is following Apple’s bandwagon and tweaking Play Store revenue policy, according to a latest report from Re/code.
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Google has rolled out an iPhone app that turns Live Photos into GIFs. Dubbed as Motion Stills the app has been developed by Google’s research lab.
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Google is out with Android distribution numbers for the month of May. Android Marshmallow is now present on 10.1% of all Android devices, up from 7.5% since last month.
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Earlier you could only pair your Android device with the Microsoft Band, but there was no Cortana support. Continue reading “Cortana support for Microsoft Band now on Android devices too”
Google confirmed last month that Android apps are coming to Chrome OS. Now Google has released a video of a developer presentation that shows how the Play Store and Android apps will run on Chromebooks.
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So far we only heard about HTC making two new Nexus smartphones for 2016, but it seems that Huawei is in the race too. Continue reading “Huawei working on Google “Nexus again this year” ?”
Google has no plans whatsoever to make its own Nexus phone, which is that the company still want other OEMs to make Nexus devices for them and Google would “thoughtfully add more features on top of Android” for Nexus. Continue reading “Google won’t make its own Nexus phone, but will be “more opinionated” about design to OEMs: Pichai”
Google has revamped its My Account service that was launched last year. The service which allow users to control the settings related to their privacy and data, will now include a feature that helps users find their lost or stolen phone.
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Google has added image and text search support for Android’s ‘Now on Tap’ feature in Marshmallow. Continue reading “Google updates ‘Now on Tap’ feature with Image and Text search”
Google introduced Google Home voice activated home assistant at the I/O conference last month. The device which uses “Okay Google” voice command is said to a “dressed-up version of Chromecast video-streaming device”, according to a latest report from The Information.
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Google’s next update for the Photos app might bring unlimited high quality backup for Nexus devices, some photo editing/ enhancements tool improvements, and new sorting methods for albums. Continue reading “Google Photos v1.21 teardown suggests unlimited high quality photos, videos backup and more coming”
Google is beefing up its iOS app with a bunch of new features and improvements. The update that bumps the app to version 15.1 brings speed improvements and support for Accelerated Mobile Pages.
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The sun has finally set on the Google and Oracle copyright battle. Google has won the long running Java lawsuit against Oracle as the jury found that Android OS does not violate copyrights owned by the latter.
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Google is taking a new approach in order to make it sure that Android carriers and manufacturers release faster Android update. As per a latest report from Bloomberg, the company planning a new tactic under which it would publicly “shame” device makers and carriers who are laid back in pushing latest Android software updates.
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Google’s Project Loon has been facing setbacks for sometime now to kickstart in India. However, according to a new report from Economic Times suggests that Google’s ambitious project may soon take off in India.
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