Category: Google
Next Nexus devices to have "insanely great cameras" says Google exec
Google's future ranges of Nexus devices will have "insanely great cameras", according to a Google+ posting by a senior Google executive. Vic Gundotra, head of Google+, was fielding questions about his photography habits on his Google+ page. One question was…
Wii U now has Google Maps with Street View for its GamePad
Wii U owners now have access to Google Maps through their console, along with GamePad support and Street View features. Called "Wii Street U", it's a free download from the console's eShop if grabbed now, though it'll cost an unspecified…
Has Google+ overtaken Twitter as second most-popular social network?
How much do you use Google+, Google's social network? More than Facebook? Almost certainly not we'd imagine, unless you call Google's Mountain View HQ home. How about more than Twitter though? Again unlikely, but that's what's being suggested by new…
Google Nexus 7 now outselling all iPad models in Japan
Google's Nexus 7 tablet is now outselling Apple's iPad devices in Japan. And, rather than just outselling Apple's own 7-inch iPad Mini model, Google's Nexus 7 tablet is beating all versions of the iPad in Japanese sales figures. The figures…
Smart glasses like Google Glass and wearable fitness devices to hit 70 million sales by 2017, devices from Apple and Microsoft on the way, suggests new report
Smart glasses such as Google's Project Glass and other wearable smart devices including health and fitness trackers could hit 70 million sales by 2017, a new report by Juniper Research has found. Referring to the period between 2013 and 2017,…
Google Glass developer events planned for NYC and San Francisco in the coming weeks
Google have announced plans to hold two separate developer conferences in the US for Google Glass, their wearable augmented reality headset. Open to developers who signed up for the $1,500 developer edition of the Project Glass glasses, the events are…
Google Nexus 4 sequel entering production? Nexus 5 on the way?
Google's LG-built Nexus 4 handset was the smartphone bargain of last year, delivering premium features and the latest version of Android at a low, low price. But despite debuting in November, the handset may already be making way for a…
Google preventing a decent YouTube app from hitting Windows Phone 8?
Microsoft are claiming that Google are preventing YouTube from putting together a fully-fledged Windows Phone YouTube app. Currently, users of Microsoft's Windows Phone OS have a limited YouTube app that is little better than the lowly mobile web service that…
Nexus 4 shortages down to LG, says Google UK chief
Google have apologised for the stock shortages and delivery delays buyers of their Nexus 4 smartphone have experienced. Responding to irate consumers on the hunt for a Nexus 4 (who hijacked a post on Google's Zeitgeist 2012 list in order…
Google Play Magazines store now open for business in the UK
Apple's Newsstand has a new rival in the digital magazine publishing space here in old Blighty, with Google finally launching their Google Play Magazine store in the UK. Plenty of big name titles are already on the store, including GQ,…
