Earlier today, Google officially announced that it has scheduled an event on October 4th where it is expected to announce the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones. Now, both the phones have surfaced in leaked photos showing a clear look at the design.
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Google has finally sent out invites the launch of its next-generation smartphones in the Nexus lineup that are expected to be called Pixel and Pixel XL, as rumored earlier. It has also setup a madeby.google.com website that shows October 5th as date for India. This hints that it might be announced in some counties the next day, but it is not clear if there will be a separate event in these countries. Continue reading “Google officially announces event on October 4, Pixel and Pixel XL expected”
Google has scooped up location based analytics startup Urban Engines. The company will integrate Urban Engines tech into Maps.
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Google is expected to ditch the Nexus branding for its smartphone this year in favor of Pixel. Now, both the phones have been certified by Global Certification Forum (GCF).
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Google had announced Duo video calling app and Allo chatting app at its I/O developer conference in May this year. The company launched Duo which has crossed 10 million downloads in just one month. Now it looks like Allo is about to go official.
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Google is working on a new update for better representation of emails in Gmail. Gmail and Inbox by Gmail will support emails created with responsive design which means the content adapts to fit screens of all sizes.
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Google has updated Android’s Platform Distribution chart for the month of September. Android Marshmallow adoption has soared to 18.7%, up from 15.2% in August.
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Google has finally launched its Cardboard Camera app for iOS devices. This lets you capture 360-degree virtual reality photos that can be viewed on the phone using Google Cardboard or other VR headsets. This was launched for Android back in December last year. “To capture a VR photo, hold your phone vertically, tap record, then turn around as though you’re taking a panorama.” Continue reading “Google launches Cardboard Camera app for iOS to create 360-degree VR photos”
It has been rumoured that the new smartphones from Google this year will no longer be called Nexus but will take the Pixel sub-branding instead. We now have evidence to support this theory in the form of a launcher.
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Google has announced a new partnership with Box, online cloud storage company. Google Apps for Work and Box have teamed up to integrate the latter with Google Docs and Google Springboard in order to deliver a seamless experience for working and collaborating in the cloud.
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Google has released new version of Chrome which receives new payment features and performance improvements. Chrome 53 now gets support for Android Pay mobile payment service.
Google and FASTER, a consortium of six international companies recently announced that world’s fastest fiber optic undersea cable, which connects the United States and Japan was complete and will offer access to up to 10Tbps (Terabits per second) of the cable’s total 60Tbps bandwidth. Today Google has announced that its new high-speed undersea cable that links FASTER from Japan to Taiwan is now online. Continue reading “Google’s new undersea cable offers up to 26 Tbps connectivity across Asia”
Google launched two new Nexus smartphones last year but did not release a tablet. This could change this year as Google is expected to launch successor for the Nexus 7 tablet.
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Just yesterday, it was reported that Google has killed Project Ara modular smartphone. Now, founder of Project Ara and former Head of Design at Google ATAP, Dan Makoski has confirmed that he is actually in the process of working with Nexpaq on a modular phone.
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It looks like Google has really decided to part away from the Nexus branding. A new report claims that Google’s 2016 Nexus smartphones will be called as Pixel and Pixel XL.
