Just a couple of weeks before Google I/O there were whispers that Google might launch Android 4.3, but that never happened. In spite of that, photos of a Google Nexus 4 running Android 4.3, with the Jelly Bean name have surfaced on the XDA Developers Forum. (more…)Google+

Last week after an ugly spat, Google had asked Microsoft to take down the YouTube app from its Windows Phone platform. The issue though seems to have been resolved for the good, and both the companies have agreed to work together to finally give Windows Phone users an official YouTube app, TheVerge reports. (more…)Google+

Just a day after updating Chrome on Android, Google today announced an update for its Chrome Beta app on Android. The updated version of the app brings Google Translate to the mobile browser that can automatically translate webpages into different languages. (more…)Google+

Google is considering to acquire Waze, a crowdsourced navigation service, Bloomberg reports. The news comes weeks after Facebook was reported to be eyeing the company, valuing it between $800 million to $1 billion. Waze uses satellite signals from smartphones to generate maps and traffic data, which can then be shared by users. By pooling in data from a number of users, the company then essentially provides real-time traffic information for a particular location. (more…)Google+

Google has updated Chrome for Android and has introduced some much-needed new features. Most of these new features like full-screen browsing and better search page were seen on the updated Chrome for iOS devices that was introduced back in April. (more…)Google+

Google has released an updated version of the Drive app for Android that has a number of enhancements. Some of these new features include a card style file display like Google Now, an option to scan and keep a track of important documents in Drive, and several other performance tweaks. Recently, Google had also clubbed the memory space for Drive with that of Gmail and Google+, resulting in a total of 15GB of free cloud storage. (more…)Google+

Google India has just dropped the prices of Google Apps for Businesses quite dramatically. The move can be seen as a challenge to Microsoft’s Office 365 suite, which remains the de facto Office suite for many businesses in the country. As a part of the new pricing, businesses can have a Google Apps plan for Rs 150 per month for a single user if they are on the flexible plan or Rs 1,500 per user as a part of their annual plan. Google says this is a 45 percent reduction in the price from the previous pl...

If rumors are to be believed, HTC might follow Samsung’s footsteps and release a new version of the One running on stock Android. Though HTC is all tight lipped about the news, Cnet has noticed an HTC developer claiming through his tweets that the company will unveil the Google edition of its flagship smartphone soon. (more…)Google+

Google Glass can be hacked up to the level that one can even void its warranty. Google confirmed this at Google I/O . Inspite of this, two of Google’s software engineers, Hyunyoung Song and P.Y. Laligand led the “Voiding Your Warranty: Hacking Glass,” session to show how Glass users could root their devices to run Android apps and do more with the software. This process also meant that the user would void the warranty of Glass. (more…)Google+

Google’s Glasses were the topic of discussion on Thursday at Google I/O as the search giant announced as many as six new apps for its wearable device, Reuters reports. These apps or ‘Glassware’, as Google calls them, include the likes of CNN, Elle, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook and Evernote. (more…)Google+

Google made some major announcements during Google I/O a couple of days ago, but notably it chose not to announce a new version of Android, nor did it announce a Nexus branded device. In the lead up to Google I/O a number of white Nexus 4s were leaked, but even this was not announced.  The device however has been spotted at Google I/O according to AndroidAndMe, who also claim that the phone will be up on the Play Store on June 10 and will be exactly like its black variant. However, the interesting point is t...

Google has updated its Play Books and introduced a cloud feature which allows you to save the books on the Google Cloud and then access them from any device. Both the iOS and Android versions of the app have been updated and for now and users can store up to 1,000 files on the cloud as long as they are under 50MB. (more…)Google+