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Essential? Maybe So

Essential? Maybe So

Andy Rubin has unveiled his first Essential phone and the start of an open ecosystem…

Andy Rubin Reveals His Essential Phone

This morning, Android creator Andy Rubin's new company, Essential, has gone public and revealing its…

Twitter Lite is a PWA Win

Twitter Lite is a PWA Win

The transition to Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) will take time. That said, one PWA, Twitter…

Smartphone Sales Grew 6.35 Percent in Q1 2017

Smartphone Sales Grew 6.35 Percent in Q1 2017

With both Gartner and IDC weighing in on smartphone sales in the first quarter of…

Google Home, Take 2

Google Home, Take 2

When Google announced its Home appliance a year ago, I figure it would quickly evolve…

Their Biggest Advantages

Their Biggest Advantages

Apple is overhauling its in-store learning initiatives, creating "modern-day town square"-type customer experiences. And that…

This is What Google Said About Progressive Web Apps at I/O

This is What Google Said About Progressive Web Apps at I/O

Like Microsoft a week earlier at Build 2017, Google hosted several sessions at its own…

Google Explains the Delays in Bringing Android to Chromebook

Google Explains the Delays in Bringing Android to Chromebook

Google only made a single, brief mention of its efforts to add Android apps to…

Thinking About Google v. Microsoft (Premium)
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Thinking About Google v. Microsoft (Premium)

With Microsoft and Google hosting their respective developer conferences back to back, it's hard to…

Hands On with Android O Developer Preview 2

Hands-On with Android O Developer Preview 2

This week, Google released Android O Developer Preview 2 as a public beta, providing us…

Google Photos Makes Sharing Easier

Google showed off a number of new features coming to Google Photos. Key among them…

Google Announces Major Improvements to Google Home and Assistant

A year ago, Google announced its Assistant and the Assistant-powered Home appliance. This year, both…

Duolingo Can Now Teach You Japanese

Duolingo Can Now Teach You Japanese

Duolingo announced today that its amazing language learning app now supports Japanese, one of the…

Google Lens Will Bring Vision-Based Object Identification to Your Phone

Google Lens Will Bring Vision-Based Object Identification to Your Phone

Google this week introduced a new set of Google Lens technologies that can visually identify…

2 Billion

2 Billion

Google announced that there are now over 2 billion monthly active Android devices worldwide. So…

Google Reveals Some New Features Coming in Android O

At its Google I/O 2017 developer conference today, Google revealed many of the major new…

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