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Google Set Sights On Better Battery Life With Android O

Fergus Halliday March 22, 2017 No Comments

With Nougat receiving a warm welcome from vendors and consumers alike, Google have already begun to gear up on the next major iteration of their Android mobile OS. Tentatively titling…

Swiss Cookie Cuts Google Weight

Computer Daily News March 20, 2017 No Comments

The increasing size of Web pages has led Google to develop software that is claimed to shrink a Web site’s image byte size. Its new Guetzli JPEG encoder is claimed…

Google Home Trials Audio Advertising

Jon Bragg March 17, 2017 No Comments

Some owners of the Google Home have been targeted with a message promoting a new Disney film after requesting a summary of their day. While the ‘My Day’ functionality of Google’s…

US Digital Ad Market Up 16pc

Computer Daily News March 16, 2017 No Comments

Total digital ad spending in the US will increase 16 percent this year to US$83 billion (A$110 billion), led by Google’s continued dominance of the search ad market and Facebook…

Google Acquires Data Science Platform Kaggle

Jon Bragg March 9, 2017 No Comments

A platform that allows companies and researchers to crowdsource data analysis from data scientists and machine learning enthusiasts has been acquired by Google. Kaggle, which was founded by former Treasury and…

Nougat Adoption Doubles Again In Feb

Fergus Halliday March 9, 2017 No Comments

The adoption of Google’s latest version of Android among smartphone users has doubled since February. According to new data released by Google, Nougat now accounts for approximately 2.8% of total active…

Google Set To Release New Pixel This Year

Jon Bragg March 6, 2017 No Comments

Google has confirmed it will release the next version of its popular Pixel smartphone later this year. The company’s senior vice president of hardware, and former Motorola president, Rick Osterloh…

Google Celebrates 10M Cardboard VR Shipments

Fergus Halliday March 1, 2017 No Comments

Google has announced in a blog post today that the company’s low-cost Google Cardboard VR has shipped to more than 10 million customers worldwide. The company says there have been…

Google Giving Up On Chromebooks To Focus On Pixel

Fergus Halliday March 1, 2017 No Comments

While companies like Acer and Samsung look to be making steady progress with cementing Chromebooks in the education market, Google themselves might be ready to throw in the towel. During…

Google Announce Voice Assistant Roll Out To Android Users

Fergus Halliday February 28, 2017 No Comments

Google’s challenger to Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri, originally only available through its Pixel smartphone, will be rolling out this week to other versions of Android. At this time, only…