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One week after Google Maps went indoors in the UK, the Internet giant has announced that the US version of its indoor mapping service now includes museums, with 22 rolling out today. We first reported that Google Maps was going indoors last November, letting Android users navigate their way around the inside of buildings such Continue Reading →

Google Inc is close to settling charges that it bypassed the privacy settings of customers using Apple Inc’s Safari browser, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Google will pay $22.5 million to settle the matter, said one of the sources, who spoke privately to protect relationships. The fine would be the largest penalty Continue Reading →

The new version of the Google+ app for iOS has hit the App Store, bringing with it support for the iPad, Google+ Events and the ability to both start and join Hangouts. The app has also gotten a quicker photo uploading option that allows you to shoot images and ‘instantly’ attach them to posts. The Continue Reading →

Google has already admitted that it won’t be making any money selling its new Nexus 7 tablet. However, a new teardown from TechInsights suggests that Google could actually lose money on every single Nexus 7 it sells. Fudzilla did some calculations based on the TechInsights teardown and found that every 8GB Nexus 7 tablet has Continue Reading →

Everyone knows how to do a simple Google search, but do you know how to read pages in languages you’ve never studied or track down the location of a friend’s picture they took on vacation ages ago? Google wants to show you more tips on how to get the most out of its search results. Continue Reading →

Google has announced that it will be starting up a brand-new “Legalize Love” campaign in an effort to encourage countries to adopt same-sex marriage. While Google’s first starting its campaign in countries that are a bit more adverse in regards to marriage equality, Dot429’s Anna Peirano reports that the company hopes to ultimately expand its Continue Reading →

You can read a transcript of what’s going on in a Google+ Hangout in real-time — Closed Captioning, essentially — thanks to a new app released Thursday called Hangout Captions. The app provides a transcript of a Hangout that can be read by those who are deaf or have trouble hearing, allowing them to participate Continue Reading →

Everyone screamed for Ice Cream when it as released in October, and depending on your device, some are getting it faster than others. But with a successor already unveiled, some may end up skipping it. New figures show that eight months after 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) the eighth version of Google’s Android operating system — Continue Reading →

Google unveiled its media-streaming glowing orb to many oohs and ahhs, followed by head-scratches. The thing looks cool. And it sounds good, both in concept and fidelity. But two major questions remain: Who is it for, and how well does it work? Why It Matters: It matters because this is the first product like this Continue Reading →

The repair wizards at iFixit have gotten hold of Google’s Nexus 7 tablet and have found that it absolutely bludgeons Amazon’s rival Kindle Fire tablet in terms of battery performance. According to iFixit, Google’s new tablet has “a 4326 mAh, 16 Wh battery that can last 9:49 hours” or more than two hours longer than Continue Reading →