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Google announced a slew of updates for its Hangouts cross-platform messaging service on Tuesday, including SMS support, animated GIFs and one-tap location sharing for its Android app. The update, which will be available in the Google Play store “over the next few days”, will give you the ability to instantly share your location with fellow Continue Reading →

Google’s smartwatch is in late-stage development and the company is in talks with Asian suppliers to begin mass production of the device, people familiar with the matter said. The new device, which will run on Android, will be integrated with Google Now, the company’s intelligent personal assistant that can answer questions, make recommendations and predict Continue Reading →

A new version of Google Glass is coming. Google announced on Monday that current owners of Google Glass, called “Glass Explorers,” will be eligible to “swap out” their existing Google Glass units for the new version. The next version of Glass will finally be compatible with people who already wear glasses via “future lines of Continue Reading →

Data gathered from Google’s self-driving Prius and Lexus cars shows that they are safer and smoother when steering themselves than when a human takes the wheel, according to the leader of Google’s autonomous-car project. Chris Urmson made those claims today at a robotics conference in Santa Clara, California. He presented results from two studies of Continue Reading →

After months of leaked photos and specifications, Monday could be the day that Google introduces new Android products that showcase the latest version of its mobile software. Early Monday morning, Google’s VP of Software Engineering, Vic Gundotra, posted on Google+ that he was struggling to fall asleep. He also tagged Sundar Pichai, Google’s head of Continue Reading →

Ah, the not-so-mysterious Nexus 5. We’ve seen leaked photos, a leaked video and product shots accidentally published to Google Play, so it’s fair to say we know Google’s new smartphone is coming soon, but the wait could be over by November 1 — according to the latest leak.Ever-prolific leak meister @evleaks tweeted a photo of Continue Reading →

Android 4.4 Kitkat could place added emphasis on connected televisions and not simply smartphones, says Korea’s ETNews. The publication cited sources familiar with the situation, who said that the next version of Android will improve the way that TVs and Android-powered devices work together. The report didn’t offer any specifics, but it did mention an Continue Reading →

Google is introducing the ability to control what its Chrome browser will show with a new feature called supervised users. Like Windows Phone 8’s Kid’s Corner, the feature’s aimed at families, and allows the owner of a device to block websites and set permissions in Chrome that determine the parts of the internet other users Continue Reading →

Microsoft may have missed the first boat on smartphones but it refuses to be left behind in the race to launch wearable devices. The company is testing prototypes for Internet-connected eyewear similar to Google’s Glass, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal, underscoring the company’s ambitions to go head-to-head with Google, Samsung Continue Reading →

Is the shared map the next big shared file type to revolutionize businesses, the way that the spreadsheet and the document have? Google thinks so, and its betting on enterprise maps in a big way. Google’s new Maps Engine Pro lets businesses import their data onto map, from which they can then analyze it and Continue Reading →