Tagged: Google
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Weekend news roundup: Google accused of avoiding UK tax, Facebook a year after IPO News
20.05.2013 In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, a former Google executive claims to have proof the internet search giant has avoided tax in the UK, Facebook... -
#io13: Google makes Gmail more useful with task-based buttons and Wallet integration News
17.05.2013 We’re unlikely to see any major Google product come out of I/O without some kind of update, and Gmail is no exception, as the email service gets new quick action buttons to help... -
#io13: New interactive Google Maps builds a world around users (video) News
16.05.2013 At its developers conference in San Francisco, California, Google unveiled its biggest ever update to Google Maps since it first launched eight years ago, creating a more...Tags: Google Maps, Google -
#io13: Google to offer TouchWiz-free Galaxy S4 from 26 June News
16.05.2013 Samsung’s Galaxy S4 will undergo a UI makeover from Google that will see the device sold on Google Play with stock Android from 26 June. -
#io2013 – Google gets its game on – 900m Android activations and 48bn app installs News
15.05.2013 At its sixth annual I/O shindig, Google revealed that there are now 900m Android activations, up from 400m a year ago. The internet giant, in a very games-oriented keynote,... -
#io2013 – Google Play Music All Access to compete with Spotify News
15.05.2013 Google has formally revealed its new streaming-music subscriptions service which will sit on top of the existing Google Play Music service. The on-demand song-streaming service... -
#io2013 – Google+ gets a revamp with new multi-column layout News
16.05.2013 Google’s social network Google+ has been given a bit of a facelift, moving away from the linear stream to a more progressive multi-column layout. Google senior vice-president... -
Frank Hornby’s 150th birthday marked on Google’s UK homepage News
15.05.2013 Head to Google.co.uk today and you’ll see a Google Doodle made up of toy trains to honour what would have been the 150th birthday of Frank Hornby, the inventor of Hornby Model... -
Google to take on Spotify with its own music subscriptions service News
15.05.2013 As things get under way at Google’s annual developer shindig I/O, it has emerged that Google is planning to add music subscriptions to the bevy of sectors it seeks to dominate,...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
How to tune into what’s happening at Google I/O 2013 News
15.05.2013 Google’s annual developers conference, I/O, takes place in the Moscone Centre, San Francisco, California, today and tomorrow amid expectations of exciting new product and... -
Ex-Google products chief launches social network for graduates and employers News
14.05.2013 Collegefeed, a new social network led by former Google head of product marketing Sanjeev Agrawal, opens its doors today. The new social network describes itself as a kind of... -
Google Image Search gets an Atari Breakout Easter egg News
14.05.2013 Classic Atari arcade game Breakout, which turned 37 years old in April, is now playable via Google Image Search thanks to a recently discovered Easter egg.Tags: Video Games, Google -
Tech start-up of the week: Guidecentral News
12.05.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is Guidecentral, a free mobile app for people to share and discover knowledge around everything from handmade crafts to home decor, fashion and... -
Google Translate adds Bosnian, Cebuano, Hmong, Javanese and Marathi News
09.05.2013 Google Translate has enabled its users to translate another five languages - Bosnian, Cebuano, Hmong, Javanese and Marathi – bringing the total number of languages on the... -
Google celebrates graphic designer Saul Bass with vibrant video doodle News
08.05.2013 To mark what would have been the 93rd anniversary of his birth, Google has given US graphic designer and filmmaker Saul Bass a fitting tribute: an animated video doodle based on... -
Weekend news roundup: Intel reveals low-power Silvermont chip design, US probes IBM over bribery claims News
07.05.2013 In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, Intel's ‘Silvermont’ chip design focuses on mobile, the US Justice Department is investigating IBM over bribery... -
Robert Scoble wears Google Glass in the shower memes News
04.05.2013 Tech blogger Robert Scoble loves Google Glass so much he even showered with the device and released a photo of himself doing so to prove it. And then the memes came. -
The five minute CIO: Conor MacCabe News
03.05.2013 Conor MacCabe, director and head of IT at Henry J Lyons architects, describes his problem-solving approach to technology and why cloud technology lets the business focus on its... -
Workers, this May Day 2013 Google Doodle is for you News
01.05.2013 Internet search giant Google has worked to honour workers today with a Google Doodle on its homepage marking May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day.