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Global smartphone shipments reach 291.2m units in Q1 2015

The global smartphone shipments for the first quarter of 2015 reached 291.2-million units, a drop of 9.2% compared with the prior quarter, according to…

Google launches Handwriting Input Tool for both text and emoji on Android

Google Research today launched a new project, Google Handwriting Input. The new app allows users, instead of using a standard keyboard, to take a…

EU officially charges Google with antitrust violations, opens formal investigation on Android (update)

The European Union has formally charged Google with cheating competitors by distorting internet search results to advantage its Google Shopping service. The EU has…

Get a taste of music history and tour Abbey Road Studios on Google

This is life changing for the fans that have always fantasized about stepping into one of the most legendary studios in London. Google has…

Weekly Round Up #9: Trevor Noah’s Twitter fracas, April Fools’, iFix and Mercedes-Benz pick up

Today is the last day of work, before we take to the Easter Holiday. As usual though we’ve rounding up the week in tech…

Apple’s reuse and recycling programme now accepts Android trade-ins

Apple has announced that its iPhone trade-in programme will now include select Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone smartphones. The trade-in programme, available both on…

Tim Cook puts foot down against discriminatory religious, same-sex legislation

Tim Cook isn’t very happy with some bills being introduced in Indiana, Arkansas and a bunch of others states in the US. In a…

Google’s Andy Rubin hands over reins as Android chief

Lots of Google changes this week it seems. In an official blog post, CEO and co-founder Larry Page announced that Andy Rubin, the head…

This leaked video suggests Google Now is headed to your iDevice soon

Do you keep hearing about Google’s intelligent personal assistant app and sighing in frustration because you don’t own an Android running JellyBean? Well, it…

New Google X Lab ‘moonshot’ to be revealed next month

Google is set to unveil a new “moonshot” project from its X Lab division next month, although the only thing we know about it…

With North Korea dusted Eric Schmidt heads to Burma

Google chairperson Eric Schmidt is apparently set to head to Burma, a country once in a similar state of isolation to North Korea, which…

Why a recent Google update has the hotel industry up in arms

There has been a lot of controversy around Google’s many updates – such as Google’s Hotel Finder — that have significantly impacted the travel…

Latest Google doodle celebrates Douglas Adams, is geekily awesome

If you’re anything like us, you’ve read Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series multiple times. You know that the answer to life,…

10 big lessons for anyone looking to market themselves on YouTube

I was recently fortunate enough to attend two really cool Google events: Engage and YouTube All Stars. Getting the chance to interact with some…

6 factors complicating Samsung and Apple’s design war

The design wars between Apple and Samsung are the stuff of legend. The two tech giants have fought battles in courtrooms across the globe,…

Google+: now with giant cover photos and colour-coded profile cards

If you go over to Google+ today, you’re in for a surprise: things have changed. The platform is rolling out a number of design…

Check out this neat little trick on the Google I/O site

If you know Google, you know that the company isn’t averse to building a few neat little tricks into its products. Now it looks…

Apple’s new friend in its battle against Samsung? That would be Nokia

Picture this: you’re a fruity tech company (no, not BlackBerry), which is suing its competitor, Samsung, for patent infringement in courts around the globe….

Check out how Google makes money from mobile [Infographic]

We know Google’s big in mobile. If it wasn’t Android probably wouldn’t be the most widely distributed smartphone OS on the planet and the…

From a 20% project to Google’s future: Q&A with Google Now’s creator

Google is pretty good at knowing what we need before we do. From a company that seems to continuously innovate, the launch of Google…

Yahoo! needs to deal with the fact that it really is still a media company

Colleen Taylor at TechCrunch, reports that Yahoo! has changed the way it describes itself in its latest 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange…

Cook ‘doesn’t like’ Apple’s sliding share price, but new products are coming

If you’ve been watching Apple’s share price slump with dismay, Tim Cook has some words to comfort you: they’re working on some nice new…

Yahoo!’s work from home ban all about rebooting its ‘dysfunctional’ culture

There’s been much written lately about Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer pulling back workers from their home offices as if it’s an attack on telecommuting…

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