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.”
Nokia surprised with a new Intel Atom powered tablet running Android 5.0 this week while Google updated its Lollipop flagship software and Apple debuted the first beta SDK for WatchKit and… Read more »
Contrary to popular belief, the Motorola-made Nexus 6 does in fact have a notification light. As spotted on Reddit, it’s right beneath the speaker grill at the top of the headset,… Read more »
The Nexus 6 has cutting edge hardware and the latest Android 5.0 software. But it lacks something on the software side for me, because Motorola spoiled me last year. As a… Read more »
The Parliament is, according to the Financial Times, poised to call on the European Commission to separate Google’s core search business from its other businesses or take some other serious measure… Read more »
If you were looking for another reason to buy a Chromebook, Google just provided a big one: The company is boosting the included Google Drive storage capacity by a factor of five… Read more »
Two apps that I use frequently — Google Keep and Slidebean — have recently added sharing options, making them immensely more useful. Google Keep Google Keep is a small and simple… Read more »
The “Indienet”, which will apparently be best experienced on a new device called the Indie Phone, is on track to comfortably exceed its crowdfunding goals. But, beyond more private interactions, what… Read more »
You won’t need a third-party app to push all of your Android notifications to a Pebble watch going forward. Pebble revamped its native app to support any notifications, giving you full… Read more »
Aereo filed for voluntary bankruptcy on Thursday, a move that the company says will allow it to “maximize the value of its business and assets” without being dragged down by ongoing… Read more »