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Mar 3, 2015

Google’s Waze can now be pre-installed on Android devices

Way back in 2013, Google purchased the mapping service known as Waze, and soon after some of the features therein were baked into Google Maps. It was expected that after the acquisition of the app,

GOOGLE

Mar 3, 2015

Google’s latest Android commerical is all about selfie slam

Google has been releasing some ridiculously cute Android commercials of late, and today, they have released another one, which shows Android-form of humans in various shapes and sizes playing basket ball, and slam dunking

GOOGLE

Mar 3, 2015

Google Play services 7.0 brings Nearby Connections API, new Google Fit data types, and more

Google today announced the release of Play Services 7.0 for Android devices. The update brings with it a lot of enhancements, features and APIs for developers to take advantage of. First and foremost, Play

ANDROID 5.0

Mar 2, 2015

Android’s March distribution numbers reveal Android 5.0 Lollipop’s growth

Last month, when Google released the latest batch of Android distribution numbers, it was the first time Android 5.0 Lollipop had managed to land on the pie chart. Now, in March's distribution totals,

GOOGLE

Mar 2, 2015

Google Play Store celebrates 3rd birthday with 33 hot deals

Time flies when you're having fun, and for some it might be hard to believe that it's been three years since Google launched the Play Store. But it's been that long, and

ANDROID 5.0

Mar 2, 2015

Google relaxes Android 5.0 Lollipop’s encryption requirements

One of the security steps within Android 5.0 Lollipop is full-disk encryption, which kicks into gear the first time a device is booted up. However, that's changing moving forward, as Google is

GOOGLE

Mar 2, 2015

Android Pay is real, will give the power to developers to expand the functionality

There's been rumors floating around that Google is gearing up to relaunch Wallet as soon as Google I/O, but in the meantime something else could get launched, too. And that's Android Pay,

GOOGLE

Mar 2, 2015

Sundar Pichai confirms Google’s MVNO network to launch in the coming months

Last month, reports about Google working on its own MVNO made the rounds of the Internet. Today, in a Q&A session in MWC, Google's Sundar Pichai confirmed that the company is indeed

GOOGLE

Feb 27, 2015

Visa partners with financial instituions to bring its mobile payment services to Android

Visa today announced its partnership with many financial institutions from around the world to offer a new mobile payment service. Using Visa's new mobile payment service is pretty easy, and only involves consumers downloading

GOOGLE

Feb 26, 2015

Sundar Pichai talks about Android, Google’s focus on innovation and more

Google's Sundar Pichai has climbed the ranks at Google, and made waves when he became one of the most prolific individuals at the company when it comes to products. Pichai's catalog of products

GOOGLE

Feb 26, 2015

Google to display sponsored apps in search results on Google Play

Google today announced that it will start showing sponsored app in search results on the Google Play app for Android in the coming weeks. The ads are aimed at allowing developers to better market their

GOOGLE

Feb 26, 2015

BlackBerry to work with Google on securing Android devices

BlackBerry announced today that it will be working with Google on developing a software that will make it easier to manage and secure Android devices. After being reduced to a no one in the mobile

APPS

Feb 26, 2015

Google now lets Play Music users upload 50,000 tracks and stream them for free

Google has increased its Play Music upload limit to 50,000 tracks, allowing users to upload and stream more than double the number of songs they could before, absolutely free. One of the best things

GOOGLE

Feb 26, 2015

Google to launch Android Pay at Google I/O

A source of Ars Technica has revealed that Google is working on a new in-store and in-app payments API for third-party applications. The API will be called Android Pay and is slated

APPS

Feb 26, 2015

Google Calendar for Android update brings 7-day week view, Google Drive integration and more

Google has started rolling out a new version of Google Calendar for Android with a lot of improvements and enhancements. Firstly, the update brings the much requested 7-day week view and pinch-to-zoom

GOOGLE

Feb 23, 2015

Google strikes deal with Softcard for tech and preinstall Wallet on all U.S. major carriers

As mobile payments continue to rise in influence, companies are finding ways to make sure that their own options are seen by the masses. Google's latest deal may be one of the biggest for

GOOGLE

Feb 21, 2015

Google Play Store update brings a Google Now like Search bar

Google has started rolling out an update for Play Store that makes the action bar smarter. The action bar will now automatically act as a search bar when you open the Play Store first and

GOOGLE

Feb 20, 2015

Google hopes to launch revamped Wallet service in May

Google's doing all it can to deliver a convincing Apple Pay competitor, which it hopes to launch this May at Google I/O, The Wall Street Journal reports. But the company is currently having