Tag: Google
Google strikes back with game subscription service
Google is offering a new subscription service for apps and games on Android devices days after Apple launched a similar service. Google Play Pass will cost $5 a month, and give subscribers access to 350 games and apps. It will cost $2 a month for the first year in an introductory offer. Android devices with…
Huawei launches Mate 30 smartphones in Munich
Huawei has launched its latest Mate 30 flagship smartphone but made little mention of the issues faced by a US trade ban restricting it from pre-installing Google apps. The Chinese firm spoke briefly about its own app store, AppGallery, which will serve as an apparent alternative to the Google Play Store. It also failed to…
Google teams up with UK regional publisher to save local news
(Lewis Stickley/PA) Google is teaming up with one the UK’s biggest regional news publishers in a bid to find new ways of making local digital journalism viable in a world dominated by social media. The tech giant is working with Archant, the company behind more than 50 newspaper titles across…
Google confirms October 15 Pixel 4 launch
Google has confirmed it will hold an event on October 15 where the tech giant is expected to formally announce its next flagship smartphone, the Pixel 4. The US firm took the unusual step of confirming the Pixel 4’s existence in a video released in June after a number of leaks detailed features of the…
Google to change how it prioritises news stories
Google is changing the way news stories appear on its search engine by boosting “original reporting” in the face of today’s fast-paced demand for information. News outlets that carry out investigations or exclusive interviews do not always stay in the spotlight for long as other places begin to pick it up from them, the tech…
US states target Google in monopoly probe
Chief prosecutors in 50 US states have announced an investigation into Google’s “potential monopolistic behaviour”. The announcement follows one from a separate group of states on Friday that disclosed an investigation into Facebook’s market dominance. The two probes widen the scrutiny of big tech companies beyond sweeping federal and congressional investigations and enforcement action by…
IFA2019: Huawei unveils updated P30 Pro smartphone with Android 10
The new P30 Pro will vary externally from existing range Huawei has announced an updated version of its flagship P30 Pro smartphone at IFA 2019 amid ongoing questions over its use of Google’s apps and services in the future. In what appeared to be an attempt to release a new Android-powered…
Android 10 roll-out begins with Pixel smartphones
Google has started rolling out the latest version of the Android operating system, starting with its own line of Pixel smartphones. The tech giant’s Android 10 software features a dark mode as well as additional controls for privacy and location. Android is used by many manufacturers, making updates notoriously slower to arrive to everyone compared…
Huawei confirms Mate 30 launch despite questions over Google App use
Huawei has confirmed it will unveil its next flagship smartphone in Europe later this month, despite suggestions from Google that it won't be able to use its apps and services on the new device. The company has said it will reveal its new Mate 30 Series of phones at an event in Munich on September…
Google says hackers have ‘monitoring implants’ in iPhones
Hackers have been using compromised websites to install “monitoring implants” in iPhones for years, according to researchers at Google. The malicious software gathers users’ images, contacts and other information. Ian Beer, from Google’s Project Zero, said in a blog post that the hacked sites had received thousands of visitors each week. Mr Beer said: “There…
