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Google announced on Thursday new logo and navigation bar for all its websites. The company says it will be rolling out the update across “most” Google products over the next few weeks. You can see the new navigation bar and Google logo to the left, or at the linked site. There are of course some Continue Reading →

Hey iPhone users, Google Wallet is here! The payments app has finally arrived for iOS devices, bringing with it transfers to friends, loyalty card tracking and nearby offers. Tap-to-pay is notably absent, as iOS devices don’t support NFC, but much of the other Wallet functionality does appear to have made its way to the App Continue Reading →

Google may partner with LG Electronics again to develop and launch a co-branded 5-inch smartphone, the Nexus 5, following cooperation on the Nexus 4 launched in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers. The revealed specifications of the Nexus 5 are almost identical to those found in the LG G2, which Continue Reading →

Apple made a big splash last week when it announced support for 64-bit computing in its new iPhone 5s with A7 processor. Does that mean iOS is far ahead of Android when it comes to the 64-bit transition? Not necessarily, as 64-bit support in Android could be right around the corner, although Google hasn’t announced Continue Reading →

Google announced on Wednesday it’s rolling out a new version of the Google Wallet app for all phones running Android 2.3 or higher. This makes the app compatible with the majority of Android handsets. Previously the app required an NFC chip with a secure element, something only Nexus devices and about 12 other phones had. Continue Reading →

BlackBerry announced on Wednesday the launch dates for BBM for Android and BBM for iOS: September 21 and September 22, respectively. Previously an exclusive to BlackBerry smartphones, BBM will be available as a free download in Google Play and Apple’s App Store this weekend. The timing here is of course pitiful. When Android and iOS Continue Reading →

Google is taking another moonshot and getting into healthcare research, and they’re doing it with the help of an extremely high-ranking Apple employee. On Weednesday, Google announced it’s launching “Calico,” a company focused on “health and well-being, in particular the challenge of aging and associated diseases.” The initiative will be a long term “moonshot” project Continue Reading →

YouTube streams more than six billion hours of video a month. Soon it will let people watch some of those videos even if they’re not connected to the Web. Next month, Google’s video site will let viewers save clips on their phones and other mobile devices for up to 48 hours, so they can watch Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s Bing search engine is popularly regarded as something of a joke. Despite powering searches for both Yahoo and Facebook, its hardly anybody’s go-to search engine outside of those spheres — and is seen by many as an icon of CEO Steve Ballmer’s difficulty launching really great, popular products on a consistent basis. That being Continue Reading →

Well, we’ve seen this sort of thing before. You’d think being handed a rare prototype for a major new phone before its unveiling would engender a greater sense of um… responsibility. Turns out that whatever sensibilities it does instill don’t necessarily preclude folks from taking these devices to bars, knocking back a few, then hitting Continue Reading →