Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are starting a new company called Alphabet. While there’s nothing very remarkable in that, the real bombshell is that Google will now be rolled under Alphabet alongside other more ‘risky’ ventures. Under Alphabet, Google is expected to be a leaner entity with a focus on the core products that the company is famous for. Continue reading “Sundar Pichai gets promoted to CEO of Google as company gets restructured under Alphabet”
Android One didn’t make much of a difference in the Indian market. Devices were decidedly low spec and the competition blew them out of the park in terms of quality, hardware offering just not the stock Android experience. Now, Google is all set to reboot the project. Continue reading “Google aims at launching Android One smartphones priced below Rs. 3000 in India (Updated)”
Google has introduced a new feature for Google Maps on iOS. The new feature is called Night Mode and it will make navigation a whole lot less strenuous on the eyes when people are driving at night or when its dark.
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Google has released Factory Images for build LMY48I in order to fix the Stagefright security bug. The factory images are available for the Nexus 6, Nexus 9 (LTE and WiFi), Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013, WiFi), Nexus 10, and Nexus 4.
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Google has announced that it is taking its Project Tango initiative outside of the US. The company has kick started sale of its 3D-mapping tablet in South Korea and Canada.
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Google has released Android distribution numbers for June and July. Android Lollipop is now running on 18.1% of Android devices of which 5.0 Lollipop is present on 15.5% of devices while Lollipop 5.1 runs on 2.6%.
Google has officially launched Maps for Android Wear. Users with a smartwatch running on Android Wear can now easily navigate from point A to B with the help of Google Maps on their wrist.
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BlackPhone 2, the security and privacy focused phone from Silent Circle has teamed up with Google. Under this partnership, the Blackphone 2 will support Android For Work program that enables businesses to allow their employees to safely use their Android phones for both work and personal use.
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Google has reduced the minimum purchase price of the app from Google Play Store in India to Rs 10. The move comes from the company to make affordable apps available to the ever increasing Android users in the country.
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Google has posted a new support page related to an upcoming verified boot system, which provides warnings about security at the time of booting your device.
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Google has announced that it is dropping the requirement to have a Google+ account in order to share content, communicate with others, and create a channel on YouTube. Users will now only need their general Google accounts to access all the products.
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We first heard about Google’s Android One initiative last year when Sundar Pichai announced the project during the I/O keynote 2014. It then later kicked-off with India in September and was further expanded to many other emerging markets like Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and many more. Continue reading “Lava Pixel V1 (Android One) Hands On Impressions”
Instagram is now rolling out a new feature across Android smartphones called Quick Edit. The feature will be available to users who update or install v7.3.0 of the application.
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The Lenovo S60 was announced earlier this year and was released in the Indian market during May 2015. Despite being released quite recently, the smartphone still shipped with Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box. But now, the update to Android 5.0 Lollipop has begun seeding on units of the S60 already.
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Google has just announced a new feature for Maps known as ‘Your Timeline’. The new feature will give users a glimpse into the past about places they’ve visited, trips they’ve gone on and the time they’ve spent at each location.
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