Category: Google
New-look Google Calendar and Gmail on the way
Google are to give their Calendar and Gmail services a fresh lick of paint in the coming weeks in an attempt to tidy up their catalogue of online apps. Though it's mostly cosmetic changes, Google will be updating the…
Google Health and Powermeter services scrapped
Google's Health and Powermeter are the latest two services from the search giant to be sent to the online scrapyard. "In the coming months, we're going to retire two products that didn't catch on the way we would have…
Google Instant Pages give instant access to search results
Google have announced a new feature for their search engine called Instant Pages which they believe will make finding results through their web trawler faster than ever. A progression from the Google Instant feature that launched last year, Google…
Android Market spring clean sees emulator apps kicked out
Google have given their Android Market app store a bit of tidy up, in what games developers must feel is a long-overdue cull of emulator apps. Those looking to play retro console games on their Android handsets are going to…
PayPal sue Google over NFC Wallet scheme
Google have revealed a new NFC payment system that will allow smartphone users in the US to buy goods simply by touching their handsets against dedicated readers at 124,000 PayPass-enabled merchants in the States and more than 311,000 across the…
iOS and Android face EU clampdown on location logging
New, stricter EU regulations relating to "personal data" could soon force Apple and Google to overhaul the way their iOS and Android devices respectively use location data. The updated Data Protection Directive, due later on in 2011, would tighten the…
Samsung reveal first Chromebook computer with Google Chrome OS
Samsung have become the first company to reveal a Google "Chromebook" netbook computer, the Series 5, running the search giant's Chrome web-based OS. The core specs read as: . CPU: Intel N570 1.66Ghz Dual Core · Operating System: Chrome…
Google Nexus 3 Android smartphone on its way
Google's Nexus handset range is to get a 3rd generation model, the search giant's have revealed at their annual I/O conference. Andy Rubin, SVP of Mobile at Google and head of their Android arm, said that the company are keen…
Google TV getting Marketplace support with new Honeycomb update
Google TV is to get an Android Honeycomb-based update this month which will bring with it a handful of new features for the platform. The most notable of all is the introduction of the Android Marketplace to the system. With…
Google to launch Music Beta at I/O conference this week
The long-awaited iTunes rival from Google is expected to launch this week at the search giant's I/O developers conference, but it's shaping up to have a few less features than was initially expected. Called Music Beta, the service will…
