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Specs Leaked For Android Creator’s Next Smartphone

Fergus Halliday April 19, 2017 No Comments

Andy Rubin, the original creator of Google’s Android mobile OS, has been teasing his new smartphone on Twitter for what already feels like months. However, despite an official unveiling of…

Google Opens Android To Rivals

Computer Daily News April 19, 2017 No Comments

Alphabet will open up its Android mobile operating system to rival search engines in Russia as part of a deal to settle a two-year dispute with Russian competition authorities. Russia’s…

Google Settles In Russian Legal Battle

Fergus Halliday April 18, 2017 No Comments

Google has settled in its legal battle with Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service, caving to demands that it should do more to make Android accessible to domestic competition. The FAS initiated the…

Google Scraps Plan For New Sydney HQ

Jon Bragg April 12, 2017 No Comments

Google has ended negotiations with the NSW government to move its headquarters to a new tech hub in Sydney’s inner west. Plans to redevelop the 95-hectare White Bay Power Station site in…

Apple Pay Leads Digital Wallet Usage

Jon Bragg April 12, 2017 No Comments

Usage of Apple Pay for contactless payments is set to nearly double in 2017, with significantly more users than both Google and Samsung’s digital wallets. Data from Juniper Research indicates…

Nougat Now Accounts For Almost 5% Of All Android Devices

Fergus Halliday April 7, 2017 No Comments

Continuing its rapid growth since it launched late last year, Google’s Nougat OS now accounts for 4.9% of all active Android devices. While not quite the 100% month-on-month growth found…

YouTube Limits Ads To Channels With 10k+ Views

Jon Bragg April 7, 2017 No Comments

YouTube will change its program to only allow advertising on channels with more than 10,000 views, after an international boycott saw brands pull ads that had been appearing alongside offensive content.…

Google Accuses Exec Of Stealing

Computer Daily News April 6, 2017 No Comments

Google has accused its former driverless-car executive Anthony Levandowski of slyly developing a competing company for more than three years before he left the Internet giant and later sold the…

Next Google Home Could Include Mesh Wi-Fi

Jon Bragg April 6, 2017 No Comments

The next version of the Google Home smart speaker could include mesh network technology that would allow it to act as a Wi-Fi router or extender. According to a report from The…

Woolworths Now An Official Android Pay Partner

Fergus Halliday April 5, 2017 No Comments

While Apple feuds with the local financial sector, Google’s Android Pay continues to make gains. Specifically, the mobile payment service has now added Woolworths (along with Big W, BWS and…