Choice, as they say, is a good thing. Or you can never have too choices. In the mobile device operating system space, there are plenty to choose from, with Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android leading the pack. Not to be left out, the Mozilla Foundation, publishers of the popular, open source Firefox Web browser, plans [...]
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One of the pieces of functionality that Google+ provides is the ability to share your location with your circles. It’s pretty handy when you’re using Google+ from a mobile device.
We’ve seen Google push more and more for complete desktop and mobile integration through it’s popular browser, Chrome. Now, we’ve got a sneak peek at some brand new features to be debuted in Chrome OS, including some new notifications and an unnamed icon sitting pretty in the task bar.
Just as the European Commission’s investigation into Google’s search engine wraps up, the European Union’s antitrust watchdog is reportedly investigating claims that Google used anticompetitive tactics improve Android’s market share.
According to allegations from Microsoft and Nokia, Google has been licensing their Android operating system to manufacturers below cost, maki
Google launched Chrome for iOS in June. By mid-July, Google’s browser for Apple’s operating system had managed to get about 1.5% of the market and has been adding new users ever since, despite the fact that Apple makes it very hard for its users to switch browsers.
Google Now may be one of Google’s most underrated new products of 2012, but I think it will turn out to be Google’s killer mobile product in the long run. It’s the one tool that brings together virtually everything Google knows about you and where you are and then turn all of this information into a useful dashboard on your phone.
A couple of days ago, Google chrome started celebrating it’s second year anniversary. Google chrome is, no doubt, one of the browsers which is seeing a consistent and steep rise in it’s share in the browser market. We have discussed a lot about Google chrome in Chaaps.
At its Chromebook Pixel event yesterday, Google didn’t just launch its new premium Chromebook. It also announced that it is porting Quickoffice, the mobile productivity app that brings Microsoft Office to iOS and Android to the web through Native Client and Chrome.
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