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Google is Adding Many New Features to Maps

Google announced today that it is adding over 100 AI-powered improvements to Google Maps throughout…

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Google to Halve its Developer Fees (UPDATED)

Google will reduce its fees to mobile app developers from 30 percent to 15 percent,…

Google Launches New Nest Hub

Google announced today that its second-generation Nest Hub is available for preorder. It costs $99.99…

Microsoft Testifies at House Hearing, Google Lashes Out

When Microsoft’s Brad Smith testified against Google at a House subcommittee hearing, the online giant…

Epic Sues Apple and Google in Australia

Epic Games has launched lawsuits against Apple and Google for their abusive mobile app store…

Google Says It Wants a “Privacy-First” Web

Google today acknowledged that the proliferation of advertising-based tracking on the web has eroded the…

Android Jetpack Compose is Now Available in Beta

Google announced today that its Jetpack Compose UI toolkit for Android is now available in…

Microsoft Calls for Australian-Style Media Arbitration in EU

Microsoft has joined forces with several news publishers in Europe to call on the EU…

Google Starts Paying for News in Australia

After threatening to pull Search from Australia because of a proposed new law requiring it…

Google Investigating M1-Like OS Translation for Fuchsia

A new Google proposal would see its upcoming Fuchsia platform “natively” run Android and Linux…

Google Continues to Drag on iOS App Updates

With Apple implementing a privacy disclosure for apps in its iOS App Store, Google has…

Google Will Finally Consolidate Its Desktop Sync Clients

Google revealed this week that it will consolidate its two desktop sync clients into a…

Google Fit Adding Heart and Respiratory Rate Measuring on Android

Google Fit will add free heart rate and respiratory rate measuring capabilities using sensors that…

Alphabet Posts a Big Quarter Too

Google owner Alphabet today reported that it earned a net income of $15.2 billion on…

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So, We Should Probably Have a Little Chat About Stadia (Premium)

When Google announced that it was halting internal efforts to develop Stadia games and rely…

AppSheet is Google’s New No-Code Platform for Custom Apps

No code/low code environments like Microsoft’s Power Platform are all the rage these days, so…

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