Google specializes in internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, and software. Beyond its core search engine, Google offers online productivity software including email (Gmail), a cloud storage service (Google Drive), an office suite (Google Docs) and a social networking service (Google+). Desktop products include applications for web browsing, organizing and editing photos, and instant messaging. The company leads the development of the Android mobile operating system and the browser-only Chrome OS for its netbook offering, Chromebook. Its mission statement from the outset was “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”
As in previous years, we’re seeing a lot of car connectivity news at the Consumer Electronics Showcase, but an interesting theme is emerging at this year’s conference. We’re starting to see… Read more »
Now that Motorola is owned by China-based Lenovo, it only makes sense for the company to bring its phones to that country. It’s doing just that with the Moto X and… Read more »
Prior to this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, we noted on our Chrome Show podcast that we didn’t expect many Chrome OS devices to debut. So far, we’re right. But that doesn’t… Read more »
Teased last year, Dell’s newest Android tablet is now available. And the Venue 8 7000 is an Android tablet like no other, designed and built with few compromises by comparison to the… Read more »
Good news if you wanted in but didn’t get access to the Office for Android preview back in November. Microsoft said on Tuesday that it has opened up the preview for anyone,… Read more »
Samsung’s B.K. Yoon, the president of its Consumer Electronics group, gave an inspiring call to openness for the internet of things in a keynote speech at International CES on Monday night… Read more »
The German encrypted email service Tutanota has released its iOS app, weeks after its Android app came out. The delay in the release of the iOS app was apparently due to… Read more »
Half a year after being announced at Google I/O, Android TV is picking up steam: Sony, Sharp and TP Vision will all start to ship Android TV-powered TV sets this spring, Google… Read more »
Smart devices, appliances and the internet of things are dominating International CES this week, but we’re probably just getting a small taste of what’s to come — not only in quantity, but… Read more »
It’s been a tough few years for HTC, the Taiwanese hardware maker that made many of the great early Android phones. But there’s light at the end of the tunnel: In the… Read more »