Back in July, Google had announced that they will be reducing the minimum purchase price on the Play Store to Rs 10 in India if the developer chooses to do so. Now, Google is making similar changes to the Play Store across parts of South East Asia as well.
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New information has arisen that suggests that Google Glass which is also known as Project Aura may have three different variants in development and one of them doesn’t have a screen. Continue reading “Next gen Google Glass may have a ‘glassless’ Sport model – Will focus on audio”
Since November 13th, Facebook has apparently started allowing Google to crawl and index results in mobile searches from its Android app.
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Google has released a beta version of Chrome for iOS through Apple’s TestFlight platform. The beta version of its mobile browser now comes with support for 3D Touch.
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Google has launched a new ‘About Me’ tool that allows you to edit and delete your personal data and control what people see about you.
Google has finally rolled out offline navigation feature for Google Maps. Users can now download maps to their phone, and get turn-by-turn directions and other info even when they don’t have a signal.
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Google has unveiled a new machine-learning system called TensorFlow that powers a number of its products such as Google Photos search and speech recognition in the Google app.
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Google has acquired video and photo editing startup Fly Labs for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will see Fly Labs technology integrated into the Google Photos app
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In the light of the recent security problems that Android devices have been facing, Google has promised that users of Nexus devices will be getting monthly updates to their devices to fix any issues with security and so far they have kept their word.
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After last week’s report saying that Google is looking to merge Chrome OS into Android by 2017, the company today confirmed that it has been working on ways to bring together the best of both operating systems, but it also said that there’s no plan to phase out Chrome OS. Continue reading “Google says it has no plans to phase out Chrome OS, Material Design, new media player coming”
Google is almost always releasing updates with changes in terms of UI, performance and stability. Although some of the changes might be minor, they still play a role in improving the overall experience of the user. Chrome for Android has now received an update that changes the layout of the new tab page
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Google has launched a new app called as ‘Who’s Down’ which helps to find which of your friends are free to hangout. The invite only app is currently available for Android and iOS.
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This week we saw one more device from the Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus dubbed the OnePlus X – company’s first mid-range device, second device launched this year, and the third in its portfolio overall. After the two flagship smartphones – the OnePlus One and the OnePlus 2, firm had plans to launch mid-range device which Co-Founder Carl Pei had confirmed in August. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: OnePlus X, Letv Le 1s, Motorola Moto X Force, new Google OnHub router and more”
Google is looking forward to merge Chrome OS into Android, as per a latest report from the Wall Street Journal. The company is planning to fold its Chrome OS that is used in personal computers into the popular Android mobile OS by 2017.
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One of the most worrying things these days is damaging your smartphone and the cost of having to fix it after that. Some people prefer to take things into their hands to cut the service costs and replace the parts themselves while others may choose to hand over their device to someone more experienced. In both cases, it helps if the device in question is easy to repair. The Nexus 6P unfortunately doesn’t seem like such a device.
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