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September 21, 2017

Tech

Google signs $1.1bn HTC smartphone deal

Alphabet's Google has struck a $1.1bn (£822m) deal with Taiwan's HTC to expand its smartphone business.

August 21, 2017

Tech

Android Oreo released by Google

Google has released the latest version of its Android mobile operating system (OS), which is named after Oreo chocolate biscuits.

Android Oreo continues the sweet-themed naming convention of Google's mobile operating system

August 08, 2017

Tech

Google fires diversity memo author

A Google employee who wrote a controversial memo about workplace diversity has been fired, the BBC can confirm.

August 07, 2017

Tech

Anti-diversity memo causes a stir at Google

The memo was shared on Google's internal networks, as well as its own platform Google+, and obtained and published in full by Gizmodo.

July 25, 2017

Tech

Is Android O really called... Octopus?!

For months, people have been trying to guess the name of the next version

April 11, 2017

Tech

The best ways to stream live TV without cable

Google’s YouTube TV is a solid streaming cable option, but is it the best? Google, though, is entering an increasingly crowded market with a wide variety of different channel offerings that can be difficult to parse when all you want to do is watch “The Bachelor” and eat your KFC $20 Fill-Up in your

March 27, 2017

Internet Buzz

The disturbing YouTube videos that are tricking children

Thousands of videos on YouTube look like versions of popular cartoons but contain disturbing and inappropriate content not suitable for children.

March 22, 2017

Tech

Google Is Getting Very Good at Understanding What Mobile Users Do and Don't Want

New enhancements for Google's search apps and a preview of the next version of Android show a solid grasp of what smartphone users are looking for.

March 21, 2017

Mobile

Here comes the next version of Android, with a big push for better battery life

Google's vice president of engineering Dave Burke detailed some of the changes

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sundar Pichai, Google CEO

March 17, 2017

Business

Google pulls Beauty and the Beast 'ad' from Home

Google has removed audio about the movie Beauty and the Beast which played out unprompted on Google Home.

March 13, 2017

Tech

Google has killed off CAPTCHA as you know it (GOOG)

Google bought reCAPTCHA in 2009 not only to deter spammers and bots, but to help solve problems elsewhere in its business.

October 31, 2016

Internet Buzz

Search for pathological liar on Google reveals nasty surprise for Hillary Clinton

DONALD Trump’s been calling Hillary Clinton a liar for months, and now it appears Google agrees with him.

Hillary Clinton comes up in first in Google search, but wishes she didn’t. Picture: Jewel Samad/AFP

October 24, 2016

Mobile

Google, Sony, and Motorola battle for smartphone dollars after Samsung bows out of the race

MORE THAN 50,000 Australians are suddenly in the market for a new smartphone, and major companies are falling over themselves to woo them.

Google’s own Pixel phone is one of several Android smartphones competing for customers in the wake of Samsung’s Galaxy Note7 recall. Picture: Ramin Talaie/Getty Images/AFP

October 05, 2016

Tech

iPhone 7 vs. Google Pixel: 7 ways Google’s new smartphones outshine Apple

Assistant will be available across a wide range of devices, including the iPhone 7 at some point.

October 04, 2016

Mobile

Meet Google’s New Answer to the iPhone

All the details on Google's latest phones, the Pixel and Pixel XL

Google’s Nexus 6P benefited from the consumer backlashes against Samsung and Apple.

October 04, 2016

Mobile

Google unveils 'chatty' Pixel smartphones

Google has placed a virtual assistant at the heart of two new smartphones it has designed in-house.

September 25, 2016

Tech

Snapchat introduces video-catching sunglasses

VANISHING message service Snapchat announced over the weekend it will launch a line of video-catching sunglasses, a spin on Glass eyewear abandoned by Google more than a year ago.

August 22, 2016

Mobile

Google's Android 7.0 Nougat is now available ... if you have the right device

Google’s Android 7.0 Nougat is available today

August 15, 2016

Tech

Google is building a new operating system

We then come to the billion-dollar question: What is Fuchsia actually for?

Google CEO Sundar Pichai.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

August 11, 2016

Mobile

Android Nougat Update Schedule & Release Date: When's It Coming To Your Android Phone?

Android N is set for a release later on this year. But when can the average Android user expect to get it? Let’s have a look

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