Tag: Google
Google Code no longer accepting new projects ahead of planned shutdown
Almost every computer science major coming off college these days has found a home on GitHub and they'll happily share the links to their...
Android 5.1 brings several much-needed updates to Lollipop
Android 5.0 Lollipop has been out for 8 months now. That is if you include the few days it lived on as Android L...
Google’s take on the mobile payments race is Android Pay
Apple Pay is still fresh. Samsung Pay is even fresher having been unveiled just a day ago. Google has a response to both: Android...
Lollipop runs in just over 3% of Android devices – latest distribution figures
The latest Android distribution numbers are in and unlike at the start of the year when Lollipop was a no-show or last month when...
Adult content on Blogger is here to stay but we’ll regulate it – Google
The above is a screen grab shared online by an affected party of an email that Google's Blogger team was sending to users of...
Google Inbox is coming to Google Apps for Work users
Do you use Google Apps at work? If so then you may be the target for Google's continued push to make email less tasking...
Google’s new app makes sure kids access only the right content on YouTube
YouTube Kids is an application that has been a long time coming. There are very many children enjoying anything from cat videos to how...
YouTube marks a decade of unparalleled video sharing
Where were you 10 years ago?
Wherever you were, one thing is clear: you were not connected to your family and friends as you are...
Save the date: Google I/O 2015 dates official
Google has announced the dates for this year's I/O. The developer-centric conference will take place on the 28th and 29th of May at the...
Here’s how to get 2 GB Google Drive storage for free
No, the engineers at Google aren't giving everyone something for Valentines, there is a catch. Today (as of the time of writing: Tuesday February...
Lollipop is a no show in latest Android distribution numbers
Sony just made clear its official Android Lollipop update roadmap at CES. This will cover its most recent flagship smartphones with older devices yet...
Google’s Android One program is expanding to 3 more countries
6 months ago at Google I/O there was only one reference to his homeland that Sundar Pichai made and it was all about what the...
Google has an easy how to for iOS users willing to jump ship
Android fans and their watchers can't get enough of the Material Design themed Android 5.0 Lollipop. You've probably heard them shouting from the rooftop...
Google Announces Nexus 6: Features, Price and Specifications
Google's Nexus 6 is out, and it's a Motorola. Also, it's not Android Silver, it's Google Nexus 6. This and more got announced...
Indonesian Startup Rivaling Google Play In Local Market Successfully
You do not easily rival big guys like Google in their own game, that doesn't happen on the average day, unless it's in China...
HTC, Asus and Qualcomm among big names joining Android One program
At the Google event in India to announce the new Android One smartphones, Google's Senior Vice President for Android, Chrome and Apps also announced...
Google officially unveils the first batch of Android One smartphones in India
Android One, Google's partnership with hardware makers and carriers in emerging markets has kicked off in India with three smartphones from its first partners:...
KitKat Accounts For Almost A Quarter Of Android Devices, Jelly Bean Dominant At Over 50% In latest Android Distribution...
The latest stats on what flavours of Android that are being used around the world are in and they are exciting!
Finally KitKat is making...
Google updates Hangouts to enable VoIP calls
Google has released to Hangouts, its messaging product that is popular for enabling video chats among friends and family for free and among enterprise...
L for Lion: Next version of Android could be called Lion!
This doesn't sound true but for the sheer record, it is here. Take your pinch of salt.
According to purported screen grabs of the next...
You can now use Hangouts without requiring a Google+ account in Google Apps for Business
Starting today, businesses that have deployed the use of Google Apps will find it easier to have video conferences with just about anyone with...
From now on, you can use whatever name you want on Google+
Google+ just marked its third anniversary recently. Looks like with maturity comes bold decisions. Like allowing everyone to decide what their Google+ identity will...
New Mediatek chip listing hints at more cheap Chromebooks coming soon
A quick look at the best selling computers on Amazon and other such like sites will reveal one thing: Chromebooks are selling very well....
KitKat Eats Into All Other Android Versions In New Distribution Numbers
Google releases distribution numbers to developers regularly to update the on the platform position when it comes to Android percentage points. As you may...
Android Wear Paid Apps Plagued By Bug Preventing Their Installation
It's like how plugins conflict with each other. Android Wear is quite a new product by Google. This is over a year since other...
What Blackberry thinks of Google’s partnership with Samsung to bring KNOX to Android
At Google I/O 2014, several changes were announced that will be coming to Android when the new version is made official later in the...
Microsoft to Release Office for Android Touch Ahead Of Windows Tablets Version
As found out by The Verge, Microsoft is calling out for Android tablet users to Beta test the Office Touch for Android pre-release on...
Google Repackages Cloud Product, Quick Office To Be Unpublished From Store
For the longest time Android users have known Quick Office as one of the apps you get by default from vanilla Android. There are...
Android has a new logo
This is the Android logo from day one
This is the Android logo from today onwards
The change is part of the sweeping changes that Android...
Samsung’s Gear Live and LG’s G Watch are the first Android Wear smartwatches to go on sale
Since Google made public Android Wear back in March, it did not hide the fact that its launch partners like LG and Motorola would...
Samsung’s Knox to form basis for Google’s Android for Work
Samsung KNOX has been around for a while now and with every new firmware update it has been making, Samsung has kept on adding...
Android TV, Android Auto and Android Wear unveiled at Google I/O
Google has unveiled Android TV, Android Wear and Android Auto at its annual developer conference, I/O.
Here's a quick brush through of all of them.
Android...
Google showcases preview of the next version of Android after KitKat at I/O
Google will later this year start rolling out the latest version of Android. The new version of Android demoed last evening at Google I/O...
Google I/0 2014: What to expect
We are just a few hours from the keynote address of Google I/O 2014.
There's so much to expect from Google's annual developer-centric conference and...
Google is testing new domain registration service, Google Domains
Back in 2011, Google launched the Getting Kenyan Businesses Online (KBO) programme with the aim of getting as many Kenyan small businesses as possible...