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.”
Google and other search engines should remove links to out-of-date or unwelcome personal information from all of their search results around the world – not just in specific European countries –… Read more »
Weeks after Google introduced the Nexus 9 tablet, it’s following up with the promised Bluetooth Keyboard Folio. It’s well designed and protects your slate’s screen but $129 is nearly a third… Read more »
Dish Network has yet to join the mobile industry, but its presence on the sidelines is growing as the FCC’s latest spectrum auction grinds on. Read more »
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Google’s Chromecast streaming stick comes without a remote control, opting instead to rely on a user’s mobile device to launch and control media streams. But Jeff Bower felt like something was… Read more »
After upgrading the Moto X 2014 to Android 5.0 I noticed that not all of my apps were rotating when holding the screen in landscape mode. No problem, I’ll just tap… Read more »
The Sony Xperia Z3 was already a pretty good flagship phone. What would make it better? Just a few small things and several of them appear to be coming to the… Read more »
Joyent’s former vice president of engineering Mark Cavage is now the senior director and architect of engineering for Oracle’s public cloud. The new hire shows Oracle means business when it comes… Read more »
Responsive design and other popular mobile design principles are not sufficient to address the fundamentally different context and needs of users who are every bit as mobile as their devices. Read more »